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- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
- New Mexico’s protected wildlife areas along the Rio Grande
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Tag Archives: civics
A comparison between Burning Man’s Black Rock City and the Greater World Earthship Community
The American West is blessed with two modern utopian communities — Burning Man’s Black Rock City on a high desert playa in northwestern Nevada and the Greater World Earthship Community located west of Taos, New Mexico. As Burning Man/Black Rock … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, branding, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, climate change, Communications, culture, deregulation, deserts, diversity, economic development, energy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, food systems, fun, futurism, geography, government, health, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, literature, Maps, marketing, minimalism, nature, peace, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, recycling, Renewable Energy, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged Biotecture, Black Rock City, Burning Man, cities, civics, community, design, environment, geography, Greater World Earthship Community, harmony, humanity, nature, peace, planning, utopia, utopian
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These rankings seem skewed to favor one city
Since when are the boroughs of New York City considered separate cities? Apparently, Forbes magazine believes they are synonymous even though they were consolidated to form the current city boundary in 1898. In its 2015 rankings of “the best cities for … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, culture, geography, government, history, Maps, North America, placemaking, planning, spatial design, Statistics
Tagged Brooklyn, cities, civics, geography, land use, magazines, Manhattan, millennials, New York City, Queens, rankings, statistics, suburbs
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America’s “Coast Guard Cities”
Provided below is a list of the 16 American communities which have been designated by Congress as Coast Guard Cities. T 15 cities and one county have been recognized because “they have extended so many considerations to the Coast Guard family and … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, airports, aviation, branding, cities, civics, civility, culture, economic development, geography, government, history, military, North America, recreation, sailing, shipping, transportation
Tagged air station, aviation, base, cities, civics, Coast Guard, communities, government, history, military, naval station, transportation, USCG
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Transforming an eyesore into eye-candy
Similar to the image above, the vast majority of highway and railroad underpasses across the country are the epitome of sterile concrete and overgrown weeds. Left as underutilized vacant space, they hardly engender any sort of warmth or welcome, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, civility, economic development, economic gardening, fitness, fun, geography, hiking, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, walking
Tagged cities, civics, gardening, Greater Mt. Pleasant, highways, infrastructure, land use, landscaping, micropolitan, non-motorized plan, placemakng, planning, streets, streetscaping, tourism, transportation, travel, urban planning
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It’s a beach, not a litter box for plastic!
This disgusting and disgraceful view is what we were greeted with upon arriving at the beach of San Jose Island on the Texas Gulf Coast 10 days ago. The largely uninhabited island sits on the north side of the mouth … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, civility, consumerism, education, environment, planning, pollution, recycling, sustainability, tourism, Travel, visual pollution
Tagged Aransas Pass, beaches, civics, ecology, environment, oceans, plastic, pollution, recycling, sustainability, Texas, water pollution
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“Planning should be aspirational”
“Planning should be aspirational.” Those four words sum up in a nutshell what the planning profession should be all about. They were stated by a friend of mine recently at a meeting and no truer statement was ever said about … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, education, government, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, planning, social equity, urban planning, zoning
Tagged AICP, civics, ethics, goals, humanity, land use, planning, principles, social equity, social justice, urban planning
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Eerie winter images of an abandoned mall
Check out this weblink to wintry post-apocalyptic images of an abandoned shopping mall (Rolling Acres Mall) near Akron, Ohio. The photos were taken by photographer Johnny Joo. The mall opened in 1975 and the last stores closed in 2013. It … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, consumerism, economic development, economic gardening, film, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, pictures, planning, spatial design, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, Akron, civics, conditions, Dr. Zhivago, film, history, land use, movies, permits, photos, planning, redevelopment, retail, Rolling Acres Malls, shopping malls, urban planning, zoning
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Urban planning and the ten principles of yoga
My wife and I started practicing flow yoga about 10 months ago. We have found yoga to be very rewarding towards our physical, mental, and spiritual health in our daily lives. As an urban planner, I believe the ten principles … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, architecture, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, environment, fitness, health, history, humanity, land use, minimalism, nature, new urbanism, peace, planning, psychology, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, urban planning, zoning
Tagged beliefs, civics, Code of Ethics, ethics, fitness, health, human spirit, land use, peace, planning, urban planning, yoga
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Planners should not be just paper pushers and processors!
In the planning profession, there is an inherent risk of urban planners becoming solely mundane paper pushers and permit processors. That is due to several factors, including: The variety of requests being processed – rezonings, special use permits, variances, plats, planned unit developments, site … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, cities, civics, civility, Communications, government, land use, logistics, planning, politics, urban planning, zoning
Tagged cities, city planning, civics, civility, government, land use, leadership, planning, urban planning, zoning
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Beware of the weekend sign gremlins
Even notice how a plethora of yard signs suddenly pop-up like dandelions at street intersections on Friday evenings, only to disappear by Monday morning? Those are the result of gremlins putting up signs when they know full well that building … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, branding, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, consumerism, government, land use, marketing, planning, signs, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged advertising, cities, civics, civility, land use, marketing, planning, signs, zoning
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