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Tag Archives: Colorado
Ten planning lessons from “Unsinkable” Leadville, CO
The historic hometown of the Unsinkable Molly Brown is a scenic gem set high in the Colorado Rockies. Leadville happens to be the highest elevation city in the United States at officially 10,152 feet above sea level. This historic mining … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, health, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, industry, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, pollution, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, weather, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged archaeology, Colorado, history, Leadville, Mineral Belt Trail, mining, trails, Unsinkable Molly Brown
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My feet were ice blocks, but seeing Zapata Falls is so worth it!
While visiting Great Sand Dunes National Park in south-central Colorado we learned about a unique nearby waterfall that is largely hidden from view by solid rock. The catch is you have to drive three miles up a rugged mountain road … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, Nature, pictures, rivers/watersheds, topography, tourism, Travel, Uncategorized, walking, waterfalls
Tagged Blanca Peak, chasms, Colorado, crevasse, Great Sand Dunes National Park, rivers, waterfalls, Zapata Falls
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The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
The first of our new “Frontier Towns” series is about the historic Great Plains town of Julesburg, Colorado. At the crossroads of multiple important and historic transcontinental routes lies the quaint Great Plains town of Julesburg, Colorado. This classic western … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, film, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, movies, nature, Passenger rail, place names, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, recreation, rivers/watersheds, signs, Small business, sustainability, theaters, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, Welcome
Tagged Colorado, Julesburg, pioneers, pony express, railroads, stagecoaches, trails, travel
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Ten planning lessons from Colorado’s Front Range
Below is my list of ten planning lessons learned from multiple visits to Colorado’s Front Range in the past 18 months. Some are positive, some are not. They are presented in no particular order of preference. Cheers! A large, auto-centric city … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, aviation, bicycling, Cars, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, Railroads, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, States, sustainability, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged airports, biking, cities, Colorado, commuter rail, Denver, Front Range, geography, land use, mountains, new urbanism, planning, spatial design, sprawl, vistas, Wyoming
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Scaling 8,144 foot Green Mountain in Boulder, Colorado
Last Saturday (October 11th), just 12 hours after arriving from Michigan, we undertook an arduous hike to the top of Green Mountain, Colorado. The weather forecast was poor for Sunday, so Saturday was our best opportunity to enjoy the splendid … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, Animals, cities, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, Geology, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, Maps, pictures, placemaking, recreation, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, walking, weather, Wildlife
Tagged bears, Boulder, climbing, Colorado, environment, exercise, fitness, Flatirons, geography, Green Mountain, hiking, outdoors, recreation, Rockies, topography, walking, wildlife
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Winter scenes on the Boulder Creek Path
Below are series of photos from my morning hike with my middle son this past Monday, January 6th, along portions of the 5.5 mile long Boulder Creek Path near the campus of the University of Colorado. It was absolutely gorgeous on this … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, cities, civics, civility, colleges, culture, economic development, economic gardening, education, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, government, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, schools, seasons, spatial design, States, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, weather
Tagged biking, Boulder, Boulder Creek Path, cities, Colorado, fitness health, geography, greenways, hiking, images, land use, maps, photos, pictures, planning, recreation, seasons, trails, transportation, urban planning, walking, weather, winter
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Tackling the continent’s great divide by foot
I finished reading an interesting and enjoyable book last week that was written by Jennifer A. Hanson. Entitled, Hiking the Continental Divide Trail; One Woman’s Journey, the book documented a multi-month long hiking journey she and her husband (for most … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Animals, art, book reviews, books, civics, Communications, education, environment, family, fitness, fun, geography, hiking, history, land use, landscape architecture, literature, Love, nature, peace, recreation, seasons, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, walking, Wildlife, Women
Tagged art, book reviews, books, CDT, Colorado, Continental Divide Trail, Continetnal Divide, environment, hiking, Idaho, Jennifer Hanson, literature, Montana, nature, New Mexico, reading, walking, wildlife, women, writing, Wyoming
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A bolder thesis from Boulder
I finished reading an excellent economic development planning and entrepreneurship book a week or so ago. It is entitled Startup Communities by entrepreneur and author Brad Feld. In the book, Mr. Feld adeptly describes how the Boulder, Colorado startup community began, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, art, book reviews, books, branding, cities, civics, civility, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Economy, entrepreneurship, environment, family, government, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, Labor, land use, literature, marketing, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, Small business, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, Trade, urban planning, writing
Tagged authors, book reviews, books, Boulder, Boulder thesis, Brad Feld, cities, Colorado, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, literature, planning, start-up communities, start-ups, startup, writing
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Ideas for Stapleton’s iconic control tower
On our way back from Boulder to Denver International Airport on Sunday morning, Brendan and I stopped by the Stapleton development in Denver to see the old Stapleton International Airport control tower. This handsome and historic structure is pretty much … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, art, aviation, branding, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, geography, government, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, technology, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged aerospece, airlines, airports, aviation, Colorado, control towers, Denver, geography, history, land use, museums, planning, Stapleton International Airport, transportation, travel, urban planning
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