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Tag Archives: Costa Rica
North America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons (Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Norte)
The following list identifies the tallest bridge towers and pylons in North America. Such support structures are principally found on cable-stayed and suspension bridges and the height is measured from ground or water level to the top of the tower/pylon. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, bicycling, bridges, Canada, Caribbean, cities, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, North America, Passenger rail, planning, product design, rail, recreation, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, bridge towers, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, engineering, highways, Mexico, Panama, pedestrian bridges, planning, pont, puente, Puerto Rico, pylons, suspension bridges, towers, transportation, transportation planning
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Chinatown gates of North and Central America
While traveling in Northern California back in August of this year, some of the most interesting places we visited were related to Chinese-American history. These included an 1863 Chinese Temple in Oroville and the Chinese-American Historical Society Museum in San Francisco (see … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Asia, China, cities, civics, Communications, consumerism, culture, density, diversity, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, globalization, land use, Music, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, signs, skylines, spatial design, tourism, Travel
Tagged architecture, art, Canada, Central America, China, Chinatown, Costa Rica, Cuba, culture, diversity, Dominican Republic, gates, Mexico, Panama, signage, tourism, travel, United States
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