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- Albuquerque – A city at the convergence of unparalleled geophysical landforms
- Strict planning & zoning destroys eclectic, offbeat, and funky
- Madrid, NM – Coal mining ghost town to eclectic art colony
- The many moods of the Sandia Mountains in a single day
- The “unity of drought” must supersede myths and self interest
- Gnarly Native American art on skateboard decks
- North American cities with toll beltways and bypasses
- 25 Largest American core cities without a limited access beltway or bypass
- Oklahoma’s impressive and surreal Great Salt Plains
- Ghost town images from Cuervo, NM
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Tag Archives: farms
Albuquerque’s two distinctive ranchito suburbs
All of us are familiar with the enormous ranches and farming operations that are most often found flung across the Midwestern and Western United States. We are also familiar with the smaller scale ranchettes and farmettes that tend to dot … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, agriculture, Animals, archaeology, architecture, art, cities, civics, culture, density, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, environment, Food, food systems, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, land use, Maps, Native Americans, nature, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Trade, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged agriculture, Albuquerque, Corrales, corrals, farmettes, Farmland Preservation, farms, Los Ranchos, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, orchards, ranchettes, ranchitos, Rio Rancho, stables, villages, vineyards
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A whirling good time to the Mid-America Windmill Museum
Nothing evokes the history of the American Midwest and Great Plains more than the classic windmill spinning effortlessly in the breeze. Sadly, these iconic structures are becoming less and less visible on the American landscape. But, there is a wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Alternative energy, architecture, culture, energy, environment, geography, historic preservation, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, nature, peace, product design, technology, topography, weather
Tagged agriculture, design, farms, historic preservation, history, Midwest, prairie, wind, wind energy, windmills
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Your community is a small town when…
This is the seventh in a series of satirical posts. This time, small towns are under the microscope. Your community is a small town when… John Mellencamp sings about it. Clark Kent grew up there. A high-rise is a silo, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, aviation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, density, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, government, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, music, nature, planning, satire, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, urban planning, zoning
Tagged 4H, cities, Clark Kent, farms, geography, John Mellencamp, land use, planning, satire, small towns, Superman, towns, villages
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Solemn Fencepost
Weathered and worn Tattered and torn A solemn wood post Alone and forlorn Wires barbed and true All rusty, not new Cling to their post Nothing else left to do Buffeted by winds No one more tends Perishing … Continue reading
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