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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: fitness
A single sidewalk can make a huge difference
It’s not often when one can witness the palpable difference infrastructure can make on the micro level. However, a small summer cottage beach neighborhood on Lake Wawasee, Indiana presents just such an opportunity. Here, the Natti Crow Beach neighborhood installed … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, bicycling, Biking, civics, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, fun, health, hiking, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, lakes, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, third places, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged community, fitness, fun, infrastructure, neighborhood, placemaking, planning, sidewalks, walkable, walking
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Namaste by the runway – Airport yoga is taking off!
The list at the end of the post identifies those 12 airports found thus far that have dedicated yoga rooms available for passengers and employees to practice their poses during travel and/or work. Several other airports (Albuquerque, Raleigh-Durham, and San … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, business, commerce, fitness, health, infrastructure, land use, marketing, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, third places, transportation, Travel, yoga
Tagged air travel, airport planning, airports, design, fitness, health, travel, yoga
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States with the most curling clubs
The list at the end of this post identifies those states with the most established and operating curling clubs. Clubs that are forming, exist only on paper, or which are inactive are not included in these figures. As is evident … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, culture, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, recreation, sports, States, Statistics, tourism, Travel
Tagged clubs, curling, entertainment, exercise, fitness, fun, geography, health, land use, organizations, recreation, sports, winter sports
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More street connections = less cut-through traffic
The argument that connecting new neighborhoods to existing ones causing cut-through traffic is only true if there are limited street connections in the transportation network in the first place. If a community has a well-planned, interconnected transportation network then more … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, environment, fitness, geography, health, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Maps, placemaking, planning, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, traffic, transportation, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, cut-through traffic, fitness, grid pattern, health, infrastructure, land use, NIMBY, spatial design, sprawl, traffic, transportation, transportation planning
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Getting a kick out of golf = Footgolf
Yesterday afternoon, my wife, middle son, and I tried our first attempt at the hot new sport of footgolf. Yes, you read that correctly, footgolf. Essentially, the marriage of soccer and golf, footgolf has become increasing popular in parts of … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, culture, entertainment, fitness, fun, geography, health, history, land use, product design, recreation, sports, States, Statistics, tourism, walking
Tagged athletics, entertainment, FIFG, fitness, footgolf, fun, geography, golf, health, recreation, sports, Under the Radar
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Grocery shopping au naturel
National organic and natural grocery chains such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, and The Fresh Market have become increasingly familiar in cities across the country. However, there are a number of successful local and regional chains that also offer … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, bicycling, branding, cities, coffee shops/cafes, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, entrepreneurship, environment, fair trade, fitness, Food, food systems, geography, health, history, land use, marketing, natural and organic foods, nature, placemaking, planning, product design, social equity, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, third places, urban planning
Tagged cities, coops, farm to store, farmers market, fitness, food deserts, foods, grocers, grocery stores, health, land use, markets, natural foods, organic markets, retailing, supermarkets
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Outdoor urban stairways from heaven
As a follow-up to last Friday’s post on ULI’s Building Healthy Places Toolkit, this montage depicts images of a dozen of the planet’s most famous and/or intriguing outdoor urban stairways. Aside from the public health benefits derived from promoting walkability, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, cities, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, trails, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged archtecture, art, cities, design, fitness, health, recreation, staircases, stairs, stairways, steps, walking
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The National Water Trails System continues to stream ahead
Here’s a list of those rivers currently included in the National Water Trails System and the approximate paddling mileage included as part of each designated trail. They are presented in alphabetical order. Alabama Scenic River Trail (Alabama) = 631 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, placemaking, rivers/watersheds, sustainability, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, water trails
Tagged fitness, geography, National Water Trails System, NPS, River-Horse, tourism, trails, travel, water trails
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A tangible benefit of malls versus power centers
I grew up in the shopping mall era. Many weekends, my friends and I would travel to Castleton Square or Glendale Mall on the north side in Indianapolis to wander, eat, people watch, see a movie, and/or play video games. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, architecture, Cars, cities, commerce, consumerism, culture, entertainment, fitness, Food, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, planning, product design, spatial design, sprawl, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged cities, culture, exercise, fitness, land use, lifestyles, malls, power centers, retail, sedentary, shopping, walking
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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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