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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: green space
Ranking America’s urban forests
American Forests recently announced its ten best cities for urban forests for 2013. The top ten, out of the 50 largest cities in the nation are listed in alphabetical order below (weblinks to each winner’s results are provided): Austin Charlotte … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, cities, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, Wildlife
Tagged Austin, charlotte, cities, Denver, environment, green infrastructure, green space, land use, landscapes, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, nature, New York City, parks, Portland, Sacramento, Seattle, trees, urban forests, urban planning, Washington, wildlife
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Fertile places versus sterile spaces
The two photos below were taken by me on Friday afternoon as I wandered the streets of historic and Boston, Massachusetts. The first one shows the beauty and fertile vitality of the Boston Common. Meanwhile, the second, just mere blocks … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, economic development, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, peace, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged cities, civics, environment, green space, humanity, landscape architecture, open space, parks, Third places, vibe, vitality
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