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Tag Archives: LA
Best new album of 2015 – now there are two to choose from
Until this week I was certain my choice for the best new album of 2015 was going to be Wolf Alice’s My Love is Cool. Now the L.A. based alternative band Silversun Pickups have decided to make that a much … Continue reading
Posted in art, Communications, culture, entertainment, fun, movies, music, music reviews, video
Tagged albums, alternative music, Better Nature, LA, music, reviews, rock, Silversun Pickups, video, Wolf Alice
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CITIES WITH THAT ‘sinking’ FEELING
We all have heard about the perils posed to urban areas by rising sea levels, but less often discussed (until recently) are the potential disasters awaiting those cities that are literally sinking under the weight of themselves. The proper term … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Africa, Asia, cities, civics, climate change, Economy, environment, Europe, geography, Geology, government, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, Mining, nature, North America, Oceania, planning, politics, pollution, South America, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, urban planning, visual pollution, writing
Tagged Bangkok, Dhaka, drilling, engineering, environment, extracting, geography, groundwater, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Houston, Jakarta, LA, land use, Manila, mining, nature, New Orleans, Shanghai, sinking cities, subsidence, Tokyo, urban planning, Venice
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New mega-skyscrapers coming to LA and NYC
Just in the past week or so, the designs for two new champion-scale skyscraper projects have been revealed. In Los Angeles, demolition of existing structures is underway, and construction of the tallest building on the West Coast will start soon, … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, geography, Housing, land use, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, technology, third places, tourism, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, art, cities, design, LA, land use, Los Angeles, new urbanism, New York City, skylines, skyscrapers, tall buildings
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Your community is a “tinsel town” when…
It’s named Hollywood, whether it’s situated in California or not. There are more talent scouts than boy scouts or girl scouts. Searchlights scan the sky nightly even when you are not at war. There is a giant tic-tac-toe board standing … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, entertainment, film, fun, geography, history, humanity, land use, marketing, movies, placemaking, planning, satire, spatial design, Television, theaters, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged cities, entertainment, fun geography, Hollywood, LA, land use, movies, satire, tinsel town
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