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- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
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Tag Archives: landscape architecture
The overuse of castle-centric Medieval design
If there is one aspect of classic architecture that does not appear to transfer well into many modern land use applications, it’s the Medieval castle. All too often, at least here in the United States, castle-oriented architecture is the only … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, civics, commerce, consumerism, culture, downtown, economic development, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Europe, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, opinion, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, shopping, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, transportation, Travel, trucking, UK, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged aesthetics, Belgium, Bruges, design, Disneyfy, England, landscape architecture, landscaping, Medieval, Medieval architecture, York
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Ten planning lessons from Victoria, British Columbia
My wife and I had the great pleasure of visiting gorgeous Victoria, British Columbia for five days last month. After some time for reflection, here is my list of ten planning lessons learned from this magnificent city. If there ever were a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, aviation, bicycling, Canada, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, inclusiveness, land use, landscape architecture, nature, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, skylines, spatial design, sustainability, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged bicycling, British Columbia, Canada, cities, gardens, history, kayaking, land use, landscape architecture, nature, planning, transportation, urban planning, Victoria
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Leading “Tree Campus USA” states
In honour of Arbor Day 2014 (tomorrow, Friday, April 25th), I thought it would be interesting to highlight the Tree Campus USA program conducted by the Arbor Day Foundation. Started in 2008 and similar to Tree City USA, this program recognizes those … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, charities, cities, civics, climate change, colleges, culture, education, environment, fun, geography, government, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, North America, peace, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, schools, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, charities, cities, colleges, ecology, education, environment, forestry, land use, landscape architecture, natures, peace, planning, schools, trees, universities
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2013 “Tree City, USA” state rankings
Given that April is both the month of Earth Day (22nd) and Arbor Day (general the last Friday in April or the 26th in 2013), it seemed fitting to conclude the month with a blog post about those states with … Continue reading
Posted in charities, cities, civics, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, energy, environment, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, North America, peace, placemaking, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged Arbor ay, Arbor ay Foundation, cities, climate change, environment, landscape, landscape architecture, nature, states, statistics, Tree City USA, trees
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Turning the bland into grand
As an avid bicycle commuter who resides in a community where bikes are permitted to ride along certain roadside paved pathways (sidewalks of 7-8 feet wide), I find the gray blandness of most sidewalks/pathways to be quite boring and uninspiring. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, branding, cities, civics, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entrepreneurship, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, light pollution, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged arts, bicycling, cities, infrastructure, landscape architecture, landscaping, pathways, sidewalks, streetscaping, trails, urban planning, walking
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Refuge along highways from hell
In an excellent and succinct brochure, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) notes the following ten benefits of raised medians and pedestrian safety refuge areas in the center of roadways. According to the document; “on average, a pedestrian is killed in a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, culture, density, environment, fitness, geography, health, humanity, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, cities, FHWA, fitness, health, land use, landscape architecture, roadways, safety, transportation, walkability, walking
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Paying homage at a planning and landscape design shrine
This past Sunday, a few hours prior to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and my quick departure back to Michigan, I had the profound honor of visiting one of the ultimate shrines of the planning and landscape design professions – the Frederick … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, civics, civility, culture, education, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, psychology, revitalization, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, Brookline, design, environment, Fairstead, Frederick Law Olmstead, land use, land use planning, landscape architecture, Massachusetts, National Historic Sites, National Parks, nature, urban planning
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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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