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- The First Great Hub of the Northern Plains
- Two Towns and Two Death Tales of Billy the Kid
- Cities/Towns Named for Native American Indian Chiefs
- Hell’s Worth of Wickedness in One Cowtown
- A Town that was Born Through a Scam!
- Best and Worst Live Concerts Seen
- The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
- Ominous Sounding Frontier Town Names
- The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
- Pendulum Urban Planning – The Wild Ride Between Pro and Anti-development
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Tag Archives: lodging
Constant’s “New Babylon” utopia is not so far-fetched
Imagine a brave new world with the following attributes: “Living time” would replace “work time;” Humankind would be collectively liberated from work and free to engage in creativity; Citizens would pass their time in perpetual tourism; Fixed residence would be … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchist, Anonymous, architecture, art, book reviews, books, cities, Constant Nieuwenhuys, design, environment, futurism, land use, lodging, Netherlands, New Babylon, planning, politics, pollution, PROVO, tourism, travel, urban planning, utopia
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Roadside Americana – Motel memories
I am probably going to date myself yet again with this post, but to this urban planner, one of the most memorable images of the American highway system in the 1960s and 70s was the motel or motor court. Often … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, branding, Cars, commerce, Communications, culture, entertainment, family, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, holiday, land use, logistics, Maps, music, North America, planning, product design, signs, spatial design, sprawl, tourism, transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, video, zoning
Tagged fun, geography, historic preservation, history, holidays, hotels, inns, lodges, lodging, maps, Memory Motel, motels, motor courts, motor inns, roadside Americana, The Rolling Stones, tourism, travel, vacation
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Review of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
I had my first chance to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel entertaining film on DVD over the past weekend while visiting family in Indiana. What a terrific movie! No only are there wonderful characters and interwoven plots, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged ageism, Asia, books, film, hotels, India, lodging, movies, retirement, sexism, tourism, travel
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Is make-believe getting out of hand?
One of my pet peeves is when a business or organization decides to name itself in a completely fanciful and illogical way that makes absolutely no geographical or topical sense for its location. Here are two examples, one from where … Continue reading
