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- Place Name Hall of Fame: Distinctly recognizable town/small and mid-sized city names
- Twelve planning lessons from Taos and the Taos Pueblo
- Solar energy production in the USA on former surface mines
- Monikers/nicknames for film and movie-making hubs
- Albuquerque – A city at the convergence of unparalleled geophysical landforms
- Strict planning & zoning destroys eclectic, offbeat, and funky
- Madrid, NM – Coal mining ghost town to eclectic art colony
- The many moods of the Sandia Mountains in a single day
- The “unity of drought” must supersede myths and self interest
- Gnarly Native American art on skateboard decks
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Tag Archives: maps
Wealthier “nearburb” communities close to downtown
The list included at the bottom of this post identifies those wealthier communities that are located close to the central business district of the metropolitan area they are located. These wealthy “nearburbs” demonstrate that local gentry of each metropolitan area … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative transportation, cities, commerce, demographics, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, place names, planning, politics, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, traffic, transportation, urban design, urban planning, zoning
Tagged cities, commuting, enclaves, gentry, geography, maps, nearburbs, per capita income, rich, streetcar suburbs, streetcars, suburbs, towns, wealth
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Mapping America’s historic iron mining districts and ranges
Adirondack Highlands Iron District – New York – see map below (red dots indicate locations of iron mines) Birmingham Iron District – Alabama – see map below (iron ore areas shown in brown and burnt orange) Cuyuna Iron Range – … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, environment, geography, Geology, Great Lakes, historic preservation, history, industry, land use, Maps, Mining, planning, pollution, topography, Uncategorized
Tagged districts, geology, iron mining, maps, mines, mining, ranges
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Largest Cities/Towns That Incorporate Other State Names
The following list of cities and towns containing the names of other states is presented in order by size of the city/town using 2016 population estimates, unless otherwise noted. While some of the websites that are listed at the end … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, civics, culture, fun, geography, history, Maps, place names, placemaking
Tagged cities, geography, maps, place names, towns
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Namesake Cities With The Most Compass Point Suburbs
The following list identifies those cities and towns in the United States and Canada that have at least two (2) suburbs that use the namesake city’s title along with a compass point direction. Not included are communities in New England … Continue reading
Posted in branding, cities, fun, geography, Maps, place names, placemaking
Tagged compass points, geography, maps, namesakes, place names
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Arizona DOT ponders paving over paradise
Are they NUTS? Among the alternatives being considered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for future Interstate 11 (I-11) are two (2) options that would loop it west of Tucson through the stunningly gorgeous Avra Valley. Who in … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, archaeology, cities, civics, civility, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, light pollution, Maps, Mexico, nature, planning, pollution, shipping, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Arizona, Avra Valley, expressways, freeways, Future I-11, highways, interstate, Interstate 11, maps, Pima County, Sonoran Desert, Tucson
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IKEA’s North American distribution network – Update #1
The following list identifies existing and planned IKEA distribution facilities in North America serving their retail outlets. They are listed from oldest to newest. A map of the locations is also provided via this ZeeMaps weblink. Westampton (Philadelphia), New Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in business, Canada, cities, commerce, economic development, geography
Tagged distribution, geography, IKEA, logistics, maps, planning, transportation, warehouses
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Largest cities straddling the Equator
Each of the following cities straddles/abuts the Equator, as the coordinates for each are less than one degree latitude from the Equator. Only the core city population is provided, so there may be some suburbs that could have been part … Continue reading
Posted in cities, environment, geography, Maps, planning, Statistics, topography
Tagged cities, equator, geography, maps, statistics, topogaphy
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World’s largest cities at/beyond 60 degrees south latitude
This is a very short list, as there are no incorporated communities located at or beyond 60 degrees south latitude – only research stations/posts on Antarctica. By the way, do you say “above” 60 degrees in the Southern Hemisphere or … Continue reading
Posted in cities, demographics, Environment, geography
Tagged cities, geography, latitude, maps
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World’s largest cities above 60 degrees north latitude – UPDATED
At the end of this post is a list of the 17 northernmost cities in the world with a population of 100,000 or more residents and which are situated at a minimum of 60 degrees north latitude. Metro area … Continue reading
Cities stuck in “The Middle”
Here’s my list of cities and towns whose name refers to being located in the center or middle. One of the intriguing things about many of these communities is the number of them that lack being in the middle of … Continue reading
Posted in branding, Canada, cities, Communications, fun, geography, land use, Maps, North America, place names, placemaking, planning, States, Statistics, tourism, Travel
Tagged center, central, cities, fun, geography, heart, maps, mid, middle, midway, placenames, The Middle, towns
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