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Tag Archives: Massachusetts
Building solar farms on closed landfills in Massachusetts
As the list directly below demonstrates, over the past decade more than 80 communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have successfully turned their closed brownfield landfills into green energy producing “bright fields.” Acton Landfill = 1.59 megawatt solar array on … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Astronomy, business, cities, civics, climate, climate change, economic development, economics, ecosystems, energy, engineering, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, nature, pictures, planning, politics, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, solar, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, urban planning, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bright fields, brownfield, green, green energy, landfills, Massachusetts, renewable energy, reuse, solar, solar arrays, solar farms, sun
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Eleven planning lessons from Boston/Cambridge
I had the opportunity to visit Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts in mid-March. Here is a list of eleven planning-related lessons I took away from visiting these two dynamic cities. Preserve, protect and celebrate your community’s history. A varied blend of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, branding, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, Communications, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, marketing, new urbanism, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, recreation, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, Trade, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, art, bicycling, Boston, Cambridge, cities, cycling, environment, geography, history, land use, Massachusetts, planning, transportation
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Cambridge’s “complete” Vassar Street
During our Boston St. Patrick’s Day weekend, we wandered around parts of Cambridge and MIT’s campus. One of the places we chanced upon after our bike sharing tour along the Charles River was Vassar Street. This approximate two-mile long urban thoroughfare … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, civics, colleges, commerce, culture, downtown, economic development, education, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, schools, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged active transportation, advocacy, bicycling, biking, Cambridge, cities, commuting, complete streets, design, fitness, fun, geography, health, land use, maps, Massachusetts, MIT, placemaking, planning, protected bike lanes, transportation, travel, urban planning, Vassar Street
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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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Some scenes from “Beantown”
Here are a just a few of the myriad of photos taken today in Boston. Enjoy!
Posted in China, cities, civics, culture, density, diversity, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, skylines, spatial design, States, Statistics, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged Beantown, Boston, Chinatowns, cities, Massachusetts, placemaking, planning, sightseeing, skylines, tourism, travel
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