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- Tallest of the tall by state, province, territory or country in North America
- Tuesday Tunes: Surname band names of the rock era
- Ten planning lessons from astronomical research sites
- Tuesday Tunes: Out-of-this-world rock band names
- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
- Canada’s next supergroup – A Short Walk to Pluto
- Two migration tales of strength, hardship, and tenacity
- An out-of-this-world visit to the Very Large Array (VLA)
- Albuquerque is a national leader in water conservation
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Tag Archives: Muskegon
WATCH mUSkeGOn!
Got to admit that it has been quite a few years since I last visited Muskegon, Michigan. Even though it is my mother’s birthplace, I can only think of two or three trips to the city (not passing by on … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, cities, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, environment, Food, historic preservation, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, recreation, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged 2018 Strongest Town Award, Muskegon, peacemaking, planning, public art, tourism, travel
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“Right here in river city!”
Many of you will recognize the title of this post being from the musical The Music Man. In this particular case I am referring to those cities, towns, and villages named after the river that flows through or by them. … Continue reading
Posted in branding, Canada, cities, Communications, environment, fun, geography, history, Maps, movies, music, nature, North America, placemaking, States, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, video
Tagged Big Sioux, cities, environment, etymology, geography, Grand, Hudson, Kansas, maps, movies, musicals, Muskegon, nature, Niagara, physical geography, place names, Platte, rivers, rock, streams, The Music man, theater, topography, towns. villages, video, waterways
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A dreaming planner’s “tunnel vision”
Recently I wrote a post about the idea of developing an intermodal freight bypass of the Chicago railway bottleneck by developing container ports on both the Michigan and Wisconsin sides of Lake Michigan. That post received a lot of commentary, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, Asia, China, civics, commerce, Communications, economic development, entrepreneurship, Europe, geography, government, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, planning, product design, Statistics, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged Chicago, commerce, infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Milwaukee, Muskegon, planning, railroads, railways, transportation, tunnels, urban planning, Wisconsin
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Just smile and say, “cheese please”
Yesterday, Alison and I had the privilege to visit an awesome new specialty food store in Grand Rapids called The Cheese Lady. From the moment you open the door and breathe in the delightful aromas, you know you have found … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, agriculture, architecture, art, cities, consumerism, Cuisine, culture, economic development, economic gardening, fair trade, Food, food systems, geography, historic preservation, land use, placemaking, product design, revitalization, third places, tourism, Travel, urban planning, Women
Tagged agriculture, cheese, cuisine, culture, food, food systems, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, retail
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