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- 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
- The buzz about America’s “bee-friendly” cities
- Tallest buildings of Greater Washington, DC
- New Mexico’s protected wildlife areas along the Rio Grande
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Tag Archives: revitalization
Cities joining, nearing, or falling from the 100,000 resident club
The following three lists identify those cities in the United States that reached a population of 100,000; are growing and nearing 100,000 residents; and who have fallen below 100,000 residents based on the 2020 Census. Five (5) cities that were … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, cities, civics, commerce, demographics, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, geography, health, history, humanity, immigration, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, urban design, urban planning
Tagged census, cities, demographics, geography, growth, history, land use, planning, population, redevelopment, revitalization, zoning
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Ten Planning Lessons from Pittsburgh
An aging industrial city can successfully reinvent itself; but despite doing so, Pittsburgh continues to face the challenge of population decline. As the photo above indicates, pedestrian access to the waterfront from the downtown triangle is too often hindered by … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, architecture, Cars, cities, civics, culture, demographics, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, topography, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Urban Gondolas, urban planning, walking
Tagged Hill District, history, Pittsburgh, revitalization
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Ten Planning Lessons from Bisbee, AZ
Current and former mining towns (as well as all declining post-industrial cities) can learn valuable lessons from Bisbee on how to survive and later begin to reverse the decline after its founding industry falters. Architectural gems from previous eras are … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, Cities, civics, culture, economic development, Environment, geography, health, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Nature, placemaking, planning, pollution, revitalization, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, visual pollution, zoning
Tagged Arizona, arts, Bisbee, copper, historic preservation, mining, pollution, revitalization, tourism
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Surviving Clusters of Shotgun Houses
The shotgun house, or shotgun shack is an easily recognizable long and narrow residential dwelling style that was most commonly constructed in the Deep South and along/near the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys in the decades between the end of the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Africa, architecture, art, cities, culture, density, diversity, economics, geography, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, history, housing, missing middle housing, neighborhoods, new urbanism, revitalization, shotgun houses, shotgun shacks, vernacular
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America’s hottest hipsterhoods in 2017
The following list developed by hotspotrentals.com identifies the hottest inner city neighborhoods around the country in 2017. Having been to Midtown Detroit back in late August and seen how exciting it is, one can only imagine the vibrancy and hipness of the … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, art, Biking, branding, Cities, civics, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, culture, density, diversity, economic gardening, fun, gentrification, geography, Housing, land use, new urbanism, place names, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, urban planning, walking
Tagged cities, gentrification, hipsterhoods, hipsters, neighborhoods, placemaking, revitalization, urban
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Unofficial guide to hipsterhoods of the Mid-Atlantic Region
This unofficial hipsterhood guide for the Mid-Atlantic Region covers the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, the Southeastern portion of Pennsylvania, Virginia, as well as the District of Columbia. It is fifth in the series – Rust Belt, Texas and … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, gentrification, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, infrastructure, land use, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, culture, gentrification, geography, hipsters, land use, planning, revitalization, sociology, urban
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Unofficial guide to hipsterhoods of the Mountain West
For this post, my definition of Mountain West includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. College towns that are largely hipster havens are listed without specific neighborhoods unless they have been identified during … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, beer, bicycling, Biking, branding, brewpubs, cities, coffee shops/cafes, colleges, commerce, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship, Food, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, Small business, social equity, sustainability, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, diversity, geography, hipsters, housing, land use, neighborhoods, planning, redevelopment, revitalization, urban planning
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Unofficial guide to hipsterhoods of Texas and the Great Plains
With the exception of Texas, much of the Great Plains is often overlooked by the national media when citing hipster-cool city neighborhoods and districts. Similar to the Rust Belt, what is actually considered Great Plains is somewhat fluid, depending on whom you ask. For … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, cities, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, geography, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sustainability, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged bohemian, cities, cool, culture, districts, diversity, entertainment, fun, Great Plains, hipsters, history, land use, lifestyles, neighborhoods, planning, redevelopment, revitalization, Texas, urban, urban planning
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Unofficial guide to “hipsterhoods” of the Rust Belt (UPDATED)
UPDATED on 10/13/15 to include Rust Belt cities of all sizes. The term “hipster” stirs up a myriad of images and connotations including but not limited to hippie. modern yuppie, bohemian, urban bohemian, counter-culture, geek, etc. Here is a condensed … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, art, beer, branding, brewpubs, cities, civility, coffee shops/cafes, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, entrepreneurship, historic preservation, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, placemaking, planning, revitalization, Small business, social equity, Social media, spatial design, technology, third places, urban planning, zoning
Tagged bohemian, cities, culture, economy, hipsters, land use, neighborhoods, planning, redevelopment, revitalization, Rust Belt, social equity, urban planning, zoning
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Ten planning lessons made in Detroit
Here are my ten planning lessons from Detroit. It’s a great city that I have seen change dramatically, both for the positive and the negative, over the past 22 years as a resident of Michigan. Beneath this downtrodden city was a sleeping giant … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, branding, Canada, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, diversity, geography, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, urban planning
Tagged architecture, cities, Detroit, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, Michigan, planning, revitalization, social equity, spatial design, sprawl
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