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- Scaling peaks of stone despite achy bones: A memoir and and an aspiration
- Ten favorite and least favorite state capital cities
- Los destinos divinos de Latinoamérica: Ciudades con nombres religiosos más allá de San/o, o Santa/o [Latin America’s divine destinations: Cities with religious names beyond San/o, or Santa/o]
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Tag Archives: Route 66
Tucumcari – Where signs are art
A recent trip through Tucumcari, New Mexico on old Route 66 revealed a litany of roadside history, not least of which were some amazing signs. The following photo montage depicts a sample of these structures and reveals the artistry of … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, architecture, art, branding, Cities, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, fun, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, land use, pictures, placemaking, product design, signs, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged advertising, auto travel, design, historic preservations, marketing, New Mexico, Route 66, signage, signs, travel, Tucumcari
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Echoes from a 20th Century ghost town – Glenrio, NM/TX
One typically thinks of ghost towns being worn relics from the 19th Century or of earlier time periods. However, in the case of Glenrio, New Mexico/Texas, the town was founded, prospered, and died during a narrow time span within the … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, archaeology, architecture, Cars, Cities, commerce, culture, fun, geography, Highway displacement, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, pictures, place names, Railroads, Small business, spatial design, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged ghost towns, Glenrio, historic preservation, Interstate Highways, mid-century, New Mexico, Route 66, Texas, travel
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Ten Planning Lessons from Albuquerque
We have been enjoying an awesome trip to New Mexico. This post about Albuquerque is the first of several that will be written about the state, is residents, and its communities. Paz! The preservation and protection of the original 1706 … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, aviation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, cities, civics, colleges, commerce, Cuisine, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, spatial design, sprawl, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged Albuquerque, art, El Vado Motel, KIMO Theatre, New Mexico, Nob Hill, Old Town, Petroglyph National Monument, Rail-Runner, Route 66
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