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- Is Soul City’s dream being realized in Illinois?
- World’s largest cities with three (3) letter names
- The Pumpkins return with a “Smashing” good record
- City/town names in USA/Canada that end with matching letters
- The High Desert bursts forth in a symphony of colors
- 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]
- Ten dreamy planning lessons from cruising Michigan’s Woodward Corridor
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Tag Archives: scenery
Ten planning lessons from our national parks
Provided below are ten planning lessons garnered from having the honor and pleasure of visiting countless national parks, monuments, historic sites, battlefields, lakeshores, seashores, trails, and preserves across our nation. The lessons are not necessarily presented in order of importance, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, Animals, archaeology, architecture, art, Astronomy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, Bus transportation, Cars, charities, Cities, civics, climate, culture, deserts, diversity, economic development, ecosystems, education, electric vehicles, energy, entertainment, Environment, EVs and hybrids, family, fitness, geography, Geology, government, Green roofs, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, land use, mountains, natural history, Nature, parking, placemaking, planning, politics, recreation, rivers/watersheds, solar, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, transit, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, walking, water, water conservation, water trails, waterfalls, Wilderness, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged cities, culture, ecology, education, environment, geography, geology, historic preservation, history, landscapes, lessons, National Parks, nature, parks, planning, scenery, urban parks, wildlife
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No place better on Earth than “Up North” in the summertime
We spent the past week in Mother Earth’s idyllic playground – also known as the Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan, centered around Traverse City. I have yet to find a photograph or painting that adequately depicts the visual beauty and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Canada, cities, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, historic preservation, history, holiday, land use, nature, pictures, placemaking, recreation, spatial design, sports, States, sustainability, third places, topography, tourism, Travel, UK, walking, Wildlife
Tagged Adirondacks, Boundary Waters, Canada, Finger Lakes, fun, geography, Georgian Bay, history, Lake District, Lake Michigan, lakes, Michigan, Northwoods, photos, scenery, topography, tourism, travel, Traverse City, UK
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The loveliest commuter railway of all
I will grant that I have not ridden every commuter railway line on the planet, but one would find it hard to find a one any lovelier than the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) line that extends 17 miles from Dublin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, entertainment, environment, Europe, fun, geography, Geology, government, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, Ireland, land use, logistics, nature, Nature, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged Bray Head, cities, commuter rail, commuting, DART, Dublin, Greystones, Irish Rail, land use, railroads, railways, scenery, transportation
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Pondering and wandering the Great Plains
The Great Plains have long fascinated me, though I am not exactly sure why. Somehow that vast, semi-arid stretch of mostly flat land intrigues me in a mystifying way. Places with legendary names like Cheyenne, Dodge City, Pecos, Scottsbluff, Deadwood, Abilene (Kansas … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, Canada, climate change, culture, economics, environment, geography, history, immigration, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, reading, spatial design, States, sustainability, tourism, transportation, Travel, writing
Tagged books, Dakota, Dust Bowl, Great Plains, history, literature, migration, pony express, Prairyerth, Ramblin' Man, scenery, trails, wildflowers, writing
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Explaining the “WOW” factor!
Recently, I noted in a post about mass transit rail versus buses on rustwire.com, that bus rapid transit (BRT) does not have the “WOW” factor of a light rail transit (LRT), commuter rail, subways, or a modern streetcar system. At … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, cities, culture, economic development, entertainment, history, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, skylines, spatial design, tourism, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged buses, cities, environment, mass transit, placemaking, planning, rail, scenery, transportation, vistas
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