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- Tallest of the tall by state, province, territory or country in North America
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- Ten planning lessons from astronomical research sites
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- Riding the rails of interstellar discovery at the Very Large Array
- Majestic “mesa” cities and towns around the globe
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Tag Archives: Sonoran Desert
Ten Planning Lessons from Phoenix
Prior to 2019, the last time I had been in Phoenix was 1970. While I certainly expected the city to have changed in those nearly 50 years, I was unprepared for the largely unchecked growth and monumental differences that had … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, deserts, downtown, economic development, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, placemaking, planning, pollution, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Arizona, Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport, Sonoran Desert, Tempe Town Lake
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Let’s stop dissing deserts!
In response to a recent post about “transit deserts” on The Market Urbanism Report’s Facebook page, I made the following comment: “I think we need to rethink using the term ‘desert’ to describe an area lacking something. Deserts can be … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal rights, Animals, climate change, deserts, diversity, ecosystems, environment, geography, history, land use, nature, planning, Science, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, weather, Wildlife
Tagged Atacama Desert, deserts, ecosystems, flora and fauna, land use, Sahara Desert, Sonoran Desert, The Market Urbanism's Report, vacuums, wildlife
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Arizona DOT ponders paving over paradise
Are they NUTS? Among the alternatives being considered by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) for future Interstate 11 (I-11) are two (2) options that would loop it west of Tucson through the stunningly gorgeous Avra Valley. Who in … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, archaeology, cities, civics, civility, commerce, economic development, environment, geography, Geology, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, light pollution, Maps, Mexico, nature, planning, pollution, shipping, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, topography, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Arizona, Avra Valley, expressways, freeways, Future I-11, highways, interstate, Interstate 11, maps, Pima County, Sonoran Desert, Tucson
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Planning lessons from Tucson
My wife and I just returned home from an amazing week in gorgeous Tucson, Arizona. Unlike many places visited, it was easy to come up with many more than ten planning lessons from this beautiful desert oasis. While we adore … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Cities, civics, colleges, Cuisine, culture, diversity, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fitness, Food, food systems, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, nature, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, third places, topography, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, visual pollution, walking, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged Arizona, Sonoran Desert, Tucson
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