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- Timeless Portraits of the Oklahoma Panhandle
- Cities with a lengthy formal, original, or ceremonial name
- Applying facets of Vastu Shastra to address climate change
- Favorite canyons and gorges visited
- A single sidewalk can make a huge difference
- Add “The Planning Commission” podcast to your agenda
- 15 years after the tornado – Planning lessons from Greensburg, Kansas
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Tag Archives: stadiums
Largest outdoor rodeo arenas in the US & Canada
Few sporting events can match a Western rodeo for enhancing the image of true Americana. Just the thought of a summer evening under the lights or a sunny afternoon watching courageous rodeo contestants compete in the dusty arena invokes a … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, architecture, Canada, cities, commerce, culture, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, Statistics, third places, tourism, Trade, Travel, urban planning
Tagged arenas, cities, coboys, cowgirls, entertainment, fun, history, planning, rodeo, rodeo arenas, rodeos, stadiums, travel
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Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators
Below is a working list of the longest urban escalators in the world. This list does not include the sum total length of multi-escalator systems (such as the Central-Mid Levels Escalator/Walkway System in Hong Kong), but only individual escalators or … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged airports, bike, cities, escalators, malls, metros, museums, railway stations, stadiums, subways
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Take me out to the ballgame…from the balcony
Greater Lansing can now claim to be a national and global trendsetter in innovative urban design, as construction has begun on The Outfield – a new mixed use development, including 80 residential units, overlooking the outfield of Lugnut’s Stadium (officially … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Advocacy, architecture, business, cities, culture, density, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, Housing, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, skylines, spatial design, sports, third places, tourism, trails, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged baseball, cities, downtown, entertainment, Gillespie Group, land use, Lansing, Lansing Lugnuts, planning, sports, stadiums, The Outfield
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The sins of suburban stadium sprawl
The following blogpost seemed timely and appropriate with the Super Bowl coming up this weekend in Glendale, Arizona, a large suburb of Phoenix. More on Glendale at the conclusion of this post. Quite often among the planning world there are debates on … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, density, downtown, economic development, entertainment, environment, geography, government, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, social equity, spatial design, sports, sprawl, sustainability, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged baseball, equity, football, geography, government, infrastructure, land use, planning, soccer, social equity, sprawl, stadiums, transportation
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My favorite stadiums
Last night I watched a very interesting and entertaining program on PBS about the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park in Boston. I highly recommend the special. The show got me to thinking about what my favorite stadiums are (or were) and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Canada, Cities, entertainment, Europe, fun, land use, schools, States, Travel, U.K.
Tagged ball parks, baseball, cricket, fields, football, soccer, sports, stadiums
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