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- The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
- Ominous Sounding Frontier Town Names
- The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
- Pendulum Urban Planning – The Wild Ride Between Pro and Anti-development
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Tag Archives: Texas
The Old West Personified in a Town’s Iconic Name
Frontier Towns, Chapter 2: Pecos, Texas Few names portray a better image of the Old West than “Pecos.” The Pecos River is the natural dividing line between central and western Texas, as to the west of this iconic river the … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, architecture, books, branding, cartoons, cities, civics, commerce, culture, deserts, downtown, economic development, environment, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, recreation, spatial design, topography, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Pecos, Pecos Bill, Pecos River, rodeo, Texas, Trans-Pecos, West of the Pecos
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The geography of Facebook data centers
Just this week, Facebook announced it would be building its fifth data center complex in Fort Worth, Texas. Hat’s off to Facebook, as the entire complex will contain 750,000 square feet in three buildings on 111 acres, will be 100% … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, architecture, business, cities, climate change, commerce, Communications, economic development, environment, geography, infrastructure, internet, land use, pictures, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, business, cities, data centers, design, Faceboook, geography, internet, Iowa, land use, North Carolina, Oregon, spatial design, Sweden, technology, Texas
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It’s a beach, not a litter box for plastic!
This disgusting and disgraceful view is what we were greeted with upon arriving at the beach of San Jose Island on the Texas Gulf Coast 10 days ago. The largely uninhabited island sits on the north side of the mouth … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, civility, consumerism, education, environment, planning, pollution, recycling, sustainability, tourism, Travel, visual pollution
Tagged Aransas Pass, beaches, civics, ecology, environment, oceans, plastic, pollution, recycling, sustainability, Texas, water pollution
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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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City names with three+ sets of side-by-side matching letters
Below are eleven cities in the United States whose names have three or more sets of matching letters located side-by-side. Interestingly, all are from the Southern United States. Nearly two-thirds of them (seven) come from Florida and Georgia and are a … Continue reading
Railroad quiet zones – state leaders and laggards
At the end of this post are lists of the leading and lagging states, based on the number of railroad quiet zones that have been established. At the present time there are a total of 570 quiet zones designated in … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, cities, civility, commerce, environment, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged environment, Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, land use, noise, noise pollution, planning, pollution, railroads, railways, San Antonio, Texas, trains
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“It was like three midnights in a jug”
The memorable quote used for the title of this post came from a survivor of the Dust Bowl. Also referred to as the Dirty Thirties, this decade meant great economic and social hardship for many residents of the United States, but … Continue reading
Posted in art, book reviews, books, Canada, climate change, Economy, environment, Food, food systems, geography, Geology, health, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, immigration, land use, nature, North America, politics, pollution, reading, Science, States, sustainability, writing
Tagged 1930s, agriculture, book reviews, books, climate change, Colorado, disasters, Dust Bowl, dusters, Farming, global warming, Great Plains, history, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, prairie, Texas, Timothy Egan, USA
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No need to mess with Texas, it’s already messed up
While driving today I saw one of those “Don’t mess with Texas” bumper stickers. I thought, why should we? Texans have already messed themselves up just fine without our help by electing ultra-conservative bozos. Texas ranks 51st in the nation … Continue reading
Away down south in “Dioxin Dixie”
Well folks, here is yet another interesting factoid on why Texas should continue to be regarded as the bright and shining light of rampant, unfettered capitalism; the state is freaking aglow in hazardous wastes. Just keep it a secret and … Continue reading
Posted in deregulation, economics, Environment, politics, pollution
Tagged Dixie, EPA, hazardous wastes, pollution, Texas
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The Texas morass
My oh my, how the mouthy and mighty have fallen. They have always claimed things are bigger in Texas. Well, their $27 billion budget morass is right up there with the best of them. Whatever happened to that shining light … Continue reading
