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Tag Archives: Texas
El Paso’s impressive Loop 375 bypass could be extraordinary
It’s not often that one comments about a specific freeway, but the Texas Loop 375 bypass of El Paso is not your typical highway. The freeway connects the central city with Interstate 10 southeast of town, then to US 62 … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, Highway displacement, highways, hiking, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, pictures, planning, spatial design, sprawl, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transportation, Transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, Wildlife
Tagged bypass, cities, El Paso, expressways, Franklin Mountains, freeways, highways, Loop 375, Texas, Transmountain Freeway, wildlife crossings
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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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Laredo: From 275-day national capital to border boomtown
Between 1838 and 1841 there was an effort to establish a new nation along the Rio Grande composed of parts of the Northern Frontier of Mexico and disputed portions of the then Republic of Texas located south of the Nueces … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, cities, commerce, culture, geography, government, highways, historic preservation, history, land use, Latin America, Maps, Mexico, pictures, place names, placemaking, politics, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, shipping, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel
Tagged centralist, federalist, Laredo, Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, Republic of the Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Santa Anna, Texas, Transborder metropolitan agglomeration
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Ten Planning Lessons from San Antonio
Here are my ten (10) planning lessons from one of America’s most enjoyable and dynamic large cities – San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio’s River Walk can easily be classified as one of America’s “most iconic planning efforts.” It helped set … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, bicycling, branding, cities, commerce, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, entertainment, entrepreneurship, food trucks, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Mexico, placemaking, planning, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged HemisFair '68, missions, RiverWalk, San Antonio, Southtown, Texas
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Two Towns and Two Death Tales of Billy the Kid
Frontier Towns, Chapter 5: Fort Sumner, New Mexico and Hico, Texas Normally, I am skeptical of conspiracy theories. But, I also realize that history tends to be written by the victors. With that, the victors can and will tend to … Continue reading
Posted in book reviews, books, business, cities, civics, culture, geography, historic preservation, history, literature, Maps, pictures, politics
Tagged Billy the Kid, Brushy Bill Roberts, Fort Sumner, Hico, Lincoln County War, New Mexico, Texas
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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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