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addictive picasso
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CoolTown Studios
what would be the 19 urban development types for the creatives that fuel the knowledge economy? Here’s one look at it, based on a list initially produced by renowned urbanist Andres Duany:
 
Sramana
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Conservation of the Urban Identity (Part 2)
By Guest Author Vaswar MitraShould a city struggling to provide its residents with basic amenities concern itself with issues...
 
Rob Cottingham
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Urban sprawl no fun for kids
Laura Stone in the Vancouver Sun on two reports from the Vanier Institute of the Family.  The Sun of course does not provide a link to either of the reports or the institute so I have saved you the Google search.Neither, it seems to me, says anything...
 
Marguerite
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What The Hell Are We Fighting For? The Tragedy of Fort Hood
And it’s one, two, three, fourWhat are we fighting for?Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,Next stop is...
 
Valkiria
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YouTube - UMTaubmanCollege's Channel
Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief, Metropolis, presented Oct. 10, 2009, at the Future of Design conference.University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning hosted the Future of Design conference, Oct. 9 & 10, 2009....
 
jwmay
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Poverty, poor urban planning increase RP's risk from typhoons http://ff.im/b3PLe
 
o1xen
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Poverty, poor urban planning increase RP's risk from typhoons http://ff.im/b3PLe
 
urbanworkbench
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Flagging Doggy Doo
Public spaces should be respected and kept clean for the enjoyment of all; and around here, there is a group of people who are...
 
Marguerite
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Earth to Obama – “Change We Can Believe in For Dummies”
Despite all the spinning and supposed sloughing off of the election returns last night in key districts in Virginia, New York,...
 
urbanworkbench
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The Smart Growth Manual
Smart Growth is slowly being recognized as having benefits outside of the usual talk of walkable neighbourhoods and...
 
countablyinfinite
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TransportCamp: rapid-fire impressions
Not being at the opening circle is a HUGE set-back when it’s a new crowd.I clearly need to polish up on my how to have...
 
loquacious23
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NOLA Cycle Project
One effect of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans was to render existing bike maps of the city obsolete and incomplete. The NOLA...
 
Eric Youle
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RT @FionaSimpsonMP: Who benefits most from centralised urban planning from Canberra? The public or the ALP campaign slush fund?
 
Dave
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Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 26. October 2009
Comptroller’s report raises concerns about The Moderne – BizTimesBadger Guns case brings probation –...
 
monique
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RT @tweetmeme Urban planning http://retwt.me/1szof
 
paradigm4
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How highways undermine our livability
I have always believed that issues are not black and white; that there are always shades of grey and no ultimately right...
 
Geewhy
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Land Rush
Harry Ryan prepares for some neighborhood beautification. (Photo courtesy of Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)Dan Barry of The...
 
Dave Atkins
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@atomicpoet Wendy Waters' blog http://allaboutcities.ca/ great for urban planning, Econ dev, and anyone into cities - she's Vancouver-based
 
paradigm4
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Geoff Meggs, Bing Thom call for removal of viaducts!
As you may recall, back in January, I wrote a blog/letter to Mayor Robertson asking him to examine removing the Georgia and...
 
<em>linkingq</em>
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The Ultimate ‘Survivor’ Show: Let’s Reverse Climate Change Effects NOW!
My country, the Philippines, has just been hit by a one-two hard punch when Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) and Typhoon Parma...
 
Jane
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The Ultimate ‘Survivor’ Show: Let’s Reverse Climate Change Effects NOW!
My country, the Philippines, has just been hit by a one-two hard punch when Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) and Typhoon Parma...
 
Himself
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Touring the Memorial Coliseum and Rose Garden
The view from the concourse of Memorial Coliseum, the world’s only transparent arenaAs a member of the the mayor’s...
28 days ago More Hockey Less War | Topics: Basketball, Hockey, Me, Photos
 
Marguerite
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The Rose Garden Nobel Speech Obama Should Have Given
Dear World:I am deeply humbled by this incredible honor.  However there is no way I can possibly accept it.  My kids are...
 
Mike
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Highlight in Urban Planning: Portland (The City with the Plan)
Portland, Oregon (and more specifically, downtown Portland) is often cited as one of the major successful urban planning...
 
bingskee
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Heartbreaking Clips
CLIP 1I heard from the radio that Pangasinan was ravaged by flood waters. There are a lot of dead and missing people. In La...
 
Rob Sharp
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RT @caronne: Urban planning would love this: Cabspotting http://stamen.com/clients/cabspotting - feels like a pulsing breathing thing #wds09
 
ed ebreo
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I'm voting for the candidate who will offer permanent solution to the country's absence of urban planning and solve squatting permanently
 
Dave
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Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 05. October 2009
Milwaukee-Madison rail route still on track despite Olympic vote – JSOnlineReal Estate: Aldermen ponder loan proposal...
 
Peter Bakke
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... a delicious rant about the horrors of bad urban planning: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/121
 
paradigm4
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Rebuttal to Sun op-ed “Surrey looks to connect with its future”
This is my rebuttal to the infuriatingly biased, and misinformed, op-ed from Jagdeesh Mann, the editor of the South Asian Post,...
 
Marguerite
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The Herculean Struggle: Chicagoans vs. Obama over Olympics
You know, it hurts to be right and it pisses me off when I’m ignored, particularly by the left, who keep insisting that...
 
Karsten
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migropolis
A survey on the global city using the urban territory of Venice as an exemplary paradigm that makes it possible to anticipate urban escalations to come.
 
CleanTechies
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Mobility Hubs to Help Reshape Urban Transit
In Cape Town, South Africa, as well as in many U.S. cities, wealthy suburban dwellers choke roads driving into the city,...
 
Levois
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Detroit: The Death — and Possible Life — of a Great City from Time Magazine
Detroit: The Death — and Possible Life — of a Great CityToday let's go back to Detroit. Well I won't be going back...
42 days ago It's My Mind | Topics: detroit, news, development, media
 
DennisHill
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'Naked' streets are safer, say Tories - Times Online
“Removing lights removes barriers to traffic flow and improves behaviour. If you observe a junction where the lights are out of action, there is rarely congestion. People approach slowly, wave each other on . Lights and other controls hamper
 
Aline Chahine
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Mediapolis @ one-north
Mediapolis @ one-north is a unique collaboration among four government agencies – JTC Corporation as the master planner and...
50 days ago Architecture Lab | Topics: News, Urban Design, Urban...