Urbanism & Design: Free Parking Fallacies, Why People Perceive Some Cities Safer, Houston Walkability Audit, SimCity Debacle
April 17, 2013
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Free Parking Fallacies: Infographics
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We at MyParkingSign are in a unique position to discern trends in how people are managing their parking lots.
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Urbanism & Design: Vancouver Density Lessons For Seattle, Skateboarding Vs. Architecture, Urban Cores & Socializing
April 16, 2013
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Craft Brewer Surly buys Minneapolis site for $20 million Brewery
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The company bought land for a "destination brewery" in Minneapolis' Prospect Park neighborhood that could open by 2014.
Urbanism & Design: Smarter Development Rule Book, Lessons From Chicago Suburb, Albuquerque's Answer To Sprawl, Cincinnati Staircases
April 15, 2013
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A Simpler, Smarter Rule Book for Development in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
There are very good reasons why the building industry and business groups, architects and design organizations, and environmental, bicycling and walking advocates all support modernizing Sacramento's cumbersome and antiquated zoning code.
Other Views: Gentrification Vs Aristocratization, Towns Vs Cities In NC, Suburban Jobs-Housing Balance, Whine & Parking
April 15, 2013
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Nation's Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization
The Onion, via: @nlamontagne
According to a report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, the recent influx of exceedingly…
Urbanism & Design: Selling Federal Property, Sydney Transit-Friendly Plaza, Grants Fund Twin Cities TOD, Vizualizing Flying Cities
April 12, 2013
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GSA Has Property to Sell, But Its Not Easy
New York Times, via: @bruce_katz
As government agencies are forced to do more with less, the General Services Administration has stepped up its efforts to dispose…
Urbanism & Design: TOD As Sprawl Repair, Architect Paolo Soleri, 'Pedestrian Street' Zoning, 3 Pillars Of Seoul Development, Sidewalks As Parking Lots
April 11, 2013
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TOD Project Begins Sprawl Repair in Baltimore
Better Cities and Towns
Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Maryland, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) that, upon completion, will support more than 1.2 million square feet of commercial office space
Urbanism & Design: Urbanist Bracket Challenge, Classical Music As Crime Deterent, Tulsa Vs. Milwaukee In Parking, Zurich Bike-In Cafe
April 10, 2013
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Winner of the Urbanist Bracket Challenge
The Atlantic Cities
Now that the Unpaid Pro Basketball Championship is out of the way, we can finally get to the competition that has consumed much of my desktop for the last month: the Urbanist Toolkit Bracket Challenge of 2013.
Transport: Generational Shift In Travel, Streetcar Property Assessment, Boring Names, Biking In Austin, Santa Monica Parking
April 8, 2013
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Hipmunk CEO Sees Generational Shift in Travel
Skift
Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a "generational shift" under way in travel.
Urbanism & Design: Crowdfunding Rotterdam Bridge, Density Done Well, Exclusive London, Seattle Small Lot Housing Fight, Parking & Affordable Housing
April 3, 2013
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Moscow Business Complex Sees Rebirth
Wall Street Journal
Watch out Canary Wharf, Moscow City is rising. Five years after grinding to a halt during the global economic crisis, the ambitious real-estate development in Moscow is fast becoming a reality.
Urbanism & Design: Missouri Land Assembly Tax Credit, Detroit Development Plans, San Diego Mixed Use Project, Visualizing Four Square Check-Ins, Cleveland Vs. Spokane Parking
March 28, 2013
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Controversial Land Assembly Tax Credit Hearing in Missouri
St. Louis Post Dispatch
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay was among several people to testify in favor of extending the controversial Distressed Areas Land Assemblage tax credit before a Missouri Senate committee hearing Wednesday.