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Urbanism & Design: NJ Waterfront Development Feud, Sheep As Lawmowers, Chicago TIF Strategy, Creating Silicon Valley Urban Center

April 8, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN A City Model During the Great War  Bldg Blog   Past Horizons reported the other week that "a large concrete terrain model on Cannock Chase, representing a section of the Great War battle of Messines Ridge, is to be excavated" by archaeologists later this year.
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Urban Issues: Visualizing Spatial & Social Media, Nashville MPO Example, Hidden Subsidies In Cities, Home Ownership & American Dream

April 8, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Five Things Portland Can Steal from Other Cities  Portland Oregonian   From city mayors to business leaders, people from around the globe used to arrive in droves to see how Portland came to be such a livable city. They then took those ideas back to their own communities.
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Transport: Indiana Senate Transit Bill, DC Buses, Transit Lifeline In Rural America, Using BRT To Extend St. Louis Metro Reach

April 5, 2013
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TRANSPORT Transit Bill Moves Through Indiana Senate, Slowly  Urban Indy   HB1011 was heard in the Senate Tax & Fiscal Policy committee on Tuesday, April 2nd. Before any lobbying could begin, the chairman offered an amendment which was seconded and taken up.
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Urban Issues: Demographic Evolution Of Cities 1950-2050, Fighting Gentrification, An Urban School System That Works, SF Trash Inspectors

April 5, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Chart: Demographic Evolution of Cities 1950 - 2025  Urban Demographics, via: @trnsprttnst   A nice chart showing the U.N. estimate for the demographic evolution of cities between 1950 and 2025.
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Urban Issues: Negotiating Density, Unemployment & Transit, DC Budget Of Urban Issues, Tech & Customer Service

March 29, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES Negotiating Down Density is Not Fiscally Sustainable  Vibrant Bay Area   I know a land-use planner whose judgment I respect. During our years of working together, she often said that a compromise is appropriate if it equally disappoints people on both sides of a disagreement.
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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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URBANISM & DESIGN 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.
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Urban Issues: A NIMBY Paradise, Controlling Austin Development, Oil Addicted Cities, Seattle Affordable Housing Debate, Unemployment From Child's Perspective

March 28, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES New York City is a NIMBY Paradise  The Daily Beast   Apparently, there is a popular impression of New York as "of New York as a builder-friendly city that's constantly exceeding the bounds of rational development".
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Urbanism & Design: NIMBYs Stifle Innovation, Urban Courtyards, Denver's New Density, Vancouver Parking Circa 1966, Financing Walkable Places

March 27, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN How NIMBYs are Stifling Neighborhood Innovation, Bars, Eating  Slate Moneybox   How NIMBY stupidity is stifling urban bars and restaurants-and blocking a major opportunity for small-business growth.
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Urbanism & Design: Micro Apartments, Denver Infill Project, Fighting Domestic Violence, Urbanizing Beltway Sprawl, Atlanta TOD Solutions

March 26, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Micro Apartments In Housing Starved Cities  Boston Globe   The new apartment on Harriet Street is no wider than most hallways: a thin rectangle of space where clutter can quickly cause chaos.
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Urbanism & Design: Designing Future Proof Buildings, Urban Density & Single Family Craftsman, Weaving Chinese Cities Together

March 22, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Nine Developers Interested in Walter Reed Overhaul  Washington City Paper   One of the District's vaunted mega-development projects took a step forward this afternoon with the announcement that nine developers responded to the request for qualifications for the Walter Reed campus overhaul.
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