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Urbanism & Design: China's New Urbanism, Lighting Designers Change Cities, Sunbelt Suburbs Show New Life, Decrepit Beauty

May 24, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Peter Calthorpe on New Urbanism in China  China Morning Post (Translated)   (Can be a bit hard to read but is interesting) A car in swarms, and complain about urban traffic congestion, poor air quality.
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LA Metro Wins Award for Sustainable Communities Planning Policy

May 21, 2013
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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy was adopted by the Metro Board in Fall 2012, and is based on  work by Metro staff and a consultant team led by ARUP, and including Center for Transit-Oriented Development partners Reconnecting America and the Center for Neighborhood Technology, as well as Fehr and Peers and Barrio Planners. We at Reconnecting America want to congratulate Metro on getting recognition for this huge step forward in sustainability planning. Separate Metro policies address sustainability in operations and construction.
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Urbanism & Design: Changing Urban Fish Tank Water, Measuring Weighted Density, Marin 'Backyard Cottage' Housing Option, Repairing Denver Parking Crater

May 14, 2013
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Affordability, California, Colorado, Denver, Highways & Automobiles, housing, Marin, Oklahoma, Parking, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Supportive Density, Tulsa, urban, Urban Form
URBANISM & DESIGN Changing the Water in the Fish Tank (Changing Our Surroundings)  Planetizen, Tim Halbur   The late David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest, apparently gave a commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005 - now circulating as a fully-produced viral video (below).
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Urbanism & Design: Regionalism In Atlanta, Toronto Density Bonus Debate, Abu Dhabi Rock Stadium, Case For Low-Rise Density

April 26, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Is Regionalism the Way Forward for Atlanta?  Atlanta Journal Constitution   Last summer's transportation sales tax defeat and a series of divisive political feuds has set back the idea of effective regional solutions for metro Atlanta.
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Other Views: Megacities and the Density Delusion

April 17, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Megacities and the Density Delusion  Forbes, Joel Kotkin   Perhaps no idea is more widely accepted among urban core theorists than the notion that higher population densities lead to more productivity and sustainable economic growth.
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Urbanism & Design: Vancouver Density Lessons For Seattle, Skateboarding Vs. Architecture, Urban Cores & Socializing

April 16, 2013
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British Columbia, Canada, Chicago, DC, Flint, Highways & Automobiles, housing, Illinois, Michigan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Parking, Seattle, State Policy, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Supportive Density, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC, Washington, Washington DC
URBANISM & DESIGN 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.
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Other Views: Kids and Mid Century Modern Architecture Don't Mix, Density Boondoggles

April 8, 2013
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OTHER VIEWS Kids and Mid Century Modern Architecture Don't Mix  Projectophile   I sure do love mid-century modern architecture. Do you know what I love more? My children.
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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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Affordability, Arizona, bicycles, Climate Change, Demographics, England, housing, Indiana, Indianapolis, London, Moscow, Netherlands, Parking, Pedestrians & Walkability, Phoenix, Rotterdam, Russia, Seattle, Smart Growth & Sprawl, Transit Supportive Density, UK, urban, Urban Form, Washington
URBANISM & DESIGN 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.
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Urbanism & Design: Tourniquet For Hemorrhaging Retail, ATM Banking Revolution, Revitalizing Pittsburgh, Density & Voting, Design Oriented vs. Passive Traffic Safety

April 2, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Treating Hemorrhaging Retail with a Tourniquet.  American Dirt   It's a topic I can rarely avoid for long: the ups and downs of the American retail landscape.
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Urban Issues: The Great Senior Housing Sell Off, SF Housing Movement, Sexual Politics Of Urban Environments, H1-B Visa Race, Transit Spending & Unemployment In Fresno

April 2, 2013
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Bay Area, California, Demographics, Employment & Transit, Federal Policy, Fresno, housing, San Francisco, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, Transit Funding, Transit Supportive Density, urban, Urban Form
URBAN ISSUES Get Ready for the Great Senior Housing Sell Off  Chicago Tribune   Something in salmon compels them to swim upstream. An invisible force calls swallows to return to Capistrano.
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