Blogosphere: London Orbital Railway, Reshaping El Paso, Urban forensics in SF, Buffalo's Zoning Effort,
December 10, 2012
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| Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America. |
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Editorial: Cracks in Nation's Foundation New York Times Across the coasts of New York and New Jersey, hundreds of millions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage are spilling into waterways and the ocean... Read On |
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London: City's Transit Revolution, Circle City The Atlantic Cities This Saturday, London gets its first real orbital railway. This new line will ease pressure elsewhere and allow travelers to circumnavigate the city without passing through its congested core... Read On |
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Blogosphere: El Paso, Reshaping Downtown Better Cities and Towns Voters in El Paso, Texas, overwhelmingly supported $473 million in "quality of life" bonds that will fund city parks and cultural venues... Read On |
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Blogosphere: A Strange Bridge in Suburban Amsterdam Pop Up City In the usually very peaceful and provincial town of Purmerend, a suburb of Amsterdam, a very oddly shaped bridge has popped up. Designed by Amsterdam-based NEXT Architects, the extraordinary structure connects the new neighborhood Weidevenne with the old town center... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Urban Forensics in San Francisco Burrito Justice By this point anyone who reads this blog has seen the excellent detective work by Bernalwood and Associates on the mystery of the oddly angled apartment on Cesar Chavez:.. Read On |
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Blogosphere: Lucas' Grady Ranch Housing a Bad Idea Greater Marin George Lucas's great foray into affordable housing is wrong for Marin, wrong for affordable housing, and wrong for the people that would live there. The Grady Ranch development plan needs to be scrapped... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Buffalo Banks on New Zoning Better Cities and Towns The lake-belt city, Buffalo, which has magnificent architectural heritage but has lost more than half of its population, is in the process of clearing away six decades of zoning bureacracy to move to a more sustainable and streamlined Green Code, expected to be up for adoption in 2013... Read On |
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Blogosphere: Is City of Lights Going Dark? The Atlantic Cities The last time an absolute monarch turned out the lights in Paris, "the darkness was so complete that the city guards could report 15 unsolvable killings on a nightly basis," says French historian Andrew Hussey... Read On |
