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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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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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Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Canada, Development & Redevelopment, Georgia, Missouri, New York, New York State, Ontario Province, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Regional Planning, St. Louis, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Supportive Density, United Arab Emirates, urban, Urban Form
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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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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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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Urbanism & Design: Boyle Heights TOD, Hollywood Skyscrapers OK'd, Little Rock's Creative Corridor, Landbanking As Redevelopment

March 29, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN Boyle Heights TOD Clears Hurdle  Los Angeles Times   The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday approved exclusive negotiation rights for a mixed-use commercial and affordable-housing complex next to the Metro Gold Line tracks in Boyle Heights.
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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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