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Oct 31
Mine / Stack / Vertigo
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[Image: Michael Light, Bingham Pit photograph mounted and on display].A beautiful new book of photographs by Guggenheim Fellow Michael Light has been released.
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BLDGBLOG
Oct 31
Velib gets trashed--Bike-Sharing Vandals
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From the NYTimes:"Just as Le Corbusier’s white cruciform towers once excited visions of the industrial-age city of the future, so Vélib’, Paris’s bicycle rental system, inspired a new urban ethos for
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Smart Growth
Oct 30
Congress appropriates funds for GLRI
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As anticipated, Congress approved $475 million in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Downtown Cleveland SID ediorial
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A Plain Dealer editorial supports the proposed renewal of the Downtown Cleveland Special Improvement District.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
2009 Richard N. Campen Lecture
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CWRU supplied more details about the upcoming lecture by Douglas Farr.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Euclid Waterfront Plan
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Consultants from JJR presented a draft of their waterfront plan (PDF) to Euclid leaders on Wednesday.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Abandonment in Solon
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Officials in Solon are discussing a proposed receivership program that the City would employ to address residential abandonment.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Oct 30
Welcome to Citiwire.net — October 30, 2009
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Welcome to Citiwire.net! Citistates Associate Sam Newberg (aka www.joe-urban.com) goes after the density hobgoblin, showing us we need more of it–indeed much more than we’re allowing
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Citiwire.net
Oct 30
Get Your Wolf On
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Surely one of the most encouraging conservation stories in recent years has been the phenomenal revival of wild wolves in the Rockies.
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 30
Water Reality Trumps Water Politics
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California’s water politics are hopeless. That’s the only conclusion I can reach, and it was reaffirmed earlier this week when I attended a Great Valley Center forum on water. read more
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California Planning & Development Report Blogs
Oct 30
Redefining what a creative building is
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Would you live, work or play here? For many creatives, the answer would be yes, yes and yes. What makes Portland’s Burnside Rocket the kind of building they want to see more of?
On the outside…
1.
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CoolTown Studios
Oct 30
Water Reality Trumps Water Politics
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California’s water politics are hopeless. That’s the only conclusion I can reach, and it was reaffirmed earlier this week when I attended a Great Valley Center forum on water. read more
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California Planning & Development Report
Oct 30
Think Tanks on TV
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Last night, TVW aired a one hour televised no-holds-barred fight to the death friendly discussion with five think tanks in Washington State. If you haven't guessed already, Sightline was one of them.
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 30
Bikes at Work Where You Live, Part 1
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Wow.
Our call for pictures of work bikes elicited such an overwhelming response -- more than 300 photos -- that we almost didn't know where to begin.
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Streetsblog
Oct 30
Our Parks Are Secure. What About Our Streets?
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When are the police finally going to reclaim the streets from speeding and dangerous driving?
When will pedestrians and cyclists be able to feel safe and secure on New York City streets?
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Streetsblog
Oct 30
Nudges, Laundry, and Trash
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Wouldn't it be nice if there were painless and unobtrusive ways to promote a shift to sustainable behavior?
Well, there are.
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 30
On Clunkers debate, one point we can all agree on
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A big "Thank you" to the White House blog team for a witty and perceptive account of Cash for Clunkers' real contribution to our economic recovery.If you haven't read about the brush-up that prompted
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Welcome to the Fast Lane
Oct 30
The Weekly Carnage
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The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle mayhem
across the metro region.
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Streetsblog
Oct 30
The High Cost of Free Riders
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Whenever the prospect of funding our transit system with bridge tolls or congestion pricing arises, you can count on a hue and cry from aggrieved motorists about subsidizing other people's commutes.
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Streetsblog
Oct 30
Bringing Farms to the Heartland — of Suburbia
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Today on the Streetsblog Network, St. Louis Urban Workshop looks at the concept of "agriburbia" -- a way to bring some meaningful food production to suburban sprawl:
In St.
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Streetsblog
Oct 30
Today’s Headlines
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The Bike Lane Boom: How Does It Play in Western Queens?
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Streetsblog
Oct 29
An open letter to Steve Levitt
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Dear Mr. Levitt,
The problem of global warming is so big that solving it will require creative thinking from many disciplines.
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RealClimate
Oct 29
Macquarie to split gems from dud pikes
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Macquarie are proposing to split their portfolio of pikes into the gems (called Mature MIG) and the duds called (called Active MIG).
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Toll Roads News
Oct 29
Toll plans, TMC problems, empty nesters, Ashby regs
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Yet again I've let the backlog of smaller items get too large, so I'm going to have to break them up into a couple of posts.If you missed it, here's my reaction over at my Chronicle Opportunity Urbani
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Houston Strategies
Oct 29
Wanted: Smart Workers for Smart Grid
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Early this week, President Obama gave a speech touting the $3.4 billion in grants the federal government has awarded to local companies, utilities and cities working to improve the country’s aging and
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Oct 29
House Committee tackles distracted driving
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Today I went back to Congress to talk about distracted driving.
Distracted driving poses a serious danger on our roadways. And I have made it my cause to reduce that danger.
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Welcome to the Fast Lane
Oct 29
Dakota County Adopts Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target
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Lebanon Hills Visitor Center - A LEED Certified Dakota County Building
Dakota County is the first county in Minnesota to complete an greenhouse gas emissions inventory for government operations and ad
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Net Density
Oct 29
Modernism's Olmsted
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Famed landscape architect Lawrence Halprin died this week at the age of 93.
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Planetizen Op-Eds
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