Viewed on: Nov 22, 2009
Nov 5
Homelessness in America: Finally, Glimmers of Light
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For Release Sunday, November 8, 2009
© 2009 Washington Post Writers Group
Veterans of America’s recent wars left homeless, abused women and their children seeking nightly shelter, out-of-sight medical
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Citiwire.net
Nov 5
Downtown Cleveland casino
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Now that Ohio voters have passed Issue 3, Dan Gilbert says that work on a downtown Cleveland casino could begin in fall 2010 and that it could open in 2012.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Smart Growth Places 3rd in Houston Mayor's Race
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Houston city councilman Peter Brown, unique as a devotee of smart growth (compact development) in this city of light land use regulation, placed third in the mayoral election yesterday.
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Newgeography.com
Nov 5
Ohio proposals for GLRI dollars
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The Ohio Lake Erie Commission is compiling a list of projects (PDF) for potential funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Exterior maintenance inspections
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The City of Berea is using a streetside inspection program to assist in the enforcement of residential exterior maintenance requirements.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Center Ridge Road motel demolition
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The City of Westlake razed the former Hubbs Motel on Center Ridge Road. There are no plans to immediately redevelop the site, which the City acquired as part of a settlement last year.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 5
Public Options in Transit and Health Care
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Over the next few months, Congress will continue to debate health insurance reform - and in particular, whether to create a "public option"- a government-financed insurance company which would compete
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Planetizen Interchange
Nov 5
Let’s go on a lightwalk – next Tuesday!
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Here on Urban Omnibus, we are all about urban exploration, maps and interdisciplinary approaches to examining and designing our physical, urban environment.
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Urban Omnibus
Nov 5
Walk Score Adds Transit
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Walk Score, which has become the most widely-used measure of pedestrian friendly neighborhoods in North America, has added a new trick: they're now incorporating transit data into their walkability ra
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Sightline - The Daily Score blog
Nov 5
1st Ave Bike Lanes Will Get Plastic Bollards
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According to some chatter on the bike blogosphere (bikelosphere?), the 1st Avenue bike lanes will be getting (or perhaps have already gotten) orange plastic bollards to more clearly delineate the bike
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Net Density
Nov 5
Words in Space
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I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn, at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk. It starts at 6pm, and is free and open to the public.
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Bldgblog
Nov 5
Cliff House
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I randomly came across this image, below, of Adolph Sutro's now-lost Cliff House, perched on the rocks outside San Francisco.
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Bldgblog
Nov 5
Aqueous
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[Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].New York architects The Living, mentioned in an earlier post, have completed another recent project called Amphibi
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Bldgblog
Nov 5
Aqueous
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[Image: From Amphibious Architecture by The Living; photo by Chris Woebken].New York architects The Living, mentioned in an earlier post, have completed another recent project called Amphibi
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 5
Cliff House
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I randomly came across this image, below, of Adolph Sutro's now-lost Cliff House, perched on the rocks outside San Francisco.
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 5
Words in Space
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I'll be speaking tonight in Brooklyn, at the Pratt Institute of Architecture, in case anyone is around and up for an architecture talk. It starts at 6pm, and is free and open to the public.
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BLDGBLOG
Nov 5
New Models for Resort Development
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This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate at the Urban Land Institute.
SAN FRANCISCO -- What will resort development look like in a post-recessio
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The Ground Floor
Nov 5
Today’s Headlines
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NYCT Prez Howard Roberts Forced to Step Down in MTA Shakeup (NYT, News)
Meet His Replacement: Former NYC Subway Chief Tom Prendergast (News)
How Will Bloomberg Pay for His Transit Promises
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Streetsblog
Nov 4
HYDROCity Exhibition opens tonight
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[HYDROCity exhibition opens tonight at the Toronto Free Gallery and features 30 projects on hydrology and urbanism.]
With almost 30 projects and proposals addressing the opportunities and challenges
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InfraNet Lab
Nov 4
November 2009 election results
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Election recap
Broadview Heights
Issue 12 (commercial rezoning): passed
Cleveland
Issue 17 (Planning Commission alternates): passed
Solon
Issue 83 (retail rezoning): pas
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 4
Doubletree at the Tudor Arms
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The historic Tudor Arms in University Circle is under renovation and is scheduled to reopen as a 154-room Doubletree Hotel in spring 2011.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog
Nov 4
Driving Ohio Forward
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On November 10, Clean Fuels Ohio and the Levin College Forum will host a discussion about the future of transportation in Ohio.
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Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog

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