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Ebay. Excellent idea. Via the startribune
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A Texas-Sized SuperDuper Highway
Only Texas could provide a story big enough to get the posts rolling again…A couple weeks ago I read about a plan in Texas to build a superhighway network, called the The Trans-Texas Corridor project…
As envisioned by Republican Gov. Rick Perry in 2002, [it] would be a 4,000-mile transportation network costing an awesome $175 billion […]
The 1970's: New York City's Golden Age?
New York in the 1970's
Via Planitizen is an excellent (in concept at least) opinion article in the Wall Street Journal, "The Golden Age Of New York City Was . . . the 1970s?
This past Sunday a New York Times feature in its City section asked famous New Yorkers to identify New York's golden age. At […]
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On the same general topic of the previous post, Geo has posted some cool NYC photos on ye olde thinkpage. Check them out here
Differences Between Renters and Homeowners?
Yvonne provided a link to a very interesting report (short, 5 pages) which examines the differences between homeowners and renters in Canada.
A Tale of Two Canadas: Homeowners Getting Richer, Renters Getting Poorer by J. David Hulchanski
The Canadian experience (report focuses on Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver seems to be similar to what I believe we are […]
Scale Maps of World Subways
1:1 Scale Maps of World Subways
MG sent over a great link today. Fake is the New Real (visit FITNR's web and flickr) has complied a series of images of world subway systems (the subway lines), drawn to scale with each other.
It provides a great way in which to see the coverage of the lines, provides […]
Article: Proposed Cuts to the CDBG Program
Today's Washington Post: Bush Plans Sharp Cuts in HUD Community Efforts
The White House will seek to drastically shrink the Department of Housing and Urban Development's $8 billion community branch, purging dozens of economic development projects, scrapping a rural housing program and folding high-profile anti-poverty efforts into the Labor and Commerce departments, administration officials said yesterday…
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Directional Public Art (Yellow Arrows)
Via the always excellent me, myself, + infrastructure, I came across the cool public art project called the yellowarrow.The YellowArrow allows people to order these yellowarrows that you place to point out unique or interesting parts of the urban landscape. Then you can use your phone to text message in a description and photo of […]
Planner's Network Conference: June 2-5 in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Design Center (formerly the Design Center for the American Urban Landscape) will be hosting this year's Planner's Network Conference in Minneapolis.
This conference is entitled, "Justice by Design?" and will take place on the University of Minnesota campus.
The conference webpage says that Architect Mike Pyatok and Landscape Architect Anne Spirn will be keynote speakers […]
San Francisco Proposes Charging for Grocery Bags
In an effort to reduce the amount of waste produced by its residents and businesses, the City of San Francisco is considering a proposal to charge a 17 cents for each plastic and paper bag issued to shoppers.
The proposal is outlined in this article from the San Francisco Chronicle, "City panel expected to back bag […]