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Breaking the Three Rules of urban design
Above is an artist’s rendering of what a developer hopes will be The Shoppes on Broadway, near the corner of Broadway and Taylor Street. Leaving aside the fact that it looks like every other sub… more →
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Breaking the Three Rules of urban design
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wrote 1 year ago: Above is an artist’s rendering of what a developer hopes will be The Shoppes on Broadway, near … more →
A better Barr Street, or a barren one?
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) We at The Good City are all for downtown development, but I wonder if the improvements happeni … more →
The four elements of great coffeehouses
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) The article is aimed at the college student, but it’s wonderfully applicable to everyone … more →
A conservative case for urbanism
wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) I plan on posting information and news about Philip Bess in advance of his lecture on April 16 … more →
Urban design professor to speak in Fort Wayne
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) If you are interested in city, culture and church, then this lecture later this month is essen … more →
Help him find an apartment in Fort Wayne
wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) A recent commenter, Joshua Canada, tells us he’s moving to our fair city: My wife and I … more →
Suburbia: The next slum?
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) Next American City points us toward a sobering article in The Atlantic about the effects of th … more →
Looking back at Southtown Mall
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon the Web site deadmalls.com, which chronicles the sad stories … more →
Why the public hates publicly funded art
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) If public art has the power like no other to “brand” a city — think of the E … more →
Former Honolulu mayor to speak on cities of the future
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wrote 1 year ago: Andy Mitchell of Martin Riley Architects and AB417 brings news of what sounds like a fascinating lec … more →
Pedestrians and one-way streets
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wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) A recent letter to the editor in The News-Sentinel: Traffic much better Traffic flows much bet … more →
Downtown design guidelines: Never implemented?
wrote 1 year ago: (Jon) While looking for information to bolster my previous post about the new downtown Subway restau … more →
Harrison Square news
wrote 2 years ago: I don’t know what reader of The Good City wouldn’t also be a reader of the Downtown Fort … more →
Proposal: Open-source government
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wrote 2 years ago: Transparency. Conversation. Collaboration. In a post below entitled “How not to fix your city, … more →
Pickin' on government web sites again
wrote 2 years ago: Shouldn’t the city of Fort Wayne’s web site at least acknowledge that there is an electi … more →
Vote! Polls close at 6 p.m.
wrote 2 years ago: Go to the indianavoters.com web site if you need to find your polling place. Don’t assume it … more →
A maddening map of the precincts
wrote 2 years ago: Has anyone ever successfully used the Allen County GIS system to determine his own precinct or polli … more →
