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The Planning Commission Decision and a Citizens Comments Regarding RUL

eyeonmodesto wrote 1 day ago: By Emerson Drake English: Stanislaus River (in California) at Caswell Memorial State Park (Photo cre … more →

Tags: Land Grab by Developers, modesto california, Modesto Chamber of Commerce, planning commission

OPPOSITE POINTS OF VIEW

downeastdilettante wrote 3 days ago: In my boyhood, two iconic pictures defined our sense of place and history in our community.  The fir … more →

Tags: Architecture 2, Blue Hill, Farnsworth Art Museum, Jonathan Fisher

Parking Requirements for Office Buildings

sethbgoodman wrote 6 days ago: This is part three of the five part series documenting parking requirements for various uses across … more →

Tags: Business, Cars, City Government, development, infographic, minimum parking requirements, municipal code, office, Parking

Encouraging Homeownership Without Encouraging Sprawl

jgardner33 wrote 1 week ago: The American dream of homeownership has been embedded in our consciousness, that picket fence, the h … more →

Tags: Andres Duany, Architecture, density, density, development, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Federal Housing Administration, infill, James Gardner

re-inventing sprawl

finnergy wrote 1 week ago: As you may or may not know, I graduated in Architecture (twice). My Graduate School Thesis was a a r … more →

Tags: Process, Graphics, Juxtaposition, Architecture, I-10, Johnston Street, thesis

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

intermediatelandscapes wrote 1 week ago: . .Here we leave you with our new presentation video for the master. … more →

Tags: Blog, Events, Introduction, Esarq, informal city, Presentation, Suburbia, Urbanism 2, Video

The United States

jamesbharris wrote 1 week ago: Over the course of that brief civilization certain trends emerged: a preponderance of skyscrapers, h … more →

Tags: Prose, Exile, united states

Sprawl I (Flatlands)

thoughtsfromtheunpublished wrote 1 week ago: What a lovely day to take a walk through the bog with my mother… The weather is finally gettin … more →

Tags: 365 Days, Bog, Flower, MOTHERS DAY, spring

The Suburbs: 'Suburban War'

A. wrote 1 week ago: In Suburban War—which will take us to The Suburb’s halfway mark—we see reminders of most of the albu … more →

Tags: arcade fire the suburbs, Anarchy, arcade fire, Civilization, Community, MACHINE, Matrix, millennials, Rebellion

Amazing 30-year Timelapse of Satellite Photos

pittsburghmaps wrote 2 weeks ago: Click to make BIG Google, Carnegie Mellon, Time, and NASA just made a map geek’s wet dream com … more →

Tags: Google, CMU, technology, Animation, Suburbs, Timelapse, NASA, Carnegie Mellon

Final Presentation for graduate print workshop2 comments

amandamay wrote 2 weeks ago: otherwise known as the 1st year of graduate school in review… I. Where I came from. Home- Lith … more →

Tags: Amanda Maciuba, Art, Drawing, Installation Art, Iowa, Iowa City, Printmaking, Suburbs

Greetings from Amalgam, USA!

Rick Brown wrote 2 weeks ago: Source: betterworldbooks.com Any of you who are Bill Bryson fans will know what I am referring to in … more →

Tags: advertising, Art, Book Reviews, Books, cars 2, Cities, communications, Cuisine, Culture

A Chat With Worcester's Town Planner

Vincenza Parella wrote 2 weeks ago: Earlier this week I had an enlightening discussion on the current and future development of my homet … more →

Tags: Massachusetts, worcester, town planner, Planning, development, city, town, Urban, Smart Growth

James Howard Kuntsler: How Bad Architecture Wrecked Cities

timbo8 wrote 2 weeks ago: James Howard Kuntsler is an outspoken, foul-mouthed critic of modern American suburbia, particularly … more →

Tags: Video 2, Video, Public Space, james howard kuntsler, Architecure, suburb

Is the Proposed WOODGLEN Project Right for Modesto?

eyeonmodesto wrote 2 weeks ago: May 6, 2013 ghost subdivision (Photo credit: reallyboring)May 6, 2013 City of Modesto Planning Commi … more →

Tags: Agriculture, Corrupt Business Practices, Fitzpatrick Homes, modesto california, Modesto City Council, Stanislaus County California, WOODGLEN

The Sububs: 'Half Light II'

A. wrote 2 weeks ago: …an ominous, pulsating undercurrent, quickly joined by an equally-ominous thumping bass drum. All at … more →

Tags: arcade fire the suburbs, apocalypse, arcade fire, collapse, Dystopia, Future, NYSE, Suburbs, System

Should the Entire Community be Designed for Walkability?

Dom Nozzi wrote 2 weeks ago: By Dom Nozzi I prepared land development regulations for Gainesville, Florida’s town center in the l … more →

Tags: bicycling, Economics, Politics, Sprawl, Suburbia, Urban Design, Transportation, walking, "anywhere USA', bicycle, Cars

The "Final Frontier" of suburbia

davidshultsphoto wrote 2 weeks ago: This is the end of the road. the end of the road No, not for this series, but just talking about an … more →

Tags: Life on the Road, street, Suburbia, Road Trip, cemetery, suburb, Farmland, development

How sprawl makes flooding worse1 comment

David Garcia wrote 3 weeks ago: This month, residents along Stockton’s Smith Canal face a tough choice: pay extra for a canal head g … more →

Tags: SMART GROWTH- Articles on Smart Growth in Stockton, Stockton, Smart Growth, flooding, fema


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