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Downtown is not the only town2 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 1 month ago: I’m thankful for businesses like Aptera Inc. who have decided to move to downtown Fort Wayne … more »

Tags: urbanism, Jon Swerens, Fort Wayne, Urban, Allen County, business districts

Traditional neighborhoods and modern architecture5 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 2 months ago: Scott Greider, over on his personal blog, quotes a portion of the San Jose historic design guidelin … more »

Tags: urbanism, Architecture, Jon Swerens, Neighborhoods, Modern Architecture

10 reasons cities are works of art1 comment

Jon Swerens wrote 3 months ago: The Work Research Foundation’s Comment magazine published a little point of view piece called … more »

Tags: urbanism, Jon Swerens, Downtown, Culture, Cities, Art

What creates community?1 comment

Jon Swerens wrote 3 months ago: What creates community? Shared stories. Shared stories require three things, two of which are obvio … more »

Tags: Jon Swerens, Philosophy, Downtown, Community

Creating a pedestrian and bicycle friendly downtown2 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 3 months ago: That’s the title of a promising event May 7 at the downtown Cinema Center. Dan Burden, executi … more »

Tags: Jon Swerens, Downtown, bicycle, Pedestrian, walkable

Politics can't save urbanism3 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, I pointed to this article at City Journal about how New Urbanism may have changed the con … more »

Tags: Architecture, Jon Swerens, urbanism, Culture, Politics

Why the public hates publicly funded art5 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 4 months ago: (Jon) If public art has the power like no other to “brand” a city — think of the E … more »

Tags: Architecture, Jon Swerens, Harrison Square, Downtown, fortwayne, public art

A suburban Subway on an urban street10 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 5 months ago: “Urbanism starts with the location of the parking lot.” — David Sucher (Jon) When … more »

Tags: urbanism, Architecture, Jon Swerens, Downtown, Fort Wayne, New Urbanism, Subway, Site Plan

The happy city1 comment

Jon Swerens wrote 5 months ago: (Jon) How about some urban policies that are focused not only on economics, but on happiness? An ar … more »

Tags: urbanism, Jon Swerens, Neighborhoods, Cities

Living Room Helsinki

aitoa wrote 6 months ago: Helsinki needs places - distinct, active, urban, beautiful places; rooms to live in. Architect Juh … more »

Tags: Architecture, Business, city, Culture, development, happiness, health, Helsinki, Innovation

Indians on a highway to obesity

gnugalaxy wrote 6 months ago: http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2008/01/10/stories/2008011050171400.htm As seen, young, hip Indians in … more »

Tags: Fast Food, health, India, Junk Food, mall culture, malnutrition, Nutrition, Young

41 books to read in 20082 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 6 months ago: (Jon) My first New Year’s resolution is: Stop buying books. I have enough books on church, cu … more »

Tags: Advice, Culture, Jon Swerens, Books, Christendom, Christianity, church, Cities, Community

Read 'The Three Rules,' and tell the author what you think1 comment

Jon Swerens wrote 7 months ago: To those who love our city, here’s your assignment: First: Understand The Three Rules. David S … more »

Tags: urbanism, Architecture, Jon Swerens, Downtown, Neighborhoods, Fort Wayne, Urban

Pigeons... in Fort Wayne?5 comments

Scott Greider wrote 7 months ago: Not sure if this is a problem in the Fort, but it caught my eye because on my street in NYC we had a … more »

Tags: Scott Greider, Downtown

Car trouble1 comment

Jon Swerens wrote 8 months ago: If you want to feel how desperately dependent on the automobile you are, simply arrange for your onl … more »

Tags: urbanism, Transportation, Fort Wayne, Automobiles, Urban Life

Voter Turnout...1 comment

Scott Greider wrote 8 months ago: … needs to be higher than this if we’re to have a good city! Thanks to Charles Langley … more »

Tags: Scott Greider, Elections

How not to fix your city4 comments

Jon Swerens wrote 8 months ago: Richard Florida of “creative class” fame links to The Where Blog, where Brendan Crain lo … more »

Tags: urbanism, Jon Swerens, Harrison Square

A Few Thoughts on Renaissance Point5 comments

Scott Greider wrote 9 months ago: Today I toured the model houses of Renaissance Point on John Street. You can see my photos here, … more »

Tags: Architecture, Downtown, Neighborhoods, Scott Greider, urbanism

Front Porches vs. American Idol3 comments

Scott Greider wrote 9 months ago: Tonight I’m sitting out on the front porch of our 100-year old rental house in a paleo-urbani … more »

Tags: Architecture, Cul-de-sac culture, Scott Greider, urbanism


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