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The ruins of Detroit
Pray that the cities you love may never become the topic of a photo essay like this. (Click the little gray boxes in the lower left to navigate.) – Hat tip: Urban Planning Blog … more »
the good city
Downtown is not the only town
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Jon Swerens wrote 1 month ago: I’m thankful for businesses like Aptera Inc. who have decided to move to downtown Fort Wayne … more »
Traditional neighborhoods and modern architecture
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Jon Swerens wrote 2 months ago: Scott Greider, over on his personal blog, quotes a portion of the San Jose historic design guidelin … more »
10 reasons cities are works of art
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Jon Swerens wrote 3 months ago: The Work Research Foundation’s Comment magazine published a little point of view piece called … more »
What creates community?
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Jon Swerens wrote 3 months ago: What creates community? Shared stories. Shared stories require three things, two of which are obvio … more »
Creating a pedestrian and bicycle friendly downtown
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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 »
Politics can't save urbanism
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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 »
Why the public hates publicly funded art
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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 »
A suburban Subway on an urban street
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Jon Swerens wrote 5 months ago: “Urbanism starts with the location of the parking lot.” — David Sucher (Jon) When … more »
The happy city
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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 »
Living Room Helsinki
aitoa wrote 6 months ago: Helsinki needs places - distinct, active, urban, beautiful places; rooms to live in. Architect Juh … more »
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 »
41 books to read in 2008
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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 »
Read 'The Three Rules,' and tell the author what you think
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Jon Swerens wrote 7 months ago: To those who love our city, here’s your assignment: First: Understand The Three Rules. David S … more »
Pigeons... in Fort Wayne?
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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 »
Car trouble
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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 »
Voter Turnout...
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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 »
How not to fix your city
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Jon Swerens wrote 8 months ago: Richard Florida of “creative class” fame links to The Where Blog, where Brendan Crain lo … more »
A Few Thoughts on Renaissance Point
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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 »
Front Porches vs. American Idol
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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 »
