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Pickled Watermelon Rind (at 17 south cedar, beacon ny 12508) 26 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
Pickled Watermelon Rind (at 17 south cedar, beacon ny 12508)
humanscalecities: Urbanism without effort, by Charles R.... 23 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
humanscalecities: Urbanism without effort, by Charles R. Wolfe This beautifully illustrated short e-book explores the idea that to create vibrant, sustainable urban areas for the long term, we must ...
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer - Charles Marohn via Strong Towns 21 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer - Charles Marohn via Strong Towns: We can easily detract from the enjoyment of our cities and towns simply by designing them around cars instead of people. Charle...
Widen Main St.? Community Had Other Ideas, and Thrived - Dennis Gaffney via NYTimes.com 17 Aug 2013 | 04:48 pm
Widen Main St.? Community Had Other Ideas, and Thrived - Dennis Gaffney via NYTimes.com: Hamburg NY, the rust belt village of 10,000 near Buffalo, turned decades of decline by remaking Main Street in...
urbangeographies: Rethinking “parklets” in San... 15 Aug 2013 | 04:26 pm
urbangeographies: Rethinking “parklets” in San Francisco Since beginning to allow local businesses and community groups to create “parklets” in 2009, San Francisco has pioneered these streetside pub...
"Few groups, Schlichtman contends, are more hypocritical than urbanists discussing gentrification. As..." 13 Aug 2013 | 06:43 pm
“ Few groups, Schlichtman contends, are more hypocritical than urbanists discussing gentrification. As he and fellow sociologist Jason Patch write in a rather unusual article in the International Jou...
"If you are looking for the true source of democracy in a society — if you are looking for the places..." 22 Jul 2013 | 11:18 pm
“ If you are looking for the true source of democracy in a society — if you are looking for the places where equity flourishes — you will find it in the public spaces of cities. It is there, in the s...
319 Main Street has been condemned by the City of Beacon and the... 19 Jul 2013 | 03:14 pm
319 Main Street has been condemned by the City of Beacon and the notice on the door says ‘Structure unsafe. In danger of collapse.’
Walkable Communities: There's A Show About That | Community on GOOD 17 Jul 2013 | 04:40 pm
Walkable Communities: There's A Show About That | Community on GOOD: The simple act of walking offers tremendous benefits for your health, the economy, and the environment. City Walk, a new six-part ...
climateadaptation: trendd: Pretty impressive numbers. "Citi... 16 Jul 2013 | 04:09 pm
climateadaptation: trendd: Pretty impressive numbers. "Citi Bike, the country’s largest bike sharing program, is funded by a $41 million sponsorship from global bank Citi. For more about the progra...
