A quick interlude between college football games:
Today’s Wall Street Journal has a front page article describing one man’s efforts at rebuilding in Japan, following the tsunami earlier this year.
What struck me more than anything were the images of his temporary store. See below:
One of the downsides of our modern world of communication is that contrary voices are often given equal weight and airtime, whether they deserve it or not. Media is so eager to present “the other side” that nearly anyone can trot out an opinion and give it some amount of credence, even when it’s absurd. [...]
I’ve written before about how we can take better advantage of our pavement space (http://newurbanismblog.com/manage-pavement-space-fun/) , and how even our alleys and lanes can become fun and interesting places. A recent blog post from Sightline Daily does an excellent job of detailing this phenomenon in the Pacific Northwest. All of our cities have [...]
On a recent trip to northern Minnesota with my brother (otherwise known as the Mississippi Valley Traveler – http://mississippivalleytraveler.com), I had a chance to visit Camp Rabideau – one of a handful of remaining CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camps left standing in the US. The camp is six miles south [...]
About a year ago, as I was preparing to move from Kansas City to Savannah, I began rummaging through the boxes and boxes of nonsense that I’ve kept over all of my 40+ years. Most of it was easily sent to the recycling bin. Did I really need to save every program from every event [...]
For a couple of years now, urbanists both old and new alike have been enamored with the band Arcade Fire and their album The Suburbs. For me, they’re admittedly a recent discovery, having seen them at Bonnaroo this past summer for the first time.
An awful lot has been written about this band over the [...]
No, I’m not talking about THOSE alternative lifestyles. I’m talking about something much more nefarious and feared by the legions of America’s middle-class – renters. If you’re like many homeowners, you’re already terrified by that word. After all – what could be more frightening than a person or household full of people who don’t actually [...]
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