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How to make a bar affordable and easy to meet people?: For people with hefty wallets and type AAA personalities, meeting people at
What is courtyard housing?: In the words of Stefanos Polyzoides from the acclaimed urban design firm,
Bringing nature to city living: It’s not wilderness, but it’s not concrete either. Briefly mentioned in the
Now that’s more my style and price range: That’s a typical creative class response (and an actual one too) comparing
Using ‘cool tech’ to allow indies to compete with chains: If you read yesterday’s entry, you are now aware of what infolust
Thanks to ‘infolust’, no more ‘dumb’ buildings: Take note – these are the trends that are shaping our current
Guess which country aims to be oil-free in 2020?: Creatives and entrepreneurs (this website’s target audience) solicit ideas and inspiration from
Jumpstarting a manufacturing town with an urban village for creatives: Up until the middle of the 20th century, the economy of Easthampton,
…or maybe some oddballs walked: In our tribute to Jane Jacobs this week, the following is classic
Creative class = ‘Thousands of flowers: Most people associate Jane Jacobs (being remembered here this week) as an
A national shift toward cool or affordable places to live: It looks like the American Dream my be redefining itself, or maybe
Beauty replaces blight in the Bronx: What if one extraordinary woman wanted to help revitalize an economically-ravaged urban
Green urban village: While the Belmar development profiled yesterday is a great example of mixed-use
Replacing a shopping mall with a village: What to do with 104 acres/23 blocks of failed (the trend nowadays)
CNN: College grads chase jobs, culture in the city: If you’re educated, urban areas are ‘in’, and have been for quite
More evidence: Main streets are in, malls are out: For the last few decades, we were pretty much forced to drive
A community center for arts groups: As profiled this week, there are workplace-community centers for creatives and high-tech
How does one go from creativity to jobs?: To be more specific, how can a city and university collaborate to
Creative events for a creative venue: What good is a great theater or hall without events worth going
How a ‘living room for the creative community’ came to be: Just as Richard Florida’s research shows jobs follow talent, C3 (Creative Change
A creative third place every downtown needs: Followers of this website know that we focus on neighborhoods and districts
Can you easily identify the three new buildings?: In this elevation there are six 18th century buildings designated as City,
The coolest of the CNU Charter Award winners: Well, outside of the fact that it’s hardly affordable, the renovated/new Historic
CNU’s annual Charter Awards announced: If you’re wondering what the best new models for placemaking are each
In the UK, new car-free developments a fast-growing trend: London’s Telegraph article, The fond farewells to four wheels, says it all
How to develop an indie retail center without going upscale?: So how does one develop a new independent-business retail center as an
Why building a CoolTown retail center isn’t easy… yet: …and that’s defined as a retail-entertainment destination town center of innovative, local,