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The busiest restaurant in town…: In yesterday’s entry, I questioned why rooftop dining was so rare, and
Rooftop dining – why so rare?: I was sitting next to a friend of mine whose girlfriend exclaimed,
Learning innovation from Gorillaz: Inspiring places have an energy, a vibe, a freshness that says you’re
The first internationally themed public market: It’s a global economy, so how can small businesses compete? They can
Contemporary public markets instead of Wal-marts?: That’s the theme of the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) Public Market
World car-free day is…. uh, was yesterday (Thursday): g src=”/images/carfreeday.jpg” alt=”Car Free Day” > There’s even a website dedicated to
MILES of pedestrian-oriented street: Why is it that the most pedestrian-oriented streets in the U.S. are
The modern businessperson – the ‘minipreneur: It’s becoming an eBay world as the heirs to the rat race
What’s next? ‘Customer-made’ places: We all have opinions on how we’d improve the places we live,
More choices = more successful downtowns?: If there’s more variety and choice, will people purchase less or more?
Johns Hopkins’ urban research village: Universities are starting to respond to the long-time reality that people simply
Columbia University’s very urban village: Seeking to grow, but with no room to do so, Columbia University
ASU’s grand university town vision: The most vibrant, thriving town centers and main streets occur near universities,
Columbus gets a cool university village: In continuation of yesterday’s entry on built examples of the ‘next university’,
Built examples of the future of universities: In 2003 I presented a vision for how contemporary universities will blend
Free money’ for CoolTown projects: Say you want to develop a $10 million CoolTown development – transforming
The one ‘how-to’ book to get for ‘New Urbanism: While New Urbanism is more about placemaking than economic development, and a
Why can’t we have places like this?: Why not? Count how many cars there are. Zero. Ironically, it’s designed
New Orleans’ French Quarter spared: Considered one of the most beautiful (and active, being a focal point
So close to being a great neighborhood, yet so far: Sweden’s new contemporary urban village for a 1000 people, Bo01, is a
Businesses grow in cities, decline outside of it: At least that’s the conclusion of Dr. Virginia Carlson, associate professor at
Applying freakonomics to CoolTowns: What is freakonomics and why should it matter? Renowned economist Steven Levitt
Charlotte a destination for affordability: That is… attainable housing that doesn’t look like subsidized affordable housing. For
Upper Rock District’ finally gets the green light: It shows you have to be patient to be progressive. A year
How to experience the hidden community: Yesterday we talked about how the coolest neighborhoods can be, well, a
Been there, done that’ doesn’t always fly: Ever walk into a neighborhood that people rave about, then wonder what
Houston the latest downtown on the verge of growth: There were only 2560 people living downtown, but that population jumped 43%
What? Single households now outnumber families: Yep, Stouffer’s will be selling a lot more of these. The census
What? Condos now worth more than houses?!: Yep, it’s true. The National Association of Realtors reported that in fourth
