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Blank slate for a CoolTown beta community in Detroit: Some people in Detroit got tired of seeing more strip malls, subdivisions
Is this a bookstore? Ice cream shop? Art gallery? Coffeehouse?: How about a bookstore, ice cream, art gallery coffeehouse. That properly describes
Trading Spaces for Towns?: Trading Spaces Designer Genevieve Gorder to Host New TLC Series That’s right
What are the different types of lofts?: Bi-Level/New York-Style/Artist Lofts These units have lofted bedrooms and no interior walls.
What is a loft and where did it come from?: A loft was originally defined as a small space built above a
Convertible housing in Seattle?: A lot of us enjoy driving or riding in a convertible, feeling
Next generation urban housing: Urban housing for the 75%+ of the country’s households that aren’t married
The next coffeehouse – the teahouse?: Time Magazine wrote, “The old drink is having a comeback, in restaurants,
Cafes and coffeehouses need outdoor seating: We all know how nice it is to sit on our front
Darwin’s – A one-stop third place: Just outside Harvard Square, Cambridge, you may happen upon a crowd of
Every neighborhood needs a third place: There’s home, there’s work, then there’s the third place. Just like with
How to do a pedestrian street right: For a vibrant, active, economically successful pedestrian street (paseo), it must have