Kunshan Phoenix Cultural Mall
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group (PPMG), the largest media and publishing companies in China, awarded Joel Sanders Architect and FreelandBuck […]
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Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance
What is ICCA? The Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is a partnership of cultural organizations throughout eleven counties in and
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Sustainability Considerations for Neighborhoods.
RECOGNIZE CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS. Twenty-first century American society is starting from a dynamic base of societal norms. Human rights, geopolitics, technology
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Missing Middle Housing.
OPTICOS DESIGN FOUNDER DANIEL PAROLEK inspired a new movement for housing choice in 2010 when he coined the term “Missing
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The Business Sector Begins to Worry about Affordable Housing.
CharacterTowns.org mined two recent concurrent articles focusing on affordable housing and concerns of the industrial sector. The concurrent Articles are
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Sustaining Safe Neighborhoods.
THE RANGE OF SAFETY ISSUES. Small cities and towns have experience employing their police, fire and rescue teams to protect
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Planning Affordable Housing and Neighborhood.
THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME-EXPENSE SQUEEZE. The affordability of housing in America at the start of the 21st century is an issue
BOOKS
“The Great Good Places, Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community” by Ray Oldenburg
Summary. Ray Oldenburg defined a place that defines a community. “Third place” is a concept that serves small cities and
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The Swamp, The Everglades, Florida and the Politics of Paradise by Michael Grunwald
Chapter One, Grassy Water “The First 300 Million Years (Abridged)”, p14. “The Everglades showed up…around the time the Egyptians started
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An elevated park on an old railway line. Promenade Plantée
The Promenade Plantée is a linear park spanning 4.7 kilometres built atop a disused railway line in the east of