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• Digging Deeper: The Ultimate Queen City Underground Tour

  
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  American Legacy Tours – located at 1218 Vine Street in Cincinnati’s historic Over the Rhine (OTR) – has continued to gain popularity, media attention and distinction since their opening in 2008. The company, founded by a small group of friends, offers a diverse range of engaging walking tours through ...
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• Joel A. Miele Sr., 78, Giuliani’s Environmental Commissioner, Dies

  
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  Mr. Miele, an engineer, presided over an agency that in the 1990s undertook major initiatives to safeguard New York City’s water supply.        
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• How We’ve Ignored the Complex Simplicity of the Manhattan Street Grid

  
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  What has been lost in the ignorance and rejection of the core principles of the Manhattan grid, to the detriment of most cities in the western world, is the ability to establish the physical pattern that new growth and development will take in order to integrate itself into a connected urban whole.
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• Shanghai’s Jiashan Market: A Model for Community Based Development?

  
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  In a city of over 20 million people , with about 3500 people living in each square kilometre, finding a space that provides an intimate sense of community may seem next to impossible. Within this urban maze, however, exists a number of places seeking to foster a greater sense of community and neighbourhood. ...
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• Expanded Willets Plan to end committee review

  
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  Tonight, Queens Community Board 7 will hold what is expected to be its final committee meeting on the proposed Willets West mall / Willets Point Phase One development, prior to its public hearing next Monday night. The proposal now under review involves both the controversial 1.4 million square foot "Willets West" ...
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• The Importance of New Urbanism in Orlando, Florida

  
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  Florida is a state of dichotomies. Even after a decade of explosive population growth, much of the Sunshine State remains very rural. Coastal cities like Miami are home to the international super-rich, while just blocks away you can find families struggling to make ends meet. And, maybe most surprisingly, Florida – ...
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• San Francisco...if the Warriors Have Their Way

  
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  Theyre missing a few buildings that are going up, but...even so.
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• Writing on Buildings and Cities: A Review of Michael Sorkin’s “All Over the Map”

  
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    Michael Sorkin is opinionated to the point, and passionate about protecting architecture from the politics that too often smother innovation. A well-known architectural critic, author of several hundred articles, professor, and principal of the Michael Sorkin Studio , Sorkin lives, eats — ...
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• College Hill Queen Anne Cottage Featured

  
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  The Cannaday-Parker House was constructed on a tract of land in College Hill subdivided around 1892 by Leonard and Laura Ellen Morse. The Morse Tract was a small subdivision that resulted in the creation of Carr Street and included the houses at 922 Carr Street as well as the home at 216 South Mendenhall.  This ...
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• Talking Sustainability: An Interview with Orlando, Florida’s Creative Village Developer

  
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  Technology, education, and sustainability are the driving forces behind Orlando’s upcoming Creative Village , a 68-acre infill project in downtown Orlando. Craig Ustler, 50 Most Powerful People in Orlando mainstay and co-developer of the site with the City of Orlando, sat down with me to talk about the ...
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• St. Sophia’s Street in Thessaloniki, Greece: A Pedestrian Zone?

  
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  Thessaloniki , Greece is a city with numerous beautiful spots, great architecture , and a long history. However, many current problems in the city have occurred due to modern style of life. For example, there is a significant lack of green spaces . The ideal average share of green space is estimated at 20 ...
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• Farewell From Bonnie Rodd: Blogging from Austin, TX

  
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  In the summer of 2012 I was a fresh graduate from the University of Texas at Austin , trying to make my way into the working world. Having been an Urban Studies student minoring in Architecture, I was hopeful I would be able to find work in which I could apply my passion for urban development , environmental ...
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• Unlocking Value in Miami, Florida

  
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  Miami 21 , meant to encourage walkable development and non car-dependent lifestyles , brings new idea testing to places like Midtown Miami . As the economy recovers , this form-based zoning code creates redevelopment opportunities that previously have been unimaginable. Now is the perfect time to assess these ...
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• OMA to Masterplan Southern Neighborhood of Bordeaux

  
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  In order to accommodate the expansion of the local tram system, La Fabrique Métropolitaine de la Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux has commissioned OMA to design a new major urban development in the southern district of Bordeaux, France . Over the next five years, the masterplan will regenerate the neighborhoods ...
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