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• Will New Urbanists Deliver A Home-Win With Miami 21?

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 606
  By Richard Reep “A walkable city, more like… Manhattan, Chicago, or San Francisco,” is how The Miami Herald characterizes the future of Miami under Miami 21, the new form-based code adopted on October 22nd by the Miami City Commission. This seems to be the hot new dream not just of Miami, but of all cities ...
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• DUBAI: A High Stakes Bet on the Future

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 606
  I picked up a copy of The Wall Street Journal-Europe on the concourse while boarding my Emirates Air flight from Paris to Dubai. The lead story provided an unexpected relevance to the trip – my first to Dubai. Dubai World, owned by the Dubai government, had announced a 6-month moratorium on payments of some of its ...
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• Urban Engagement Book Club 2010

  
  Larry James' Urban Daily — Authority: 130
  Take a look at what follows for a list of the book selections for Central Dallas Ministries Urban Engagement Book Club for 2010 . The club convenes on the first Thursday of each month from Noon until 1:15 p.m. We never go over our time limit! We meet at the Highland Park United Methodist Church (at SMU), Room 120 ...
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• Canadians overlook pricey plans for stylish cellphones

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Quote: Canadians overlook pricey plans for stylish cellphones Users hung up on styles and sales pitch rather than on picking the most economical monthly plans Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew Business Reporter Published On Mon Dec 07 2009 A pedestrian uses his mobile phone while walking past a Telus store in ...
  2 days ago

• the Incredible Hulk II

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Ok, I couldnt stay away and not discuss this one with you guys. I was just watching a summary of the latest movies soon available across the world during the X-mas Holidays, one of which the Incredible Hulk II version. While watching the trailer, I noticed that each time Bruce Banners the scientist transforms into ...
  2 days ago

• Ceremonies mark 20th anniversary of Montreal massacre

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Quote: MONTREAL – Jean-Francois Larivee still remembers Maryse Laganieres piercing blue eyes the day he met her at the Universite de Montreal in the mid-1980s. Larivee and Laganiere went on to marry and find happiness – until it was brutally shattered on Dec. 6, 1989, when she and 13 other women ...
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• Most Misused bit of High-Value Real Estate in Beirut.

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Hello! You think beirut is "full" or "no more space" etc... etc...? Cities all around the world have realized the full potential of their existing port area. Many cities have already developped them into financial centers. London: http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3058...and-London.jpg Melbourne: ...
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• Growing Todays Green Jobs Reqires Solid Economic Development Policy

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 606
  I was hired for my first Green Job, thirty-four years ago, shoveling horse stalls for a barn full of Tennessee Walking Horses. The droppings and bedding that was removed from the stables was then composted and applied to my employer’s crops in lieu of chemical fertilizers. You don’t get much greener than that! ...
  5 days ago

• Project Green

  
  Travels with Shiloh — Authority: 131
  A couple of weeks ago I cited some stories about the urban wasteland troubled city of Camden, NJ as an example of plans for an urban renewal gone wrong and proposed it as a candidate for a ‘civilianized’ version of COIN. In the comments Adrian recommended taking a look at Rochester, NY is doing in the face ...
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• The High Line

  
  E.r.r.a.n.t — Authority: 118
  While we were in NYC we also took the opportunity to see The High Line - a park on the West Side that is on an old elevated train trestle. We were there on a Monday afternoon so we had a lot of space to walk around and explore. Apparently on the weekends its mobbed. Ive been wanting to see this park ever since ...
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• Tokyos urban design role

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Quahslo posted a great article.. here it is http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0091127a1.html Quote: The Hatoyama governments ambitious carbon reduction goals position Japan for leadership in the postindustrial global economy. Less discussed is Tokyos remarkable energy efficiency, urban ...
  6 days ago

• The Worlds Smartest Cities

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 606
  In todays parlance a "smart" city often refers to a place with a "green" sustainable agenda. Yet this narrow definition of intelligence ignores many other factors--notably upward mobility and economic progress--that have characterized successful cities in the past. The green-only litmus test dictates cities should ...
  6 days ago

• All Green City... Possible?

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Hi, just wondering if a city constructed with fully sustainable materials possible? A while ago I Read about fully recyclable plastic bricks called Polli -bricks that can replace normail materials... but it doesnt seem like its happening.. Is it not possible with current technology?
  1 week ago

• use vpn to unblock sites

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  I use vpn in www.widevpn.com it provide more than 300 dedicated ip and 15 country server.. one account use all ips.. so I can change my ip with UK,USA,EU,JP,HK,TW,INDAIA and unblock so much ISP block. check usa ips below.. [USA] usa(USA)-[01]=216.240.148.128 usa(USA)-[02]=83.111.173.50 ...
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• When Granny Comes Marching Home Again... Multi-Generational Housing

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 606
  During the first ten days of October 2008, the Dow Jones dropped 2,399.47 points, losing 22.11% of its value and trillions of investor equity. The Federal Government pushed a $700 billion bail-out through Congress to rescue the beleaguered financial institutions. The collapse of the financial system in the fall of ...
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• Is the age of the skyscraper boom over?

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Quote: Dubai mega-tower `last hurrah to age of excess By BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press Writer Brian Murphy, Associated Press Writer 2 hrs 42 mins ago DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – When work began in 2004 to build the worlds tallest tower, Dubais confidence also was sky high with a host of mega-projects ...
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• Your Citys Street Life At Night

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  Please no skyline pics ; this thread is for street level or near street level pictures taken during the night time in your city.
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• Top 10 24 hour Cities

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  What do you think are the worlds top 24 hour cities, cities that never sleep such as New york and Hong Kong.
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• Water fountain show video around the world

  
  SkyscraperCity — Authority: 179
  National Monument Water Fountain, Jakarta, Indonesia
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• A Return to the City or a New Divide in the Nations Capital Region?

  
  Newgeography.com - Economic, demographic, and political commentary about places — Authority: 606
  Census data continue to suggest that fringe areas still grow faster than cities, but some have continued to argue that the flight to the suburbs has ended, or at least slowed, and that we are experiencing a resurgence of urban living. In a 2005 article for the Journal of the American Planning Association , Robert ...
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