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Saudi Gazette, translating a piece from Asharq Alawsat, reports that the city of Jeddah’s infrastructure cannot support the building of high rise buildings. Whether it’s the road grid, sewage, or water distribution, the city just cannot handle the additional burdens skyscrapers would demand.

Playgrounds should be safe for kids, right. Well Playworld, one of the major playground component manufacturer in the US has gone PVC-Free. Playworld Systems, Inc. Is First Major U.S. Playground Manufacturer To Eliminate PVC From Products Playworld Systems, Inc., a leading international manufacturer

An opinion piece in the Province from Derek Moscato - a bike commuter himself, he says. The piece is troubling in that he really does not come up with very much of substance.  For example the stats show that cyclists here are seven to 70 times more likely to be injured, by trip or by distance travelled, than automobile occupants.

These kinds of articles are important. Maybe not so much for thinking about large center cities like Washington--DC is far larger than Toledo or Grand Rapids, but the articles are relevant to commercial district revitalization issues regardless of the size of the community, but especially for submarkets within the city and region.

Let CUP’s Making Policy Public project begin! As the graphic designer for one of the projects, I’m collaborating closely with CUP and The Street Vendor Project to create a fold-out poster distilling NYC’s complex vending laws into something concise and coherent.

This week's Indianapolis Business Journal runs a great article on the need for significant upgrades to the IU natatorium and track and field stadium, as well as the Indianapolis Tennis Center. The natatorium and track were built in 1982 for the Pan Am Games and were state of the art facilities at that time.

In June, when I was on a panel discussion with Eric Gordon, during Linden Lab’s birthday celebration, I was very inspired and impressed with his work - especially given my own interest in the use of virtual worlds for collaboration.  Now they are taking on a new project that I expect will raise the

(Michael Moose/Glaserworks) Terrence Mann said "If you build it, they will come"; I once said at a public meeting about a Toronto streetcar line that "investment follows infrastructure." Portland proved it; 10,000 residential units have been built and $3.5 billion has been invested within two blocks of its streetcar line since it opened.

Unlike most American cities in San Francisco, we never fell for the General Motors-led assault on American streetcars (trolleys). In the post World War II boom and rush to consumerism coupled with the flight to the suburbs American cities tore up their streetcar lines.

We’ve discussed the concept that inner ring suburbs like Millcreek are in the early stages of what could be a long decline. And that trend is not unique to Erie if you take a look at a really interesting discussion on the New York Times’ Freakonomics blog.