The Naked City Blog
Cities are amazing, and amazingly complicated. I explore what it all means.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Lakeshore lessons for a city without a shore
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A created wetland, part of the flood management program at Corktown Common Park. Photo: Waterfront Toronto TORONTO – No, alas, I am not...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
In search of 'hipsturbias' yet to come
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Downtown Waxhaw: A 'hipsturbia' of the future? Photo: Nancy Pierce Just the term "hipsturbia" makes you want to hear...
Friday, August 9, 2013
Transportation officials dispute my one-way theory
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When I wrote last month about the surprising (to me) prominence of one-way streets uptown on the city's High Accident List, aka HAL (...
Find answers behind candidate rhetoric
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Campaign season is here. As always with local elections, voters must first try to sort out he candidates who know which end is up regarding...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
When it comes to I-277 cap, bold Charlotte gets timid
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I-77 is one side of the noose encircling uptown Charlotte.(Photo by Nancy Pierce) If you think it's too bold, too "out there...
Buggy whips still gone, but protest petitions survive
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Bill that would limit N.C. cities' power to ban projecting garages passed the N.C. House but not the N.C. Senate. This street in Corp...
Friday, July 26, 2013
One-way to higher traffic accidents?
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I don't want this bit of city-traffic-related news to get lost in the recent deluge of news about Charlotte's airport. The numbers ...
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