Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Sun Belt cities are driving much of our urban growth. Let’s study them

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Charlotte shares many urban problems with other boomimg Sun Belt cities. Photo: Daniel Weiss/Unsplash This article has also been publis...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

After Covid-19, what happens to cities? What we know – or think we know

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Uptown Charlotte ’s Brevard Court, before Covid-19 shut down bars. Photo courtesy of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute  After Covid-19,...
Friday, May 8, 2020

Anti-vaxxers. Boosterism beating science. Sound familiar?

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Charlotte's first zoning map from 1947 shows development patterns that continue today almost 75 years later. Hanchett's book, wi...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

When North Charlotte turned into NoDa

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The corner in NoDa where a scruffy deli-live music venue called Fat City once lived. Where the dumpster sits in this photo is where, 20 y...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Open Streets, funding culture and arts, densifying single-family zoning, etc.

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This photo shows the event known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the east-west street grid in New York City. I took i...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

‘Charlotte doesn’t have a brand’? Here’s an idea

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The famed Excelsior Club, possibly to be demolished, in keeping with local tradition. Photo courtesy Dan Morrill Even in the chest-pum...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Greening the greenway

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 Trees about to be planted beside Briar Creek Greenway. Photo: Mary Newsom I was walking a short new segment of greenway beside Bri...