Sunday, May 9, 2021

Bulldozers and the failure – or success – of imagination

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   The 1930s Masonic Temple in downtown Scranton, Pa., is now the city's Cultural Center. Apologies that  the photo doesn’t do the build...
Monday, March 22, 2021

I guess we’e reimagining uptown Charlotte again

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Image from draft of the 2040 Center City Vision Plan, of what might (in some distant future) be a large park where the Norfolk Southern ra...
Thursday, August 20, 2020

Weedy obstruction gets whacked

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Weeds that blocked the sidewalk have been removed. Now, anyone want to report that campaign sign illegally posted in the right-of-way? Photo...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

A good walk spoiled

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At least there ’s a sidewalk. But shouldn ’t walking be more comfortable than getting slapped in the face with overgrown weeds? Photo: Mary ...
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...