Posts tagged Colorado
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Add a piano to make your city square sing
Here’s a fun way to add vitality to a public space: Outdoor pianos. In 2009, Denver started adding public pianos along its busy mile-long downtown pedestrian mall. The pianos have become a popular and noticeable part of that city’s public realm. 5 years later, they’re still there, and people are still playing them. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
WMATA management shakeup; SafeTrack’s low-income impact; SafeTrack prep; Mixed-use for Herndon; Changes for Bethesda, too; Hotel supply and demand; More real estate sticker shock; Language shift is no accident; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Changing landscapes
Turkey burgers; Kiss it goodbye; At least we’re not Chicago; Baltimore settling; Barry’s spirit; What American dream?; Through the grapevine; Will millennials adopt the car?; Resuscitating Underground Atlanta; A reason to walk; Cycles in the air. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Growth patterns
Inner-ring suburbs lose residents; Families avoid coastal metros; Can’t always get what you want; Cash crunch at Metro; DC’s Grand Central; It’s too crowded; DC mayoral choices “uninspiring”; Cleaner rivers not clean enough; One stop for homeless help; And…. Keep reading…
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Add a piano to make your city square sing
Here’s a fun way to add vitality to a public space: Outdoor pianos. In 2009, Denver started adding public pianos along its busy mile-long downtown pedestrian mall. The pianos have become a popular and noticeable part of that city’s public realm. 5 years later, they’re still there, and people are still playing them. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The political consequences
The GOP’s Virginia hopes; Conservatives take on transit; Japan’s big maglev offer; Instant biking cities; Where are the fed jobs?; Monday night derailment; Pentagon City Mall improvements; Bike lanes planned for North Bethesda; DC approves licenses for the undocumented; Around the world. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Building communities
Neighborhoods reflect disparities; DC’s first mixed-income redevelopment; Placemaking builds community; Trolley Trail connected; Public-private partnerships hit roadblocks; A glow-in-the-dark bike path; Demand, meet supply; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Build it at a Metro station
FBI not near Metro?; Hospital at Largo?; WMATA has 11 more in mind; Less for transportation; It’s a “collision,” not an “accident,” in New York; FTC is pro-Uber; Urbanism isn’t new in SimCity; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Long time coming
Autoload for all; Good parking minimums; Ecodistrict starting already?; Unmarked crosswalks get noticed; Subdue the subsidy; Bike sharing for all, but not in Denver; Development in the developing world; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Paying for transportation
Agreement on transpo bill; No BRT soon; DC would not be alone; How to fix parking?; Cities grow; What about health care?; And…. Keep reading…