“The type of people we all don’t want in Northgate are going to be loitering in that plaza. I don’t understand how you guys don’t perceive the huge liability with fights out of the bars. Well you just created a boxing ring” [Source: Left of College Station] As spoken by Aaron Curs, owner of Paddock [...]
I used to love going to the Dogwood Festival in Piedmont PArk when I was living in Atlanta. The Brazos Valley Worldfest in Historic Downtown Bryan seems somewhat similar. This year’s event is scheduled for November 17, 2007 and has a variety of activities including performances, culture displays, vendors selling international goods, and best of [...]
The Census Bureau recently released a press release on household income and poverty rate. The official report, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2006 Report can be downloaded here [PDF]. Aside from the widely publicized reports that household income has rise between 2005 and 2006 in addition to a [slight] drop (12.6% [...]
New Urbanism incorporates neighborhood walkability as one of the pivotal factors in improving quality of life as well as working toward conservancy. Considering that obesity is one of the rising health problems in the United States, walkability measures are also used to promote healthy living. Walkability measures in a neighborhood usually include calculating distances to [...]
I live in a college town so probably can identify with the lure of one. UConn is taking that seriously as it sets out to build a college town from scratch. Technorati Tags: college town, university, housing, city center, UConn
The best thing about Google Maps is the mashups you can do with different customizable services. MyApartmentMap was only waiting to be implemented. Fall is upon us and thousands of students will be apartment hunting not to mention working professionals who keep moving around. Looking for an apartment can be crazy although Craigslist has made [...]
We finally heard back from the EPA’s P3 [People, Prosperity, and Planet] Request for Proposals and sadly, they rejected our grant application. The reason – too ambitious and infeasible for the allocated grant money. Well, they are right. We had submitted a proposal suggesting developing a sustainable model to rebuild Southern Louisiana by seeking to [...]
As I am continuously finding out, the wonderful thing about studying urban planning is to see the issues we study about simultaneously playing around in our community. We have been studying effect of zoning ordinances in our Housing and Community class and were handed a live case study to analyze. The fact that I could [...]
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