Category: Urban Design/Planning/Geography
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LOS-A for People: Willy/Blair/E. Wilson/John NoLane*
Planning for People at the Giant Hairball Intersection of John NoLane/Blair/Willy/E Wilson.
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Needling the Power: Rummel’s High Road Strategy
Arrogant power wielders and their apologists…..
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Mosiman: Flak for the Status Quo
Mosiman just loves incumbents. He used to do puff pieces for Mayor Pave. So we know he will go to great lengths to promote entrenched power over challengers. Here’s his latest girding-for-the-old-guard piece for the council’s aging cheerleader, Lauren Cnare. Just one sentence in the article for the challenger, Barbara Davis. Makes the latter out…
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Why Mark Pocan Fails…
None of the candidates in the Wisocnsin 2nd District Congressional race has any interest in taking on the interests which want to bake your world and grind you to dust.
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Never Leave Home Without Your Geographer: Krugman, Gruber
In my daily dose of Krugman I really enjoyed this: China also derives big advantages from the fact that so much of the supply chain is already there. A former Apple executive explained: “You need a thousand rubber gaskets? That’s the factory next door. You need a million screws? That factory is a block away.”…
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Epic Fit to Print
Epic gets big NYT feature today. It’s just too bad Epic’s brilliant CEO couldn’t have found a way to integrate the company into the urban fabric. The paving of farmland and it’s car-necessary location negates all the groovy-green stuff going into that oh-so-pastoral office park. I know several long-time as well as newly-hired Epicureans, and…
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Pleasant’s Wrecking Ball
Pleasant & Co. wish to demolish the spirit of State Street.