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01/05/2009
Urban design is the right answer (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
In a recent column, Pete Golis suggested an agenda for Santa Rosa's new City Council: "It needs (to find) a response to climate change that involves more than window dressing. It needs an urban design plan that begins by making the city more welcoming to pedestrians and cyclists."
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01/09/2009
City design experts to show ideas (Tulsa World)
A panel of urban design experts from the Mayors' Institute on City Design's Alumni Technical Assistance Program will make two public presentations during a visit to Tulsa next week.
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01/08/2009
Downtown planner moving on (The Oklahoman)
During construction planning for Nonna’s in Bricktown, owner Avis Scaramucci found herself at odds with John Calhoun over what she felt were minor changes to windows or architectural features.Fast forward four years and Scaramucci is among those sadly saying goodbye to the assistant city planner who has been a key player in downtown urban design committees. After an 18-year career with the ...
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01/07/2009
Demolition ordered for Rosemeadow estate (The Advocate)
AN URBAN design experiment declared a failure 10 years ago, and inadequate funding to help young people in western Sydney, contributed to this week's street violence in a Rosemeadow estate.
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01/07/2009
thinkTORONTO goes to City Hall (Spacing Wire)
WHAT: thinkTORONTO winners exhibit WHEN: Monday, January 12 to Sunday, January 18, 2009 WHERE: Toronto City Hall Rotunda (main floor), 99 Queen St. W. Over the next few months Spacing has a handful of events planned to complement our fifth anniversary issue and urban design ideas competition thinkTORONTO. From Monday to Sunday next week, you can check out the [...]
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01/08/2009
Elders must ease tension, say police (The Australian)
POLICE have called on the community elders of the troubled housing estate in Sydney's Rosemeadow to "take ownership" of the area's problems, as more arrests were made yesterday overthe wild street brawl in the southwestern suburb on Monday night.
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01/08/2009
What does the Bridge Avenue study say? (Albert Lea Tribune)
The road-type evaluation of the Bridge Avenue corridor compiled by SRF Consulting Group Inc. lays out several different options for redevelopment of the primary conduit between Albert Lea’s downtown and the commercial and residential areas to the north.
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01/08/2009
Forks of the Road money tied up (The Natchez Democrat)
Not only is Natchez missing $1.3 million for street overlays but it’s also missing $500000 for the Forks ...
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01/08/2009
Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Even a five-year-old is aware of what’s been lost. “They smashed down my swimming pool to build a Pak’n’save,” she said as we were driving down Tasman Street the other day.
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01/07/2009
Indie Itinerary (The Reader)
For this year’s wrap-up, I intended to write a fire-and-brimstone end-of-the-world article that summarized how we’re all going to drown in a sea of mediocre, American Idol- inspired pap music, while the dreams of a rising indie nation lay dashed and broken upon a shore of iPods.
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  • Clear Channel Adshel - Designs and manufactures street furniture product solutions including automatic public toilets, recycling units, bus shelters, and public information systems.
  • Defensible Space - Information about the book Creating Defensible Space by author Oscar Newman, his institute, and ongoing projects.
  • Dover, Kohl & Partners - Urban design firm specializing in master plans and illustrated codes for inner city revitalization, neighborhood redevelopment, and traditional town planning.
  • Hayden Architecture + Urban Design - Specializes in urban design and architecture.
  • Maccreanor Lavington Architects - An architectural and urban design firm with offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
  • Manual for Streets - Joint project by the UK's Department for Transport and the Department for Communities and Local Government, to develop guidance to a range of practitioners on effective street design. News, project information, and current drafts.
  • MPA Design - Multi-disciplinary landscape architectural and urban design firm. Includes description of projects.
  • ROMA Design Group - Interdisciplinary firm of architects, landscape architects and planners specializing in streetscape design and urban development planning.
  • S333 - Urban design studio in the UK focusing on city architecture and urbanism.
  • Urban Collage, Inc. - A multi-disciplinary firm specializing in the practice of physical planning and architectural and urban design.
  • Urban Design Group - Provides a forum for architectural, design, and urban planning firms to address urban design issues. Includes information on members and industry news.
  • Van Meter Williams Pollack - Multi-disciplinary architecture and urban design firm based in San Francisco, CA. Includes projects ranging from urban design, multi-unit housing, commercial and interior architecture.
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