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Conversation Catoosa | Oscar Hammerstein's map of Rogers County | Facebook

Conversation Catoosa | Oscar Hammerstein's map of Rogers County | Facebook While in NYC for vacation, Tim Brown spotted Oscar Hammerstein II's hand-drawn map of Rogers County in a New York City museum, showing railroads, towns, and creeks, a reference...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 29, 2023 10:57 AM

The Magic of Legacy Shops Comes Back to Life in Buffalo

The Magic of Legacy Shops Comes Back to Life in Buffalo Buffalo's new zoning code allows for long-abandoned neighborhood retail -- corner stores, bars, and other commercial buildings -- to be reopened as commercial, with reduced regulatory hurdles and no...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 17, 2022 8:39 PM

Hastain's township plats of the Creek Nation : Hastain, E : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Hastain's township plats of the Creek Nation : Hastain, E : Internet Archive This handbook has a pair of pages for each 36 sq. mi. township showing which citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation citizen was allotted each parcel. The...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 17, 2020 10:18 PM

New South Wales Rural Fire Service: Fires Near Me

New South Wales Rural Fire Service: Fires Near Me This is an interactive map showing the extent of the burned area and the status of fires in New South Wales and neighboring parts of Victoria and Queensland. Here is the...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 3, 2020 12:24 PM

When We Make It Hard to Build, We Give Developers More Power Over Our Communities -- Strong Towns

When We Make It Hard to Build, We Give Developers More Power Over Our Communities -- Strong Towns "There's a much deeper source of dysfunction here, and that is that it's so onerous to develop in San Bruno (or virtually...

Posted by Michael Bates on November 8, 2019 12:03 PM

Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online

Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online In order to provide for increasing demand for homes in the southeast of England after World War II, without encouraging further sprawl outward from London, the British government...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2019 11:38 AM

Surprising Approaches To Achieving Density -- Strong Towns

Surprising Approaches To Achieving Density -- Strong Towns Andrew Price writes: "I'm not anti-towers, but building up is not the only way to achieve density. Brickell [in Miami, Florida] achieves a population density of 27,302 people per square mile. In...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 11, 2018 10:02 AM

Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball - WSJ

Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball - WSJ As American grownups continue to find ways to wreck childhood fun.... "Other popular sports, including soccer and basketball, have suffered as youth sports participation in general has declined and become more specialized. A...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 28, 2015 5:24 PM

For smart growth, not all density is created equal | Better! Cities & Towns Online

For smart growth, not all density is created equal | Better! Cities & Towns Online You don't need high-rise apartment complexes to see the environmental benefits of increased density. The 20 to 60 homes-per-acre of historic urban neighborhoods is plenty...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 10, 2014 12:24 PM

Swanson County, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Swanson County, Oklahoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Pete Best of Oklahoma's 77 counties, Swanson County (county seat Mountain View) was created in 1910 as the 77th county, formed from the southern part of Kiowa County and the western...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 1, 2013 9:15 AM