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The Pacific Electric Railway and Its History In The San Bernardino Valley

The Pacific Electric Railway and Its History In The San Bernardino Valley "For a railroad town, this spelled certain doom. San Bernardino no longer had its critical strategic importance as a transportation hub. It was no longer the "Gateway City."...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 11, 2022 11:22 PM

American Murder Mystery - The Atlantic

American Murder Mystery - The Atlantic Hannah Rosin, writing in 2008, about the impact of Section 8 housing subsidies on crime patterns. "According to FBI data, America's most dangerous spots are now places where Martin Scorsese would never think of...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 24, 2021 6:10 PM

A Look Into Leonard Nimoy's Time in Boston's West End | BDCWire

A Look Into Leonard Nimoy's Time in Boston's West End | BDCWire "Off of Cambridge Street downtown is the Charles River Plaza Shopping Center, a small complex in a compact area where medical workers from Mass General and residents of...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 9, 2020 10:05 AM

Logic Mag: Model Metropolis

Logic Mag: Model Metropolis Kevin T. Baker writes: "In 1984, the developer Will Wright had just finished work on his first video game, a shoot-em-up called Raid on Bungeling Bay. In it, the player controls a helicopter dropping bombs on...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 16, 2019 3:14 PM

Blight Inc. -- Indianapolis Star

Blight Inc. -- Indianapolis Star The sale of abandoned homes for just enough to pay the outstanding tax bill has created a perverse incentive for investors who buy these homes to walk away from them, abandoning them once again, and...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 22, 2016 10:21 AM

Enough With the 'Enough with Jane Jacobs' Already! | Planetizen: The independent resource for people passionate about planning and related fields

Enough With the 'Enough with Jane Jacobs' Already! | Planetizen: The independent resource for people passionate about planning and related fields Roberta Brandes Gratz shoots back at detractors of Jane Jacobs and citizen involvement in the planning process. "My favorite...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 5, 2016 6:06 PM

Jane Jacobs and the Death and Life of American Planning

Jane Jacobs and the Death and Life of American Planning Provocative comments from a professor of urban planning, but some of the best ideas are rebuttals in the comments: "...what does it say about our profession when a group of...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 5, 2016 5:59 PM

New Jersey City Council Tries to Use Eminent Domain on Property Owners, Gets Swept Out of Office | The Institute for Justice

New Jersey City Council Tries to Use Eminent Domain on Property Owners, Gets Swept Out of Office | The Institute for Justice "Michael Monaghan has wanted to develop his property on Main Street in Hackensack, New Jersey, just a few...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2015 10:56 PM

Tulsa's Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Plans

Tulsa's Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Plans Tulsa Development Authority: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Master Plan, May 1991 Tulsa Development Authority: Kendall-Whittier Neighborhood Urban Renewal Plan, as amended February 16, 2006, to expire on June 2, 2014....

Posted by Michael Bates on January 31, 2015 10:51 PM

Brighton Allston Historical Society: The Urban Renewal of Barry's Corner

Brighton Allston Historical Society: The Urban Renewal of Barry's Corner In the early 1960s, a 9.3 acre, 71-family Irish and Italian neighborhood on the northeast corner of N. Harvard St. and Western Ave. was declared blighted by the City of...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 16, 2014 8:47 PM

San Francisco Residential Security Map, 1937

San Francisco Residential Security Map, 1937 1937 street map of San Francisco (which also shows streetcar and trolley bus lines at the time) was color coded by the Federal Government's Home Owners' Loan Corporation to indicate various levels of perceived...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 15, 2014 1:17 PM

Lower East Side Aerial View Flashback | LESNYC

Lower East Side Aerial View Flashback | LESNYC "The landscape of the Lower East Side has drastically changed through out the years. Take a look at these remarkable photos of yesterday's LES taken by Fairchild Aerial Surveys along with a...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 21, 2014 9:07 PM

Safeway remodels its Berkeley, Oakland stores

Safeway has extensively remodeled its store near Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto, but managed to maintain the store's footprint and most of its structure. Click this link for a Google Maps view of the Berkeley Safeway before and after -- the aerial...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 21, 2012 5:22 PM

OKC Central: Sunday Flashback: "The Misconception That Cities 'Happen' And Need Not Be Designed"

OKC Central: Sunday Flashback: "The Misconception That Cities 'Happen' And Need Not Be Designed" Steve Lackmeyer posts a 1964 article on Oklahoma City's Classen Blvd by Phillip Morris -- "I'm stunned at the discovery of this 1964 article - stunned...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 18, 2010 8:58 AM

The Judge Report - Fifty Years

The Judge Report - Fifty Years From the New York Post: "Drive through nearby run-down Amsterdam [N. Y.] to see the product of 50 years of state economic development efforts." Robert N. Going replies: "If left to our own devices...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 3, 2009 10:51 PM