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  Mexican Photographers Document Their “World In Transition”

  Calista Condo | Wed, Jul 30th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Tucson | Tags: art, mexico, calista condo, tucson museum of art | 0

  The Mexico that Americans overlook is ever so evident in Mexican photography. With the utmost artistic quality Mexican photographers have documented their country’s social, cultural and political issues. Mexican Photographers Today: Facing a World of Transition, held at the Tucson Museum of Art, examines many aspects of Mexican life seen through the lens of 27 photographers who have lived it, giving the American viewer a chance to know Mexico as something other than a tourist destination. 

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• Columnists

  Knowing Your Neighbor, Online and Off

  Simmons Buntin | Fri, Jul 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Tucson | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, civano, website, interaction, discussion forum, cohousing, community design, neighborhood design, virtual reality | 6

  There are two communities in my community.  The first is physical—thin, tree-lined streets and pocket parks, Southwestern architecture and community gardens.  The second is virtual—a community website and discussion forum, registration required. 

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  Harry Potter and the City of Gold

  Simmons Buntin | Tue, Jun 17th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Boulder | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, architecture, alley, england, restaurants, streetscape, urban form, boulder, theme parks, amusement parks, harry potter | 0

  The release of a Harry Potter prequel this week creates a spell on one reader, who goes on to ponder: What does J.K. Rowling’s seven-book Harry Potter series tell us about urban form, and what might that form look like?  By 2010 we’ll know, as the Wizarding World of Harry Potter comes to life with hamlet, forest, and school grounds at Universal Studios in Orlando.  But how authentic can it be?

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  The Wildflower Wars

  Simmons Buntin | Thu, May 15th, 2008 | City: Denver | Tags: environment, tucson, simmons buntin, denver, new urbanism, civano, hoa, sense of place, yard, master-planned communities, flowers, landscaping, nature in the city | 1

  A dazzling wildflower season spells trouble for the master-planned communities that spread like invasive weeds along the edges of urban areas across the West.  How are the wildflower wars being waged, and why is it important to have natural yards in cities, anyway?

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  Beyond the Ballpark: Thwarted Expectations for the Colorado Rockies and the Civano Town Center?

  Simmons Buntin | Thu, Apr 17th, 2008 | City: Civano | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, denver, new urbanism, sports, civano, stapleton, colorado rockies, town center, belmar, coors field | 0

  Expectations are a tricky thing to manage, since they are both internal and external, based on solid design and a large does of guesswork. Heightened by the press and built at a frenzied pace, expectations for sports teams are also rooted in deep team loyalty, which itself comes from the host city’s sense of the place. So what do expectations for the Colorado Rockies and Tucson’s Civano town center have in common?

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