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CommentaryNew Sustainable Development Rolls Doubles
Kathryn Kondracki | Thu, Jun 5, 2008 | Tags: environment, energy, boston, kat kondracki, olmsted green, development, monopoly, housing development, lena, housing | 1
According to the developer of Lena Park, Boston’s new Olmstead Green will consist of 153 affordable housing units and live up to its name by offering environment-friendly equipment and eco-savvy designs.
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HeadlinesMoms Fight High Food Costs, Wind Power and Turnaround Schools for Boston, Trees for New York, More
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 | Tags: jeffrey hill, new york city, news, growth, cnn, headlines, education, boston, arizona, wind power, schools, inflation, gas prices, arthur simpson, maui | 0
America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines.
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HeadlinesHospitals’ suburban push, fundamentalist children, blue-collar hybrids, more
Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | Tags: transportation, downtown, headlines, boston, oil, construction, china, police, taxpayers, consumers, chinese, new york times, olympics, hybrids, sect | 0
Hospitals’ stir fears, sect youths conditioned to deceive outsiders, Olympic torch relay switches route and more in today’s headlines.
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Commentary“Glocalization,” Neighborhoods as Brands
Brendan Crain | Tue, Apr 8, 2008 | Tags: environment, downtown, growth, crime, seattle, boston, gentrification, internet, denver, advertising, manhattan, brendan crain | 1
The average American sees several thousands of advertisements each day—the most commonly accepted estimate is 3,000. It is no secret in our society that a large chunk of advertising and marketing efforts are directed at children ... Whether or not you think that advertising’s influence on young minds is positive or negative, no one can deny the fact that this massive onslaught of commercialism has some sort of effect, developmentally, on children. And, since these children will, in a generation or so, be reshaping our cities, how might these developmental changes effect the urban environment? Perhaps some clues are already rising to the surface.
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HeadlinesMartin Luther King Remembered, Public-Housing Not Remembered, New Orleans Economic Immunity, More
Fri, Apr 4, 2008 | Tags: news, environment, obama, barack obama, hillary clinton, clinton, headlines, green, foreclosure, infrastructure, homeless, mortgage, boston, architects, architecture, foreclosures, katrina, beijing, japan, oakland, bronx, janet speyrer, dr. janet speyrer, new york mets, kyoto, new york yankees, boston red sox, martin luther king jr. | 0
America evaluates change since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, democratic presidential candidates still ignoring key city issues, economist Janet Speyrer offers insight on how recession may or may not impact New Orleans, Kyoto passes new accord and more in today’s headlines.
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ReviewsJeff Deck Travels Across the Country in Search of Typos.
Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Apr 3, 2008 | Tags: jeff deck, blogging, jeffrey hill, typos across america, california, boston, pictures, typos, massachusetts, road trip | 10
In a brilliantly humorous blog titled “Typo Hunt Across America,” Jeff Deck journeys from Massachusetts to California, archiving America’s spelling errors. From the self-proclaimed “Typo Eradication Advancement League,” Deck and cohorts stop in major cities and photograph misuse of apostrophes, commas and more. An entertaining read for the anal-retentive.
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Commentary Suburban Skyscrapers, The Anti-McMansion Movement, Permalancers, More
Hayley Richardson | Fri, Dec 14, 2007 | Tags: commentary, hayley richardson, headlines, boston, skyscrapers, suburban skyscrapers, jerusalem ghost towns, generation debt, youthful urban planners | 0
Boston’s Youthful Urban Planners
“When middle school students from Roslindale teamed up with architects from Boston’s Gund Partnership to brainstorm ways to improve the Jackson Square MBTA Station on the Orange Line, the architects got an earful.
The program, sponsored by Citizen Schools Boston, was created to give minority and low-income students the knowledge that they have a voice in the development of their neighborhoods, and in particular, their T stations. Many of the students…
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