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Denver: America’s Great Urban Canvas, Part I
Simmons Buntin | Mon, Aug 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Denver | Tags: tucson, simmons buntin, denver, new urbanism, civano, stapleton, town planning, boulder, prospect new town, neotraditional development, bradburn village, urban planning, longmont, westminster, modernist architecture | 3
The metropolitan Denver area has become America’s greatest urban canvas, and a tour of some of the region’s New Urbanist neighborhoods demonstrates why. Join Simmons Buntin and his host, urban planner Carolyn Dooling, as they tour Stapleton in Denver, Bradburn Village in Westminster, and Prospect New Town in Longmont, discovering places with soul.
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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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