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Simmons Buntin | Aug 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Denver |
The second part of Simmons Buntin’s exploration of new, mixed-use projects in Denver sidetracks to explore just how he determines that these projects are, in fact, good development. His decision is still based, in part, on a list of 14 properties of sustainable redevelopment he created for his urban and regional planning graduate school thesis more than a decade ago. (
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Simmons Buntin | Aug 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Denver |
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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Simmons Buntin | Jul 17th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Los Angeles |
“Walkin’ in L.A., nobody walks in L.A.,” sings the 80s band Missing Persons. But from the handful of times I’ve been to L.A. — including my trip two weeks ago — I can’t help but think the song is only half right. And the resurgence of great Los Angeles-area neighborhoods and cities is due to public leaders like Rick Cole, Ventura city manager, who are after the “authentic” in city design and development. (
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Simmons Buntin | Jul 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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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Simmons Buntin | May 30th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Pittsburgh |
All the recent Phoenix Mars Lander hullabaloo has got me thinking about what the first Earth-built city on Mars would look like. Who would get the opportunity to plan that city, and would we find the amenities that make Earth’s best urban spaces also make for the best cities on the Red Planet? (
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Simmons Buntin | Mar 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Hey buddy, being old doesn’t make it classic. The same is true for architecture, though here I substitute historic for classic. A recent article in The Economist troubles me in a similar way. (
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Simmons Buntin | Mar 18th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
This website design process got me thinking about the city design process, and what they’ve got in common. Does the virtual translate to the concrete? No matter how technology changes, the process used to design websites is fundamentally the same. Is that also true for cities? (
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Simmons Buntin | Feb 27th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Miami |
Urban designer Paul Murrain said, “We cannot continue to believe that the landscape is sacred and the city profane.” Yet media teaches us at every poorly lit street corner that the city is profane: profanity on brick walls and sidewalks, in theaters and bookstores.
Sin City.
Star Wars and its city planet Coruscant.
CSI Miami or
New York or
Las Vegas or, who knows what lucky town is next.
Yuma, perhaps. “They must both be considered sacred,” he concludes.
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Simmons Buntin | Feb 21st, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Simmons Buntin | Feb 12th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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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. (keep reading…)
All the recent Phoenix Mars Lander hullabaloo has got me thinking about what the first Earth-built city on Mars would look like. Who would get the opportunity to plan that city, and would we find the amenities that make Earth’s best urban spaces also make for the best cities on the Red Planet? (keep reading…)
