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Permission Giving Urbanism

February 20, 2022 Restless Urbanist

The best loved places, are filled with permission giving activities. This bottom up approach to placemaking and urbanism, starts at the smallest increment of development.

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Posted in: Advocacy, Bicycling, books, communities, Public Policy, Restless, travel, Urbanism, visioning

Airbnb For My Yard

February 18, 2021 Restless Urbanist

Simple idea: Airbnb for my Lawn, find a place to grow.

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Posted in: communities, Restless Filed under: Farming, Food, Gradening, Grass, Yards

Love in the City

February 14, 2021 Restless Urbanist

I think that you have overlooked a very important sweetheart in your life, your City.

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Posted in: Advocacy, CIty, communities, Restless Filed under: City, Love, Sweetheart, Valentine

Get in Early and Get in Often

October 11, 2020 Restless Urbanist

A successful design requires the collaboration, participation, and consensus of many. In the public sector you have to get in…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Building, Codes, Colleagues, communities, Developers, Government, Planning, Public Policy, Restless, Tools, Urban Design

Snow Day

March 17, 2017 Restless Urbanist

This week, we were part of the 40 million Americans under the shadow of Storm Stella. We were also the…

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Posted in: Advocacy, communities, Design, Infrastructure, walkability Filed under: Sidewalks, sneckdown, Snow, Walkability

West Virginia Day

June 20, 2016 Restless Urbanist

Yesterday was West Virginia Day. This is the first West Virginia Day that I have celebrated both as a West…

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Posted in: communities, Restless Filed under: City, CRA, Form Based Code, Holiday, Hometown, Job, Martin County, Missing Middle, Ranson, West Virginia, West Virginia Day

Lost of Art of Urbanism: North Adams

December 27, 2013 Restless Urbanist

Through the restless search for Urbanism, there are moments that highlight the lost art of urban design. North Adams, Massachusetts,…

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Posted in: Advocacy, CIty, communities, education, Urbanism Filed under: North Adams, Urban Renewal, Video

Local School Removes Sidewalk

April 1, 2010 Restless Urbanist 1 Comment

School Board orders removal of community sidewalk due to the risk it posed to local students. Teachers have been complaining…

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Posted in: communities, Infrastructure, Profession, transportation, walkability Filed under: April's Fool, Bus, Holiday, Safe Routes to School, School, Sidewalks, Walkabilty

Civic Uses

June 15, 2008 Restless Urbanist

This is a diagram by Leon Krier. Every time that I work on the master plan for a new community,…

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Posted in: Advocacy, communities, Restless Filed under: Civic, Krier, Public Uses, Town Planning

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