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Posts Tagged ‘Urban Design’

Downtown is dead!  Long live downtown!
Downtown is dead! Long live downtown!
By James | March 31, 2010 | Feedback (29)
"When you came to Windsor, that must have been a huge step." "It was." A couple of weeks ago I went to hangout with my mom for the evening.  She lives at my sister's place.  My sister and her husband were out of town for the weekend so I went over with ...
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Retracting The Suburbs DNR Order...
Retracting The Suburbs DNR Order…
By Chris | August 13, 2009 | Feedback (9)
One of the ideas that has captured my interest focuses on what do we do after all the peak-oil theorists and Kunstlerites predictions come true. What happens when the suburbs become the unsustainable, darwinian-rejects that ...
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Ward Boundary Review and New Sprawl Plans (UPDATED)
Ward Boundary Review and New Sprawl Plans (UPDATED)
By Chris | April 6, 2009 | Feedback (26)
What?  You're bored?  Well, let me fix that for you then... CITY OF WINDSOR WARD BOUNDARY REVIEW The time has come for the City of Windsor to investigate adjusting its ward boundaries to ...
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SDAT: Detroit
SDAT: Detroit
By Chris | February 5, 2009 | Feedback (1)
The people getting involved with the ScaleDown experiment continuously amaze me.  From well-spoken, emerging community activists to engaged, educated professionals, I am increasingly becoming aware of the power that we have.  Today's guest blog comes from Dorian ...
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Witold a flop, but Alexander rocks!
Witold a flop, but Alexander rocks!
By Chris | January 30, 2009 | Feedback (13)
After much hype, I attended the lecture by Witold Rybczynski sponsored by the University of Windsor's Humanities Research Group last night.  I had done some online ...
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Last Person to Leave, Turn Out the Lights
Last Person to Leave, Turn Out the Lights
By Brendan | January 20, 2009 | Feedback (5)
     “We will probably be judged not for the monuments we build, but by those which we've destroyed.”  ...
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An evening with Witold Rybczynski
An evening with Witold Rybczynski
By Chris | January 15, 2009 | Feedback (2)
On Thursday, January 29 (7:30 PM, at the Freed Orman Centre of Assumption University), the Humanities Research Group at the University of Windsor are hosting "Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New ...
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ScaleDown Radio, January 12, 2009
ScaleDown Radio, January 12, 2009
By Chris | January 12, 2009 | Feedback (0)
Windsor City Planner Thom Hunt is in the studio today. I'm pretty sure regular ScaleDown readers know how we feel about the discipline of urban planning and the role our built environment ...
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