Monthly Archive:: August 2004
What are two of the greatest trends in shopping?: From Governing Magazine, “The two greatest trends in shopping, it seems, are
Why are cities infatuated with Starbucks and Cheesecake Factory’s?: The more they are, the less you’ll see one-of-a-kind places like this
Why are CoolTowners so fit?: They’re ‘intrinsic exercisers’ – that is, they exercise because that want to,
What is the coming demand for walkable communities?: 30-55%. That’s the projected demand by 2010 for denser, more walkable neighborhoods
Beware the national housing survey!: Here’s another reason why new communities are often so undesirable: opportunistic surveys
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Why are communities so ill-designed? Credentialing vs. Educating: Why don’t we design and build places like this anymore? Listen up,
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Walk-in theater: As drive-in theaters continue to close down, walk-in theaters (often on big
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The CoolTown satellite office: What is a satellite office? One definition: A type of telecommute using
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When should company employees work at home?: More and more government and company employees are working at home or
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Live-above’ live-work units for the rest of us: Wouldn’t it be great to live above your own business, just like
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Prepping a CoolTown for technology – think gazelles: A CoolTown needs a world class invisible technology system to feed the
“Kids and the City”: Baltimore Sun: Kids and the City (registration needed) Federal Hill in Baltimore,