Monthly Archive:: September 2004

The Grit, Athens, Georgia GA
In Athens, indie restaurants thrive over McDonald’s and Subway downtown: It’s true. There are over a hundred retail venues in downtown Athens,
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Blue Sky Cafe, Athens, Georgia GA
The secret to Athens’ vibe?: The people. Period. The built environment, music, sense of community and progressiveness
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UGA students in Athens, Georgia GA
What makes Athens, Georgia so darn unique?: So of course, tonight we asked the University of Georgia students, especially
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Natt Spil, Madison, Wisconsin WI
Every retail-entertainment district needs a great venue developer: The biggest criticism to the idea of revitalizing and building neighborhoods and
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Willy Street Co-op supermarket, Madison, Wisconsin WI
Where would one find Madison’s creative class?: Just like in Cambridge, Madison’s creative class has left the national chain-infiltrating
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The Terrace, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison’s outdoor ‘third places: Every town needs third places away from home and the workplace. These
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Car free in Madison, Wisconsin WI
Madison’s leaders help set the standard: In continuing yesterday’s experience with Madison’s fervent belief that the car takes
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State Street, Madison, Wisconsin WI
Madison, Wisconsin – Where pedestrians truly come first: Madison, Wisconsin regularly tops the Best Places to Live list, and even
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Davis Square, Somerville, MA
Davis Square: Creative, healthy, and fun: While Harvard and MIT each have excellent town centers nearby, the neighboring
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Inman Square, Cambridge, MA
Inman Square: Isolated, but homey, simple: Inman Square is for the ‘quiet creatives’, those who want a slower
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Central Square, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Central Square: Great venues, so-so urban design: The live music hangout in Cambridge, MA is in Central Square, the
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Harvard Square map, Cambridge, MA
Harvard Square: Great place-making, but the creatives are long-gone: Harvard Square is a visual wonder – the streets are alive with
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Grendel, Cambridge, MA
First stop on our five-city tour?: A local pub of course. In order to know where to go,
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Adams Morgan Day Festival, Washington DC
Every neighborhood should have its day: This is my neighborhood and this is its day – Adams Morgan
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Cambridge, UK
The modern office park?: The people in the image are the employees of a company in
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The Terrace, University of Wisconsin, Madison
First two CoolTown tour stops: Cambridge MA and Madison WI: Next week CoolTown Studios tour will be documenting Cambridge, MA, and how
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Walking in New York
2000 steps to health?: That’s the magic number according to Dr. James Hill, keynote speaker at
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Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
The 5-town CoolTown tour: Over the next five weeks, CoolTown Studios will be visiting five of
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Urban building rock climbing
Recreation in the city: One of the drawbacks to living in the city is the lack
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Cosi's smores
Bringing the campfire indoors: Many of us know campfires as the warm glow around which we
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Lulu's, Kalua, Kona, Hawaii
What’s with all those dollar bills on the walls?: The great thing about independent business owners is that you’re often in
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