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Strong Sinuous Movements

By Brian | Published: July 8, 2010

I found this via Pruned and thought it was too good not to re-post.

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Triangle Life Science Center

By Brian | Published: February 16, 2010

Abandoned Buildings RTP: Triangle Life Science Center.

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This year, the American Public Health Association Conference had a strong dosage of information about cities, planning, design, and how public health is entwined in all of these disciplines. During the conference I found out about the Conference for the…

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Embrace the Chains

By Brian | Published: January 28, 2010

I wrote an essay for Grove Project, a Wilmington-based online publication, about the benefit of having chain store in Wilmington’s downtown corridor. Read the full article, Embrace the Chains, and tell me what you think. I’m also interested in other…

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Bodega Down Bronx

By Brian | Published: January 18, 2010

It is no secret that food accessibility in urban areas is a nightmare for urban planners, city officials, and public health professionals. This problem is not as critical for smaller/less-dense urban areas because of the prevalence of cars and the…

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Frozen Baltimore

By Brian | Published: December 27, 2009

If these pictures could talk, they would tell you it is very cold.

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More Philly Architecture

By Brian | Published: December 9, 2009

More Philadelphia architecture.

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Christmas Mix Volume 1

By Brian | Published: December 2, 2009

Good evening, special friend.
This day greets you with I found Brian’s Christmas Mix . Though you may not know this about me, I am a well-seasoned mix-maker, so I hope my first mix for a wide audience is a hit! So…

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It’s Beginning To Look A lot Like…

By Brian | Published: November 29, 2009

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The City on the Rise

By Brian | Published: November 22, 2009

Have you ever wondered what one of the most impoverished cities in America looks like? Now you can. Rocky Mount, NC was recently named one of America’s top 10 impoverished cities by Forbes Magazine and as someone who is familiar with the…

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  Data visualization is a pretty literal term that means, quite simply, the visual representation of quantitative data. In this course we’ll learn common techniques for visualizing data, as well as some strategies for managing information digitally. But first, a brief history.
- Loren Mooney: Bikes are a City's Indicator Species 2010/07/11
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  This web-book presents a visual-conceptual-experiential documentation of four occupied industrial sites in central Amsterdam, researched and recorded between 1990 and 1997 and between 2006 and 2008.
- Yes In My Backyard | Mother Jones 2010/07/11
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  Infrographic: A visual history of getting places.
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- The Future of the City - The Atlantic 2010/06/26
- Archigram Archival Project 2010/04/18
  The Archigram Archival Project makes the work of the seminal architectural group Archigram available free online for public viewing and academic study.
- Archinect : School Blog Project 2010/03/27
  Archinect student blog from various arch/planning schools around the world.
- WORLD Magazine | Centers of the battle | The Editors | Mar 27, 10 2010/03/25
  We know why God loves cities: They are places where millions of people created in His image congregate, and what could be more beautiful than that?

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