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Alliance for Healthy Cities

By Brian | Published: January 29, 2010

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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December in North Carolina

By Brian | Published: December 15, 2009

For the past 12-15 years, I have spent the Holiday Season visiting family in New York. This year my mom broke her foot, so I will be in North Carolina. In honor of Christmases past, I’m scanning a bunch of…

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More Philly Architecture

By Brian | Published: December 9, 2009

More Philadelphia architecture.

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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. I grew up in a small country town not far from Rocky Mount, NC, and I was not surprised in the slightest…

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Night Pictures by the Hotel

By Brian | Published: November 17, 2009

I’m not a photographer. Apologies to all.

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Smaller City Blocks

By Brian | Published: November 16, 2009

I’m back from Philadelphia and during my time exploring the city I noticed something really neat about the city blocks in south-eastern Center City. Most of the blocks have alleyways or dividing streets making them significantly smaller than the other…

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State Owned Property

By Brian | Published: October 31, 2009

The next location of my abandoned spaces project seems to be state owned property of the NCDOT. This entire block of Campbell St. in Wilmington is lined with mostly charming buildings that are full of character. It also looks like…

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