Cities are hot stuff these days. After a half a century of people fleeing the nation’s cities for a “better life” in the suburbs, they are coming back. As city centers are becoming more and more desirable places to live, rising property values are making it impossible for the less fortunate to stay. Those who […]
If the first half of the twentieth century was defined by the vertical expansion of American cities with building of soaring skyscrapers, the second half was marked by the migration to the suburbs to escape the traffic, noise and crime of the cities in search of homes with more living and yard space. With this […]
Putting up shopping centers is big business. Some may cringe when they read of another strip mall going up in their town or pound their fist on the steering wheel when they see a Coming Soon! sign on a wooded lot, announcing another shopping center. Years ago, it was normal to visit a shopping mall […]
Sustainability is big business in building, but what can be done to reduce environmental impacts of the freight transport sector to make it more sustainable? Currently, freight emissions and noise pollution are a big problem in and around the port areas. To make matters worse, greenfield areas are threatened as the demand for more warehouse […]
Once the site of the world’s largest mahogany plant, Carteret’s burgeoning Waterfront Park, will continue to expand. For a century, residents of this chemical coast borough could not gaze up their own waterfront because they were blocked from doing so by private industrial waterfront structures. Last December, Mayor Dan Reiman announced the receipt of two […]
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Celebrate Arbor Day!
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http://www.arbordayfarm.org/arborlodge/ We Nebraskans are proud of his contribution! His home is in Nebraska City, and is worth a visit.
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Thank you for the link! This looks amazing. I started to do a little research on Arbor Day and was inspired to do an article on him but I was so pressed for time yesterday that I only could manage a quick acknowledgement. Now I’m that much more inspired! I will do the article. Thank you again!
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I learned something new tonight! Thank you!
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thank you for stopping by, my friend 🙂
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I always enjoy your posts … just never enough hours in a day to get to everything I want to do, so I don’t stop by as often as I’d like. 🙂
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I understand completely!
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