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In This Town, Renovating Instead of Tearing Down Puts Money Back in Your Pocket

Dwell

Photo courtesy of Mimi Collins, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty Since the 1990s, Hinsdale has lost about half of its original housing stock due to teardowns, estimates Jim Prisby, a member of the village’s historic preservation commission. In their place went oversized McMansions. Their patience paid off.

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A simple guide to 15-minute cities

Deezen

He has been an associate professor at Sorbonne University in Paris since 2017. A well-shared article suggested that the plan would "lock residents into one of six zones" and an estimated 2,000 anti-15-minute city demonstrators took to the streets in protest of the council's plans. When was the 15-minute city invented?

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Copenhagen's industrial harbour is being developed into a recreational hub

Deezen

As part of the harbour's transformation, a portable dipping zone was added by Sharing Copenhagen with the aim of creating a safe space where people can submerge in the harbour's water. The dipping zone can move to different points along the harbour to test bathing zones and correlate with events going on in the area.

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Together for the Terroir

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Since 2017, Baker says, a series of intense wildfires has damaged both the public health and the economy of the region, which is dependent on wineries. The first five feet from the house are considered a no-go planting zone, excepting succulents or other moisture-rich plants. Surviving Fires And Drought.

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Berlin citizens propose law to ban cars from city centre

Deezen

While the city has not published a cost figure for the plans, the campaigners estimate they will save the city €420 million, or £350 million, every year. Oslo has been slowly removing cars from its city centre since 2017, Barcelona is pedestrianising every third street in its Eixample district, and Paris hosts regular car-free days.

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Maryland's Key Bridge Response - A Story of Resolve, Achievement and Reverse Engineering

Community Architect

The estimate for the overall weight of the fallen bridge is 27,000 tons. The vast Cruise ship terminal is divided into zones. bn up from earlier estimates of $700 million including demolition of the old bridge. Work begins at 6:30am.and ends officially at 5pm. The blue section is responsible for developing action plans.

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How Should the City Fix its Circulator Bus ?

Community Architect Daily

The website describes the optimization this way: The Transit Development Plan is proposing improvements to current routes as well as operations improvements of the Charm City Circulator to expand transit access for key equity zones within the city and improve access of transit to job centers not currently served.

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