December, 2006

December Website of the Month: Brand Avenue

The Site of the Month for December, Brand Avenue, is a site I recently stumbled upon and I actually have no idea who runs it. However, I think it is a cool site with great content that also looks slick. The site has a heavy focus on architecture and urban issues (notice a trend with selecting architecture sites—and I’m a planner). Be sure to check out the article entitled Woonerven....

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Mapleton Village: Utah County’s First Traditional Neighborhood Development

Miki Bringhurst of the Jack Johnson Company asked me if I would share some news about their new development with our readers. The development is called Mapleton Village and looks to be a new urbanist type of development. The town center type of development in the pictured plan looks to incorporate many of the good design features we promote here—buildings close to the street with small...

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November Website of the Month: LivinginUrbanSac

LivinginUrbanSac is one of my favorite sites on the web. Of course, that’s probably because I live in “UrbanSac” and have a large fascination with what’s going on in the walkable parts of Sacramento. Even if you’re not from Sacramento, it is a great site to scope out because it is a highlight reel of sorts for a city that’s rapidly becoming a hip and upper...

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