Category Archives: urbanology

OBSERVING THE OBSERVER – NOT!

Posted on December 17, 2008 by hoon

On December 16, The Uncertain Future of News, (WCPN Stream,) joined host Dan Malthrop with Lauren Rich Fine ContentNext, Kent State University and Ted Gup Case Western Reserve University to discuss the imploding old print newspaper media. The discussion was … Continue reading →

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LIT UP STORY

Posted on December 15, 2008 by hoon

November 25th I sat at a table of participants I had just met, and then collaborated to create a vision for Cleveland’s sustainable future. In collaborating together and imagining together a middle ground where we fruitfully share our different interests, … Continue reading →

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EXODUS?

Posted on June 29, 2008 by hoon

High gas prices threaten to drain small towns’ populations By DONALD BRADLEY The Kansas City Star The expected exodus from small towns, said Don Macke, a widely considered authority on rural economics and head of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship … Continue reading →

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RETURN OF THE RING

Posted on June 25, 2008 by hoon

Reposted. New York Times today: Rethinking the Country Life As Energy Costs Rise Though Mr. Boyle finds city life unappealing, it is now up for reconsideration. “Living closer in, in a smaller space, where you don’t have that commute,” he … Continue reading →

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CIRCULATORY DYNAMIC

Posted on December 11, 2007 by hoon

Gandy’s last paragraph trails a terrific, dare I suggest, essential, paper in urban Geo-Anthropology. Gandy is a Geographer. Under the twentieth-century discourses of scientific urbanism and technological modernism we find that the hydraulic conceptions of the modern city were extended … Continue reading →

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DEBATING DEBATES

Posted on August 29, 2007 by hoon

Another great thread unfolds on the Observation Deck:The First Mayoral Debate of the Lakewood Observer. (As always, the Lakewood Observer project in Lakewood, Ohio, is one of the truly innovative experiments in civic engagement, intelligence and journalism going on in … Continue reading →

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FOLK ANTHROPOLOGY

Posted on May 27, 2007 by hoon

Lakewood Ohio’s Visionary Alignment often finds its grip on the Observation Deck of the Lakewood Observer, the city’s all volunteer community newspaper. A thread there, unfolding since May 12, Race, Courage and the Future of Lakewood exemplifies the spirit of … Continue reading →

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OPEN EYE IN LAKEWOOD

Posted on April 14, 2007 by hoon

I had occasion to contribute some thoughts to the Observation Deck of the Lakewood (Ohio) Observer, a all-volunteer, community newspaper. I was briefly and memorably involved in early efforts to develop civic intelligence there. Lakewood remains one of those special … Continue reading →

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CIVIC JOURNALISM IN LAKEWOOD

Posted on March 11, 2007 by hoon

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URBAN VELOCITY

Posted on December 11, 2006 by hoon

Where The Sidewalk Ends Behavioral psychology’s unexpected lesson for urban design (Linda Baker) [excerpts] “The idea of this street is that it’s designed like a public square but it’s open to traffic,” said Ellen Vanderslice, a project manager for the … Continue reading →

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