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January 31, 2026 Boffalo / buffalo / new urbanism / transportation / Uncategorized / urbanism / walkability

Buffalo’s Metro Rail Steps Forward: The DL&W Extension and the City That’s Ready To Grow With It

A short extension of Buffalo’s NFTA Metro Rail signals an investment in the future of the city’s connectivity

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February 1, 2025 albany / amsterdam / biking / binghamton / buffalo / geneva / new urbanism / New York Cities / rochester / rome / schenectady / syracuse / transit / transportation / troy / Uncategorized / urbanism / utica / utica / walkability

A Decade

Ten Years Of The Urban Phoenix

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August 31, 2024 biking / public space / rochester / Uncategorized

Seeing Rochester Through “New” Eyes

Recently, a friend of 20 years visited Rochester. Here’s how it went.

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July 9, 2019 public space / rochester / Uncategorized / urbanism

Parcel 5 in Rochester: Here We Go Again

There’s a new “mixed use” idea for Rochester’s most talked about plot of land. What should we look out for as these plans unfold?

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February 4, 2019 rochester / Uncategorized / urbanism

Rochester’s Ana Liss: 10 Lessons From TrustBelt 2018

Ana Liss gives an extensive report on Trust Belt 2018

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September 14, 2018 Uncategorized / urbanism

The Failure Of “Just Add Water” Urbanism

Mixed use developments in inhospitable environments shows is an example of just how one dimensional our concept of urban prosperity really is

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October 19, 2017 Uncategorized

Desperate Development

The model for what makes stronger cities has changed, and yet we continue to embrace (and be sold on) archaic constructs that no longer apply.    

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