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Waltz Across Texas
Submitted by Robert P. Gordon on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 12:56pmThis post orginally appeared on RGordonArchitect, the architecture and design blog of Chicago-based architect Robert Gordon.
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Initial Phase of Fort Worth, TX Modern Streetcar Chosen, Funding Identified
Submitted by Fort Worthology on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 3:46pmThe Fort Worth, Texas Modern Streetcar Project consultant HDR, Inc. has now selected a Phase One alignment, and identified funding. The starter alignment would link Trinity Uptown, Downtown, and the Near Southside, and would tie into two commuter rail stations.
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Urban churches foster a sense of community
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Mon, 02/23/2009 - 12:36pmIn Texas newsmagazine The Baptist Standard, reporter Robert Dilday discusses how churches are beginning to take advantage of the qualities of New Urbanism.
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Dallas insulated from housing downturn?
Submitted by anthony.riederer on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 8:38amIn a story on NPR's "Morning Edition", Dallas-area realtor Jeff Updike suggests that much of Texas's residential real estate market has been insulated from the recent downturn, because of a more cauti
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The Myth of the Gas Tax
Submitted by Carl.Beien on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 11:15amThis study from the Texas DOT or TxDOT seeks to challenge the idea that the gas tax pays the entire cost of roads. The methodology they employ is pretty interesting.
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New Urbanism and the other half of the city?
Submitted by JimDrew on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 3:58pmI have been reading literature on New Urbanism for nearly four years now and I am also a student of Sociology which has set me on a collision course to combine the two subjects into one question, how
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Austin, Texas Emerges as America's Greenest Big City
Submitted by tbellino on Fri, 09/28/2007 - 1:55pmIn a recent Chicago Tribune front page article, writer Howard Witt details the Texas capital's rigourous efforts to curb climate change and set an example for cities around the world.
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