It’s hardly earth-shattering for a storefront to have two separate entrances, if it’s over a certain size. Sometimes even smaller establishments decide that they want two doorways for customers. (Building and safety codes often require a distinct fire/service entrance in the back of the establishment, if its over a minimum size.) Then again, this is
A few lifetimes ago, when I lived in the northern suburbs of Chicago (the “North Shore”) I would routinely drive along Golf Road, an east-west arterial linking the city of Evanston (where they called it Emerson Street) and the seemingly never-ending concatenation of suburbs to the west. Continuing westward, Golf Road eventually terminates in Elgin,
I don’t want to belabor a point, which is why I rarely avoid two articles on the same subject in rapid succession. And besides, my May writeup on shopping cart security breaches didn’t generate a whole lot of buzz, perhaps because most readers are one step ahead: I was pointing out a feature that was
“Signage” has long been the most prominently used keyword here at this blog. Within its respective jurisdiction, a municipal planning community fixates more than the average person—more even than me—on signs: their placement, size, color, luminosity, content, what can exist. The American Planning Association (APA) routinely devotes webinars like this on the subject, and, at
I know this isn’t the first time I’ve created an entire blog post out of little more than the bumper stickers on the rear of someone else’s car. Heck, one of those glib posts ended up becoming one of my most commented-upon articles. Typically, though, my goal is for bumper stickers merely to supplement or
“Fast food with style.” That’s the motto that I, coming of age in the late 80s and early 90s, associate the most with Rax Roast Beef. But let’s face it: when this formerly thriving restaurant began floundering, the slogans shifted with the seasons. Thirty years later, it’s hard to say which marketing campaign is the
I can’t exactly claim to belong to some sort of refined or elite contingent when I say I’m a big fan of small, old, and neglected cemeteries; lots of people think these relics are pretty cool. But I try my best to at least document them when I stumble across them, elevating my interest to
Municipal governance offers the closest most constituents will ever get to direct democracy. Yet it amazingly falls short of achieving what I believe most people would agree is its full potential: to offer a precise reflection of the regulatory environment that constituents seek from the government, and the public services that this government delivers within
By and large, what people refer to as Northwest DC—especially the area west of Rock Creek Park—has never faced the problems of disinvestment and depopulation that plagued much of the capital city in the 1970s and 80s. Even at that point when Washington DC was “the murder capital of America” (as it was for a
Continuing from where Part I left off, this article will explore the remaining 15 municipalities named Washington in the United States, the District of Columbia excluded. Ranking them from least to most populous, the previous article covered the smallest eight; this will conclude with the seven bigger Washingtons, up to the most populous of all.
It’s hardly earth-shattering for a storefront to have two separate entrances, if it’s over a certain size. Sometimes even smaller establishments decide that they want two doorways for customers. (Building and safety codes
A few lifetimes ago, when I lived in the northern suburbs of Chicago (the “North Shore”) I would routinely drive along Golf Road, an east-west arterial linking the city of Evanston (where they
I don’t want to belabor a point, which is why I rarely avoid two articles on the same subject in rapid succession. And besides, my May writeup on shopping cart security breaches didn’t
“Signage” has long been the most prominently used keyword here at this blog. Within its respective jurisdiction, a municipal planning community fixates more than the average person—more even than me—on signs: their placement,
I know this isn’t the first time I’ve created an entire blog post out of little more than the bumper stickers on the rear of someone else’s car. Heck, one of those glib
“Fast food with style.” That’s the motto that I, coming of age in the late 80s and early 90s, associate the most with Rax Roast Beef. But let’s face it: when this formerly
I can’t exactly claim to belong to some sort of refined or elite contingent when I say I’m a big fan of small, old, and neglected cemeteries; lots of people think these relics
Municipal governance offers the closest most constituents will ever get to direct democracy. Yet it amazingly falls short of achieving what I believe most people would agree is its full potential: to offer
By and large, what people refer to as Northwest DC—especially the area west of Rock Creek Park—has never faced the problems of disinvestment and depopulation that plagued much of the capital city in
Continuing from where Part I left off, this article will explore the remaining 15 municipalities named Washington in the United States, the District of Columbia excluded. Ranking them from least to most populous,