Share This comment by Michael Bates of BatesLine in Tulsa was too good to be ignored: Two generations have been raised to see the tidy segments of the suburbs as normal and the city as a messy mix that needs sorting out. That’s starting to change, and a significant number of people have experienced the [...]
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City may allow downtown to look like downtown
Share This is great news: Revamp of zoning in works — City wants to ease the rules for downtown development The city hopes to rezone much of the downtown into this district, or a slightly less dense variation, and away from other commercial and industrial zoning. The rules are more conducive to a downtown, (city [...]
One-way vs. two-way streets
Share (Jon) The citizens of Richmond, Va., last year had a vigorous discussion about converting downtown one-way streets into two-way streets. The Urban Richmond blog took some time to break down some of the arguments for and against such a conversion. The arguments are nowhere near cut-and-dried either way. The blog divides up the arguments [...]
A suburban Subway on an urban street
Share “Urbanism starts with the location of the parking lot.” — David Sucher (Jon) When the downtown Fort Wayne Subway shop was torn down to make way for Harrison Square, it was a safe bet that it would rebuilt nearby. And with the recent emphasis on downtown renewal, this property at the southeast corner of [...]
Do you want this in your neighborhood?
Share (Jon) In response to my call for neighborly modern home architecture, Scott rises to the challenge. He points us to an article and photos in Dwell Magazine which discusses this house built in a distressed neighborhood in Dayton, Ohio. The builders of the home were warmly welcomed: Luckily for the couple, there weren’t any [...]
‘Good men are public blessings’
Share (Jon) There is no such thing as piety that is only private. The following verse is from our public confession at church this morning: “By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.” Proverbs 11:11 ESV If the upright remain hidden behind closed [...]
Casinos are still illegal, aren’t they?
Share (Jon) Somehow, Fort Wayne seems to have elected a mayor who is aggressively pro-gambling. If you missed it, Mayor Tom Henry told Indiana’s NewsCenter on the first day in office that he wants the plans for a new Fort Wayne casino in place by this summer: The topic of gambling has crossed the mind [...]
The fallacy of survey-driven theology
Share Is the American church judgmental, hypocritical and too political? That’s what most young non-Christians think. What should your church do about it? Local blogger Charles Langley asked me to read his post on the book “unChristian” and let him know what I think. I’m grateful he asked. I recommend you go there and read [...]
How to disagree agreeably
Share Last night’s blogger and politics conference was everything I had hoped for: An opportunity to meet with local bloggers and politicians and to get to know them better, especially while hanging out afterward at J.K. O’Donnell’s. But the evening had its low point. Moderator Nathan Gotsch played gotcha with a local blogger during Gotsch’s [...]
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