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Baton Rouge

Amber Goddard posted this in Aircraft, Automobiles, Cities, Disasters, Displacement, Flood, General, Migration, Sprawl, Transformation, Transport

While New Orleans has always been a notoriously “fast” city, Baton Rouge dwellers have always considered themselves to lead a much “slower” existence.

September 10th, 2005 | Category: Aircraft, Automobiles, Cities, Disasters, Displacement, Flood, General, Migration, Sprawl, Transformation, Transport | 2 comments

Newark, New Jersey Ports

Automatt posted this in Aircraft, Automobiles, General, Pollution, Railroad, Shipping, Transport

In the American consciousness, few places evoke images of urban blight like those recalled when Newark, New Jersey is mentioned. You may have been there before, but you probably didn’t go on purpose, and most likely you weren’t staying.
Maybe this has something to do with the Newark Riot in 1967. Maybe it’s because Newark [...]

June 5th, 2005 | Category: Aircraft, Automobiles, General, Pollution, Railroad, Shipping, Transport | 4 comments

Mall Wheel Drive

Automatt posted this in Aircraft, General, Sprawl

It’s big, but it’s just a mall. Bloomington, Minnesota is home to the Mall of America.
Douglas Coupland wrote that a mall doesn’t exist on the outside. This is how people can bear to have such an ugly monstrosity as part of their daily life. It’s invisible from the outside.
Think about how large the Mall [...]

May 18th, 2005 | Category: Aircraft, General, Sprawl | 4 comments