Another great use of GIS! We are on day 2 of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Smithsonian has a fascinating look into the troop movements via an interactive map for the three days of the battle (July 1-3, 1863). The above map is from July 3, the day of Pickett’s…
Over the past year, I have been taking my daughter to Wiggleworms, the renowned early childhood music program at the Old Town School of Folk Music. The program is great in that it makes music accessible to kids from a really early age. For this past session, I have been taking Wiggle-N-Strum, a class which…
I am not saying that zoning, fire and safety codes, materials and workforce safety regulations would have prevented the West, Texas disaster. And as rigid and inflexible of a tool as zoning can be, it does have the ability to prevent the building of a school, hospital, nursing home and residences so close to the plant as to…
I am not saying that zoning, fire and safety codes, materials and workforce safety regulations would have prevented the West, Texas disaster. And as rigid and inflexible of a tool as zoning can be, it does have the ability to prevent the building of a school, hospital, nursing home and residences so close to the…
I have been an enthusiastic adopter of the term “suburban experiment” after having following the magnificent work that Strong Towns does up in Minnesota. But it came to my attention that I have not fully explained it and applied it here in Chicago. So, I’d like to take a step back. Of course, since I did…
A public service announcement: I’ve got a guest post up over at my friend Molly’s fantastic site talking about the history of Chicago’s Union Station.