Keith Urban

The world financial plaza needs a new quote on their fences on the Hudson River. At the moment the quote in the fence says, "City of the Sea!¦City of wharves and stores-city of tall facades of marble and iron! Proud and passionate city! mettlesome, mad, extravagant city!" It is always good to change things up. The quote should be changed, but it should still come from the famous words of Walt Whitman. As everyone knows New York City is one of the most competitive places on earth. You need…

My core assumption is that the actual effects and net results of these DFW Metroplex developments around transit centers can be better explained as the result(s) of residential income level differentiation (limited resources and restricted residential options) and the subsequent choices that thereby result can often be misinterpreted as planned or proposed positive effects from TODs. 1. Mockingbird Station TOD Located at 5465 East Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Station…

Many people claim they do not believe in urban legends, however, some urban legends have the power to make people stop and question themselves. What if these legends that are passed down from generation to generation by the word of mouth or electronically have truth to them? A few years ago, when I started to babysit, my older siblings told me about one of the most notorious urban legends, the Babysitter and the Man Upstairs. This legend is about a teenager who is babysitting, when a mystery man…

The biggest challenge facing urban planners, especially in California, is recovering from the elimination of redevelopment in 2012. Redevelopment agencies (RDAs) were originally put in place to revitalize rundown properties and turn them into physical attractions and economic machines. The land that was eventually developed would then later be sold at a fair market value to developers who thought big on what projects to construct that were also consistent with a city’s development goals and…

If your apartment complex, home or business uses a dumpster, it is vital that you teach your children how to be safe while around a dumpster. Here are a few things you need to teach your children in order to ensure that they know how to act safely when near a dumpster. Explain To Your Kids How To Use A Dumpster First, you need to explain to your kids the purpose of a dumpster. Explain to your children that a dumpster is basically a big trash can that businesses use for all the trash that they…

Late eighteenth and early nineteenth century marked a time of great urbanization in America. Between 1860 and 1910, the population of cities increased from six million to forty-four million. Two factors had contributed to such growth: industrialization and immigration. Industrialization yielded new technologies that performed farm work at a more efficient rate than what was possible before with only humans and animals. This, therefore, reduced the amount of laborers required. Unable to compete…

Research has shown that for more than 50 years now, a drastic change in the population transitioning from cities to the suburbs has been occurring. After 1950, this movement originally gained momentum and become the leading demographic style for nearly all-crucial U.S. metropolitan areas. This migration has pushed many more Americans to live in the suburbs now than any other location in the states. Today, a good amount of middle-class African Americans have moved out to the suburbs but the…

of World War II, much of the rise and fall of American cities has been documented. As Keynesian economic policies began to fail, cities such as, Chicago, New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and Seattle began implementing new strategies to recover their urban areas. Although many differences exist between these cities, one prevailing ideology is alike to all, neoliberalism. Neoliberalism is simply defined as an ideological rejection of egalitarian liberalism in general and the Keynesian welfare state…

increases, it causes the urban Americans to face many issues. Tenement housing is created to house the populated cities. Many people are squeezed into these small apartments. Disease spreads quickly due to these living conditions. Not only do these urban Americans have to face these harsh living conditions and disease issues, but they also got to face dangerous working conditions and crimes that are being committed. America's new look as an urban nation. The United…

phenomon of sprawl in the United States. Urban sprawl existed long before this time but the U.S. took this idea and ran with it. Social needs and economic policies ramped up the spread of domestic sprawl. There are volumes of research that link urban sprawl with increased vehicle travel, material use, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. Although there is a considerable amount of empirical data that coorelates these increases from an urban sprawl lifestyle with negative…