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"We're off to Wiang Pa Pow in a few minutes. I hope to post more very soon. Thanks for the prayers!" - Andy Taylor

"Benjamin, I don't think I've ever commented over there. Hopefully it's just stuck in a queue waiting for moderation. -- Andy Taylor" - Andy Taylor

"Thanks for the comment! I was just at a conference where research on some of these topics came up. Peter Hecht presented research on _Communication technologies and disengagement in the city_ I'm not sure if he's published any of these findings yet. People are present in areas using various forms of technology, but interacting with those around them less. There's also been some research on the inattention caused by talking on a cell phone and walking, and also higher levels of safety perceived. --Andy" - Andy Taylor

"Blogging is a great way to avoid the non-planner eyerolls: http://www.onlineveracity.com/ I still give a running commentary while in a car. Or while walking." - Andy Taylor

"I've been trying to figure out what the third book should be. I was tentatively planning on _The Economy of Cities_, but I think I'll take your suggestion and save that and _Cities and the Wealth of Nations_ until I've covered _Systems of Survival_ and _The Nature of Economies_. Your feedback was quite timely. Thanks!" - Andy Taylor

Google Apps helps businesses work smarter. - Andy Taylor

"This would be really easy to keep open during a meeting, enter tasks as they come up, and leave the meeting with a populated, distributed to-do list. No need for drop down or hover or other ways of selecting and assigning. Shoot, I could even make make the tasks in a simple text file and drop them in the box later. Wish they'd allow assigning a task to multiple team members." - Andy Taylor

"And, there's more on the transportation stimulus money allocation formula: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009......" - Andy Taylor

"As seen in Business Week: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thr......" - Andy Taylor

"I'm pretty sure that Forrester is a much, much drier read. Salingaros really holds nothing back when talking about Corb, eh? I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that paper he did with Duany on shanty towns. I'm also glad to see he mentioned Jared Diamond. I just did too: http://www.onlineveracity.com/janejac...... Thanks for posting that interview link, --Andy Taylor" - Andy Taylor

ah, the beautiful groans of alt-country. why do i like them so? much thanks to @pandora_radio for the discovery - Andy Taylor from Blip.fm

This is what New York City streets could look like, according to the Bloomberg administration, which has issued the city’s first street design manual in an effort to make over the utilitarian 1970s-style streetscape that dominates the city. - Andy Taylor

"I was thinking of you as I walked up Longview the other day. Maybe I'll write a post about something in Omaha. That's about as close to you as I might be able to manage, eh? --Andy" - Andy Taylor

-A $1.8 billion increase in effective funding for the Section 8 voucher program, which, Secretary Donovan says, is the most effective and quickest tool to help the lowest income families. -A $1 billion contribution towards the National Housing Trust Fund, which was created to build, rehabilitate and preserve 1.5 million unit of rental housing for the lowest income families. -Fully funding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program through a $550 million increase in funding -A new $250 million Choice Neighborhoods Initiatives for distressed public and assisted housing that will replace HOPE VI - Andy Taylor

NSP II is just less than $2B for weak areas to try to stabilize their markets, whether the weakness owes to long term abandonment or recent foreclosure impacts. - Andy Taylor

The ideas Wright explored in such projects were eventually woven into grander urban fantasies, first proposed in Broadacre City and later in The Living City project. In both, Usonian communities were dispersed over an endless matrix of highways and farmland, punctuated by the occasional residential tower. The subtext of these plans, of course, was Wright’s war with the city. To Wright, the congested neighborhoods of the traditional city were anathema to the spirit of unbridled individual freedom. His alternative, shaped by the car, represented a landscape of endless horizons. Sadly, it was also a model for suburban sprawl. - Andy Taylor

"I also want to cover the knit-in you told me about when you first discovered my passion for Jane Jacobs. Remind me, what's the coffee cup story?" - Andy Taylor

"I also want to cover the knit-in you told me about when you first discovered my passion for Jane Jacobs. Remind me, what's the coffee cup story?" - Andy Taylor

How computer modeling worsened the financial crisis and what we ought to do about it - Andy Taylor

examples of inequity, ineffectiveness, or inefficiency in a formula that is governing the allocation of transportation stimulus funds to the states - Andy Taylor

Street parking, driveways and home garages are generally forbidden in this experimental new district on the outskirts of Freiburg - Vauban - Andy Taylor

"@jessiegb I forgot one of the most relevant Norwood facts (for you, at least): "The Grey Ghost," former home of Karin and Linford of Over the Rhine is there." - Andy Taylor

"Yes! I shall queue up a post with some general background about Norwood. Here's a little background anyway: Norwood is north of downtown Cincinnati, between I-75 and I-71, founded in 1888. Predominantly Catholic, it resisted incorporation into Cincinnati, and thus became completely surrounded by it. The city attracted some industry, and an influx of Appalachian immigrants. Demographics have changed quite a bit, as one generation passes on and industry shuts down. Norwood previously hosted three Catholic parishes. They consolidated to one. I stayed in West Norwood, in the former convent associated with St. Elizabeth's Church. That building is now owned by Vineyard Central. The convent is associated with Sustainable Faith - http://www.sustainablefaith.com/" - Andy Taylor

"Yes! I shall queue up a post with some general background about Norwood. Here's a little background anyway: Norwood is north of downtown Cincinnati, between I-75 and I-71, founded in 1888. Predominantly Catholic, it resisted incorporation into Cincinnati, and thus became completely surrounded by it. The city attracted some industry, and an influx of Appalachian immigrants. Demographics... more... - Andy Taylor

Qualified Census Tracts (QCT) - Andy Taylor

Encouraging Diversity, Growth and Equity - Andy Taylor

Connecting the Tri-State with its Urban Core - Andy Taylor

About 74 percent of Norwood's houses were built before 1940 – more than in anyplace outside the densely populated Boston suburb of Somerville, Mass., according to an Enquirer analysis of census figures released last month. - Andy Taylor

Build a Website - Andy Taylor

Project management, collaboration, and task software - Andy Taylor

The crash of 2008 continues to reverberate loudly nationwide—destroying jobs, bankrupting businesses, and displacing homeowners. But already, it has damaged some places much more severely than others. On the other side of the crisis, America’s economic landscape will look very different than it does today. What fate will the coming years hold for New York, Charlotte, Detroit, Las Vegas? Will the suburbs be ineffably changed? Which cities and regions can come back strong? And which will never come back at all? - Andy Taylor