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American Makeover Episode 1: SPRAWLANTA

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:17:02 +0000

American Makeover is a six-part web series on new urbanism, the antidote to sprawl. More info and content at www.americanmakeover.tv. Produced by First+Main Media.
Episode 1 was filmed on location in Atlanta, Georgia and Glenwood Park, a new urbanist influenced neighborhood near downtown Atlanta.
PRODUCTION CREDITS:
Directed/Shot/Edited: John Paget | PagetFilms.com
Animation/Graphics: Kerry Brogan
Producer: Chris Elisara
Creative: Drew Ward
Location Producer: Joanna Pritchard

Duration : 0:9:48

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Portland: Quest for the Livable City

admin — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:13:47 +0000

Portland: Quest for the Livable City is a documentary film and educational outreach project produced as a collaboration of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Northern Light Productions. Incorporating historic footage of Portland’s growth as the self-proclaimed “City that Works,” and recent interviews with city leaders and neighborhood residents during the battles over ballot measures on the land-use planning system, this one-hour documentary film chronicles the complex challenges of aspiring to be a more sustainable metropolis with a smaller carbon footprint. As cities across the country today attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, invest in transit, and focus on infill redevelopment as an alternative to car-dependent sprawl, the experience of Portland provides a cautionary tale for planning in the 21st century, involving issues of economic development, gentrification, local food and farming, property rights, and civic participation.

Duration : 0:6:2

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Hanlon Creek Business Park Update jan 23 2020 @ Hamilton Skydragon 1 of 5.MOV

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:35:33 +0000

ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO STAND UP TO THE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR ALLIES, BY OCCUPYING LAND THAT IS TO BE DEVOLPED-CODE FOR DECIMATED I’DE SAY. THERE LOTS OF BROWN FIELDS THAT COULD BE CLEANED UP AND USED BUT THE CITY’S AND DEVOLPERS DONT WANT TO ICCUR THE COSTS SO OUR FUTURE WILL, OUR CHILDREN WILL, OUR EARTHS ECOLOGY WILL. WHEN ARE THE SO CALLED LEADERS GOING TO GET IT-BUSINESS AS USUAL IS DEAD…… THE NORM MUST BE CHANGED….AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CHANGE! SUPPORT THEM-EVEN IF IT MUST BE FROM THE SHADOWS SUPPORT THESE INITATIVES.
PLEASE RESEARCH THEN SUPPORT PEOPLE LIKE THESE THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES.
THE SIMILARITIES TO MY BELOVED REDHILL VALLEY IS UNBELIEVABLE-THE SYSTEM HAS A HANDBOOK OF TOOLS THEY USE AGAINST US ACTIVISTS, WE WHO ARE WILLING TO PUT ALL ON THE LINE FOR OUR BELIEFS. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS ARRESTED 30 TIMES BY THE POWERS OF HIS DAY, THE SUFFERGETTES WERE ARRESTED WHILE THEY TRIED TO CHANGE WOMENS OPPRESSION. I FIND IT ODD THAT IN A DEMOCRACY THE SYSTEM USES ALL ITS RESOURCES GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE TO FIGHT THE PEOPLE, I THINK? THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GIVE THE PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE PEOPLES MONIES TO ENSURE AN EQUAL DEBATE.

Duration : 0:10:3

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ABC6 On The Record

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:16:09 +0000

Interview with Grow Smart Rhode Island Exective Director Scott Wolf

Duration : 0:2:47

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Frank Lloyd Wright against urban cities, 1958

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:27:41 +0000

February 19, 1958

From the Forum Network’s free lecture titled “Frank Lloyd Wright – Creative Mind: The Architect as Creator”
http://forum-network.org/lecture/creative-mind-architect-creator

The host is Lyman Bryson

Duration : 0:9:56

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Refuting Liberal Talking Points: Urban Sprawl

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:20:12 +0000

Is urban sprawl a problem as the Sierra Club and other envirokooks say it is? Not hardly.

http://www.tinyurl.com/3arenr (see table GCT-PH1)

National Resources Conservation Service, 1997 Natural Resources Inventory, table 1

As cited in The Best Laid Plans by Randal OToole, p. 97-98

Duration : 0:3:38

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Liveable Landscapes (Bullfrog Films)

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:19:13 +0000

Produced by Melissa Paly
A Production of Cross Current Productions

LIVABLE LANDSCAPES explores the connection between landscape and community in northern New England, focusing on how growth and sprawl affect quality of life.

http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/ll.html

Duration : 0:3:7

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Our Little Town

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:49:09 +0000

A perspective of smart growth in Taos, NM

Duration : 0:3:51

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APA Awards 2007 – Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:22:04 +0000

American Planning Association Awards for 2007. The Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan was given to The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe in Ontario, Canada.

Duration : 0:1:24

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Stop158

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:31:07 +0000

Stop 158 is an organization fighting urban sprawl and an unnecessary highway project in Southwestern Illinois. This video shows why it is important to save the farmland, the environment, and the quality of life in the region.

Duration : 0:6:20

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