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DowntownFamilies: March 2012
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Saturday, March 31, 2012. Just getting the hang of this twitter thing.bear with me! Congratulations to Sarah Snider of @ LMNArchitects. Winner of the @ AIASeattle. 2012 Travel Scholarship. tinyurl.com/85s46sd. 8212; LMN Architects (@LMNArchitects) February 23, 2012. Monday, March 26, 2012. Where are the schools for downtown Boston kids? Dishes about it in her recent blog post on the Back Bay Patch. Parental fundraising to supplement public schools: examples from Denver and Chicago. Redrawing the district...
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DowntownFamilies: From Denver: Safe Routes to School and Light Rail Safety Video
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013. From Denver: Safe Routes to School and Light Rail Safety Video. Safe Routes to School and the City of Lakewood, outside of Denver, CO, put together this wonderful video for children about light rail safety. Not only does it teach children how to safely cross light rail tracks while biking or walking to school, it teaches them how to safely ride light rail! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). More about Downtown Families. View my complete profile. Subscribe To Downtown Families.
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DowntownFamilies: July 2012
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Canadian housing developer advertises new multi-family community's walkability and public school quality. A Canadian developer doing work in and surrounding Vancouver, BC, is directing select marketing campaigns for some of their new multi-family housing projects at families with children. This tells me there's a market for multi-family housing that actually includes families of more than just two adults. A rendreing of a courtyard at Adera's Breeze development in Surrey, BC.
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DowntownFamilies: March 2013
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013. From Denver: Safe Routes to School and Light Rail Safety Video. Safe Routes to School and the City of Lakewood, outside of Denver, CO, put together this wonderful video for children about light rail safety. Not only does it teach children how to safely cross light rail tracks while biking or walking to school, it teaches them how to safely ride light rail! Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Family Friendly Urbanism Gallery Exhibit Opening! Come one, come all! When: Thursday, March 7.
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DowntownFamilies: February 2013
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Sunday, February 10, 2013. From the Bronx: Lyman Street Play Street. This is a wonderful snapshot slideshow and audio compilation. Of what a play street can do for a lower income community where outdoor recreation space is limited. The Lyman Street Play Street in the Bronx has been organized for 33 years by Hetty Fox. Read more about it here in the NYTimes article. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). More about Downtown Families. View my complete profile. Subscribe To Downtown Families. H T E Index.
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DowntownFamilies: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Great article from The Atlantic Cities: Building Cities for the Families of Today. Here's a great article about the changing nature of families in the US. What does this mean for the design of our cities? Building Cities for the Families of Today. Monday, January 14, 2013. From the ULI Northwest Blog. See YLG Member Sarah Snider’s Research on Family-Friendly Cities. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. It's all the small things". In no particularl order, the major categories include:.
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DowntownFamilies: From the Bronx: Lyman Street Play Street
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Sunday, February 10, 2013. From the Bronx: Lyman Street Play Street. This is a wonderful snapshot slideshow and audio compilation. Of what a play street can do for a lower income community where outdoor recreation space is limited. The Lyman Street Play Street in the Bronx has been organized for 33 years by Hetty Fox. Read more about it here in the NYTimes article. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). More about Downtown Families. View my complete profile. Subscribe To Downtown Families. H T E Index.
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DowntownFamilies: February 2012
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Friday, February 24, 2012. I'm taking this research on the road! AIA Seattle has generously offered to fund my research into family-friendly downtowns. The 2012 Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship. Will allow me to research progressive design and policy initiatives in American and Canadian cities that encourage and support families with children to live more urban, rather than suburban lifestyles. You can check out my initial proposal below. I will be visiting:. New York and Brooklyn, NY. Tillotson...
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DowntownFamilies: October 2012
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Thursday, October 11, 2012. Yerba Buena Gardens: Neighborhood Playground or Visitor Destination? I'm catching up on posts from my travels this summer and wanted to write about my visit to Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. The campus-like space reminds you a bit of what Seattle Center. The ice skating rink felt like the most local venue of all. Certainly there were people hosting birthday parties, but they did have an extensive program of lessons, hockey practices, free-skating sessions and the l...
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DowntownFamilies: August 2012
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Thursday, August 16, 2012. 99 Reasons to Raise Kids in Downtown Toronto. I stumbled across this GREAT site that lists 99 Reasons Why Raising Kids in Toronto Rules. I'll be heading there in early September and can't wait to run through the list. I think many of the reasons are transferable to Seattle as well, but it will be interesting to spot the major differences in neighborhood character, land use, and design. Thursday, August 9, 2012. Estimated average household income:. 65279;. Towhhomes with gated...