Doug Mirams
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Why can't Ottawa build affordable housing like they do in Alabama? Huntsville’s Mill Creek Project, a mixed-income housing development, is one worth emulating.
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Why can't Ottawa build affordable housing like they do in Alabama?
Huntsville’s Mill Creek Project, a mixed-income housing development, is one worth emulating.
https://open.substack.com/pub/brigittepellerin/p/why-cant-ottawa-build-affordable
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SimParkingLot is no fun The creators of SimCity wanted to create a realistic city-building game. The absurdities of America's parking policies made that impossible.
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SimParkingLot is no fun
The creators of SimCity wanted to create a realistic city-building game. The absurdities of America's parking policies made that impossible.
https://benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/simparkinglot-is-no-fun
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What makes a ‘sticky’ space?
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What makes a ‘sticky’ space?
Sharing six hunches from our action learning to create a stronger, stickier high streets and public spaces in West Yorkshire and beyond!
https://medium.com/street-space/what-makes-a-sticky-space-ed132e60fba4
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Why the basics matter more than the next strategy
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Why the basics matter more than the next strategy
There’s a familiar moment in many organisations: things feel stuck, so we reach for a new strategy.
https://noelito.medium.com/why-the-basics-matter-more-than-the-next-strategy-e379bfddd440
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Local artist is sketching coffee shops around Toronto
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Local artist is sketching coffee shops around Toronto
Although Toronto is full of independent coffee shops, few get commemorated in a way they deserve, but one artist is seeking to change just that throu…
https://www.blogto.com/arts/2026/01/toronto-artist-sketching-coffee-shops/
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How Home Design Can Break the Housing Crisis
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How Home Design Can Break the Housing Crisis
When it comes to single-family houses, custom construction can provide good design for less.
https://commonedge.org/how-home-design-can-break-the-housing-crisis/
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How street vendors and waste pickers can help cities manage growth
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How street vendors and waste pickers can help cities manage growth
Across the world, urbanization affects how food is grown, distributed and consumed, and cities are primary drivers changing food systems.
https://theconversation.com/how-street-vendors-and-waste-pickers-can-help-cities-manage-growth-271164
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Care isn’t soft — it’s how work actually moves
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Care isn’t soft — it’s how work actually moves
One of the most important moments this year wasn’t about structures or strategy.
https://noelito.medium.com/care-isnt-soft-it-s-how-work-actually-moves-e18d518e4f3e
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Through Community Building and Public Space, These 10 American Cities Are Preparing for the Future How Civic Commons teams are leaning into social infrastructure to weather tumultuous times
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Through Community Building and Public Space, These 10 American Cities Are Preparing for the Future
How Civic Commons teams are leaning into social infrastructure to weather tumultuous times
https://medium.com/reimagining-the-civic-commons/through-community-building-and-public-space-these-10-american-cities-are-preparing-for-the-future-75e7ca58d8cb
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One of Huntsville’s most popular spots getting a $12.5 million makeover
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One of Huntsville’s most popular spots getting a $12.5 million makeover
Expansion is on site of former city hall.
https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2026/01/one-of-huntsvilles-most-popular-spots-getting-a-125-million-makeover.html
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Iconic Toronto building is about to be protected from future teardown
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Iconic Toronto building is about to be protected from future teardown
A Toronto building that still feels futuristic more than five decades since it was constructed is already a candidate for heritage protection. And th…
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/01/toronto-building-protected-future-teardown/
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"I'm really sorry. I know it's out of step with the times, but all I have is ideas that make money, make us safer, make us richer, and make our technology better."
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Pluralistic: Sorry, eh (13 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not-sorry/#mere-billions
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Remembering When Cocktails Were Just Soup Canned beef bouillon on the rocks, anyone?
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Remembering When Cocktails Were Just Soup
Canned beef bouillon on the rocks, anyone?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soup-on-the-rocks-cocktail
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From Instagram "Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰"
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markjcarney on Instagram: "It was time to build this weekend (with LEGO). Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰 — En fin…"
It was time to build this weekend (with LEGO). Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰 — En fin de semaine dernière, c’était le temps de bâtir (avec des blocs LEGO). Merci à l’ambassadeur Harris pour ce cadeau. Nous sommes solidaires du Danemark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTbzPXFja5y/
7 days ago
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What colour is the path where you walk? An essay on how the colours of India’s streets reveal the socio-cultural stories embedded in everyday urban design.
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What colour is the path where you walk?
An essay on how the colours of India’s streets reveal the socio-cultural stories embedded in everyday urban design.
https://voicesofwalkability.substack.com/p/what-colour-is-the-path-where-you
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Constructing for the Present and Future: Brussels as Proof of Concept for Adaptive Reuse and Circularity
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In North Philly, two neighborhoods bloomed with connection
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In North Philly, two neighborhoods bloomed with connection
The streets of North Philadelphia may not usually be known for their natural beauty. But over the past couple of years, in the neighborhoods of Nicetown and Tioga, certain blocks have become a wonderl...
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/in-north-philly-two-neighborhoods-bloomed-with-connection/
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NIMBYs aren't going to hell; they're already there. What a South Nashville housing fight reveals about comfort, morality, and who counts as a neighbor.
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NIMBYs aren't going to hell; they're already there.
What a South Nashville housing fight reveals about comfort, morality, and who counts as a neighbor.
https://fbhi.substack.com/p/nimbys-arent-going-to-hell-theyre
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Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade January 13 marks [86] years since the death of Matilda, whose name at birth was Abake – meaning ‘born to be loved by all’ among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.
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Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Her name at birth was Abake - meaning 'born to be loved by all' among the Tarkar people of Western Africa.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/1/12/remembering-matilda-the-last-survivor-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade
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Electric cars won’t fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars. Commuters feel this in their bones — time spent in traffic is bad for your health. UC San Diego urban planner Lawrence Frank quantified that intuition 20 years ago.
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Electric cars won’t fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars
Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car dependence and chronic disease — and explains why cleaner cars won’t make us heal...
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/electric-cars-wont-fix-sitting-health-costs-designing-cities-around-cars
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Government of Canada to make an announcement regarding Rouge Beach and Marsh in Rouge National Urban Park
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Government of Canada to make an announcement regarding Rouge Beach and Marsh in Rouge National Urban Park - Canada.ca
Government of Canada to make an announcement regarding Rouge Beach and Marsh in Rouge National Urban Park.
https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2026/01/government-of-canada-to-make-an-announcement-regarding-rouge-beach-and-marsh-in-rouge-national-urban-park.html
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The Robot Cars Have Come for the Kids
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The Robot Cars Have Come for the Kids
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/waymo-kids-los-angeles.html
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Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates ‘Induced Demand,’ Too
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Confirmed: Non-Driving Infrastructure Creates 'Induced Demand,' Too — Streetsblog USA
Widening a highway to cure congestion is like losing weight by buying bigger pants — but thanks to the same principle of "induced demand," adding bike paths and train lines to cure climate actually wo...
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/confirmed-non-driving-infrastructure-creates-induced-demand-too
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London’s Love of Wood-Burning Stoves Sparks a Pollution Debate. Once seen as a sustainable and charming upgrade, wood-burning stoves are now under scrutiny for what they add to London’s polluted winter air.
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London’s Love of Wood-Burning Stoves Sparks a Pollution Debate
Once seen as a sustainable and charming upgrade, wood-burning stoves are now under scrutiny for what they add to London’s polluted winter air.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-26/why-london-s-wood-burning-stoves-are-under-fire
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Street Lab rolling out curriculum about Open Streets at nine NYC public schools
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P.E.I. libraries continued to see rising usage as Islanders borrowed more books in 2025 Economic pressures driving increased library use, says director of libraries
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P.E.I. libraries continued to see rising usage as Islanders borrowed more books in 2025 | CBC News
In a news release Tuesday, the province said Islanders borrowed 735,151 library items over the past year — one of the highest circulation totals on record and a seven per cent increase compared to 202...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-libraries-seeing-increase-usage-2025-9.7030151
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Canada Post commits to free postage for people who are blind as legislation changes
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Canada Post is vowing to maintain free-postage service for people who are blind even as the budget bill looks to repeal those parts of the postal service’s legislation.
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Canada Post commits to free postage for people who are blind as legislation changes
OTTAWA - Canada Post is vowing to maintain free-postage service for people who are blind even as Ottawa's budget bill looks to repeal those parts of the postal service's legislation.
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/canada-post-commits-to-free-postage-for-people-who-are-blind-as-legislation-changes/article_cf811ac3-0322-5ccd-a476-895207feab41.html
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Moving Beyond the Acronym Academic librarians talk about doubling down on DEI efforts and core values in an uncertain climate
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Moving Beyond the Acronym | American Libraries Magazine
An excerpt from the virtual panel “Affirmative Action and the Future of DEI," presented by Choice.
https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2026/01/02/moving-beyond-the-acronym/
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North Bay council is projecting a $30 million investment in the public library over 10 years The library space report will say the present library is too small for the size of North Bay, the book stacks are too high, there is very limited private reading and study space
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North Bay council is projecting a $30 million investment in the public library over 10 years
North Bay council will consider whether to budget $30 million over the next 10 years in the North Bay Public Library.
https://www.nugget.ca/news/north-bay-council-is-projecting-a-30-million-investment-in-the-public-library-over-10-years
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This Land Is Their Land. Farmers are fighting AI companies offering fortunes to build data centers on their land. Can they withstand the pressure — and live to farm another day?
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This Land Is Their Land - Offrange
Farmers are fighting AI companies offering fortunes to build data centers on their land. Can they withstand the pressure — and live to farm another day?
https://ambrook.com/offrange/land/not-farming-data
15 days ago
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HarperCollins is using AI for book translations Harlequin romance books are now using AI for translations from English to French, and all in-house translators were fired.
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HarperCollins is using AI for book translations - Good e-Reader
Harlequin romance books are now using AI for translations from English to French, and all in-house translators were fired.
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/harpercollins-is-using-ai-for-book-translations
15 days ago
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Program Frameworks for Annual Library Planning via
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'Series of wins': Durham Region to apply to Build Canada Homes for Ritson School development
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‘Series of wins’: Durham Region to apply to Build Canada Homes for Ritson School development
The region wants to partner with Build Canada Homes to fund a supportive housing development at the site of the Ritson Public School in Oshawa.
https://www.durhamregion.com/news/ritson-school-supportive-housing-oshawa/article_c2185d6a-d04d-50cb-8181-3f702f45e4d7.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
16 days ago
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Don’t Demolish Our History — Transform Camp 30 Into a Community Hub - Sign the Petition!
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Sign the Petition
Don’t Demolish Our History — Transform Camp 30 Into a Community Hub
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Congratulations to members of the Canadian librarianship community recognized in 2025 for their contributions to the profession and to Canada! --
@librarianshipca.bsky.social
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'Art in Scarborough is art in Toronto': Artists and supporters say community needs more gallery space. There are 2 permanent city-run art galleries in Scarborough, but some say that's not enough
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Toronto's favourite sandwich success story the subject of a new docuseries
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Toronto's favourite sandwich success story the subject of a new docuseries
Every self-respecting sandwich aficionado in Toronto already knows about BEAR Steak Sandwiches, but they're about to get an unprecedented look into t…
http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/01/bear-steak-sandwiches-toronto-docuseries/
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Canadian faith and civil-liberties leaders push back against Bill C-9. Leaders warn the bill could unintentionally criminalize religious expression and protest
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Canadian faith and civil-liberties leaders push back against Bill C-9 | Broadview Magazine
Leaders warn the bill could unintentionally criminalize religious expression and protest
https://broadview.org/faith-civil-liberties-bill-c9-push/
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"stop asking chat gpt and a librarian instead!"
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Kaitlyn Graña 🌹 Mother of Mystics (@kaitlyn.grana) on Threads
stop asking chat gpt and ask a librarian instead !!
https://www.threads.com/@kaitlyn.grana/post/DKPi99opqhk
18 days ago
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Make it awkward! Rather than being a cringey personal failing, awkwardness is a collective rupture – and a chance to rewrite the social script
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We should take awkwardness less personally, and more seriously | Aeon Essays
Rather than being a cringey personal failing, awkwardness is a collective rupture – and a chance to rewrite the social script
https://aeon.co/essays/we-should-take-awkwardness-less-personally-and-more-seriously
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"I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor"
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I Made My Shed the Top Rated Restaurant On TripAdvisor
And then served customers frozen dinners on its opening night.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-made-my-shed-the-top-rated-restaurant-on-tripadvisor/
18 days ago
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Doug Mirams
EveryLibrary
19 days ago
Libraries extend a helping hand when you most need it.
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Libraries Help People Get Their Lives Back on Track
Libraries extend a helping hand when you most need it.
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Happy Public Domain Day 2026
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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2026/
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Twelve Museum Innovations in 2025
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Twelve Museum Innovations in 2025
Throughout the year, AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums keeps careful track of how the future is looking, for our world and for our field. In its regular Dispatches series, the CFM shares…
https://www.aam-us.org/2025/12/26/twelve-museum-innovations-in-2025/
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Detty December: How Lagos’ Urban Street Party Is Fueling an Economic Boom
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Detty December: How Lagos’ Urban Street Party Is Fueling an Economic Boom
This annual gathering is pumping millions into positive changes for one of Africa’s largest metropolises.
https://commonedge.org/detty-december-how-lagos-urban-street-party-is-fueling-an-economic-boom/
20 days ago
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How much of Berlin is designed for cars - and how much for children and nature?
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Car Parks or Play Parks?
Maps Mania is a blog dedicated to tracking the very best digital interactive maps on the internet and the tools used to create them.
https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/12/car-parks-or-play-parks.html
20 days ago
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Reimagining the Library: Community-Centered Knowledge Spaces
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Reimagining the Library: Community-Centered Knowledge Spaces Library Planning Consultant Space Planning
Reimagining the Library: Community-Centered Knowledge Spaces Library Planning Consultant Space Planning
https://www.acohen.com/blog/reimagining-the-library-community-centered-knowledge-spaces/
20 days ago
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Audiobooks are emerging as a bright spot for the beleaguered publishing industry.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/12/30/a...
20 days ago
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Snowden: Granularity in Culture Change. Dave can move through the spectrum of incredibly dense wisdom to simplification through understanding. A true guru.
stephenslighthouse.com/2025/12/31/s...
20 days ago
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Great Cities Don’t Just Acknowledge That We Age In Them — They Build For It. We Can Too.
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Great Cities Don’t Just Acknowledge That We Age In Them — They Build For It. We Can Too.
We age in sidewalks, public spaces, transit stops, and community centers — not in hospitals. As populations age, the built environment will determine whether our cities thrive or struggle in the decad...
https://www.planetizen.com/features/136618-great-cities-dont-just-acknowledge-we-age-them-they-build-it-we-can-too
20 days ago
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