CityKin

I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. - Romans 7:19 I believe this newly inv...

I had a post a few years back about Shaker Village near Lexington. The Cincinnati Southern Railroad passes near Shaker Village, and there...

We need smart infrastructure, not just wider roads: ...we want our infrastructure maintained. In fact, it's the common denominator of a...

First concrete arch bridge in Ohio, 1894

The American notion of the open road is something we don't want to think about the details of.. we don't want to think about the rea...

This blog has touched on the public toilet problem a few times. Necessary facilities like this are important if you want your parks, street...

Excellent!! Contractor is currently widening the sidewalk at the very top of Ravine:  

I've been noticing the City's Engineering Department has initiated a project to install water permeable pavements in some locations....

In a comment post a few days ago, Quim posted a link to the PBS show "Beyond Motor City" I just watched it and found it some of...

OK, I realize this is pretty trivial, but I have noticed these markings on a lot of the old granite curbs. Sometimes there are channels cut ...

...that is, if you want to consume at current rates and not devastate the environment and/or the economy. This blogger supports nuclear powe...

...As a country we have been spending too much on the present and not enough on the future. We have been consuming rather than investing. We...

  Has Zaha's ship run aground? Is iconic starchitecture in its death throes? Will it be replaced with the age of infrastructure? By B...

The city we visited had these unique, native-made fountains all-around the city center:  

Sorry to bore you, but I find this stuff interesting: Old gas and Electric Lid:   Traffic Cable Marker:   The new sewer lids:  

This may be the last box like this in town. There were hundreds of them on posts, mounted around town. This own is probably not functional...

  There are 13 racks in this picture. A few of them are empty, and a few are knocked over with their contents spilled onto the sidewalk. I r...

..By switching to LED fixtures that save energy and preserve the night sky:   Ann Arbor is changing city street lights to power saving LEDs....

Regular Tree Grate, cut as it should be for a growing tree:   Fancy Tree Grate at Government Square:   Sycamores in the center of Court Stre...

An interesting article claiming that cars do not pay their way (ie: walking taxpayers subsidize driving taxpayers): The analysis indicates ...