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Tag: urban planning

Transforming streets with spray cans and stencils

November 11, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Literature/Arts/Film Leave a comment

In case you  haven’t noticed, graffiti is an art form.  Of course, people have been expressing themselves through graffiti [from the Greek word graphein—to

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Rearranging the deck chairs in downtown St. Louis

January 20, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Economy, Missouri region 2 comments

Ballpark Village, we’re told,  is on the rise…again. Well, maybe. But the latest incarnation calls for financial-services powerhouse Stifel-Nicolaus to be the primary tenant

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Should bicyclists have unlimited rights?

June 8, 2010 Arthur Lieber Infrastructure, Transportation 2 comments

If David and Goliath really existed, and if their match had taken place in the Roman Coliseum, for whom would the fans be rooting? 

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