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Motor Racing. Midget Racing Car for Speedway. The Driver, The Trophy. On the Footpath in the Suburbs. Christchurch. Canterbury. New Zealand. (3), c1950s
Canterbury Photography Museum via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/55988869/source

#MotorRacing #Speedway #Midget #Trophy #Suburbs #CanterburyPhotographyMuseum

reflection

dreaming… a random bit

** in the ending of The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenges from WordPress, here’s your Sunday Weekly Photo Prompt: travel **

medicine buddha mantra: Tayata Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samudgate Soha

health, wealth, and prosperity: Om Vasudhare Svaha

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Thursday, August 6, 2026

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serene

dreaming… a random bit

** in the ending of The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenges from WordPress, here’s your Sunday Weekly Photo Prompt: travel **

medicine buddha mantra: Tayata Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samudgate Soha

health, wealth, and prosperity: Om Vasudhare Svaha

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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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In downtowns around the U.S. developers are converting office towers to apartments because we don’t need all those offices anymore. This is slow and expensive work. But it turns out, #suburbs have an advantage. Their offices are in office parks, which are easy to tear down and rebuild as new mixed-use developments. https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/office-housing-conversion-san-ramon-22352877.php #housing

The Suburbs

#Suburbs #ArcadeFire #artrock #rock #rockmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky Arcade Fire release their 3rd on August 2, 2010. It's a sprawling 16-tracker that Win and Will say was inspired by their growing up in the suburbs of Houston. It's all there -- youth, nostalgia, loss of innocence, suburban sprawl, isolation. The album debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart and went on to win a Grammy for "Album of The Year."

https://robinbannks.com/2026/08/02/the-suburbs/

Monday, July 20, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/

"Downtowns and modest old neighborhoods often subsidize sprawling, wealthy #suburbs that don't come close to covering their own costs. In many cases, the poor #subsidize the rich, and it's by design. This video examines how we got here, why the bill is now coming due." US analysis, but it's here in #yeg too. Thanks for the lead, @michaeljanz.bsky.social
#yegcc #taxfairness #abpoli
https://youtu.be/Q1G3D55LD-E?si=YgmMK-Dec5tKFSiq

Book of the Week: “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World” is one of those books that makes the obvious apparent. The obvious thing: In the past century, cars with their insatiable appetite for #parking have changed our #downtowns, #neighborhoods and #suburbs in many bad ways. The book offers ways of ending the plague of parking. https://www.atlantaurbanist.com/book/paved-paradise/

Shopping malls were once the centers of suburban communities. Today malls have emptied out so fast that the biggest question is what to do with these sprawling, lifeless properties. In Atlanta, one mall is becoming a health-care complex. Another is torn down for a new mixed-use development. https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/07/northlake-mall-sold-emory-healthcare-to-expand/ #CRE #suburbs

https://youtu.be/Q1G3D55LD-E

Infrastructure costs scale with land. Economic revenue scales with people.

#TownPlanning #Taxes #Infrastructure #Development #USA #Suburbs #Rural #Urban

#silentSunday #bloomScrolling #elderberries #suburbs

In 1991 the book “Edge City” predicted that office developments along major highways would challenge how we think about cities and #suburbs. There is an “edge city” in Atlanta. If it’s a guide, expect these places to become less like the giant office districts of the 1990s … and more like mixed-use places built around #transit. https://www.ajc.com/business/2026/06/new-dunwoody-apartment-plan-emerges-a-decade-after-failed-condo-tower-pitch/ #CRE

18-Jun-2026
The suburban street design that’s been driving emissions since WWII

all those stupid mazes of cul de sacs - there should at least be a signposted cycle and footpath as a shortcut, which would help to encourage #activeTravel

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1132774

#science #cities #planning #suburbs #climateCatastrophe #urbanSprawl

It says a lot about how I view the suburbs that yesterday and today I extensively stocked up on stuff I will need through Sunday like I'm going hours out of town so that I don't have to leave the house I'm sitting this weekend because there's nowhere to go without a car even though I will only be a 20 minute drive from my apartment. No sidewalks, barely any accessible stores on foot. I refuse to pay for a Lyft/Uber/cab.

#suburbs #walkability

This story says an awful lot about modern suburban life . . .

https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/oakland-county/neighbors-outraged-after-massive-pool-party-takes-over-birmingham-street

#Michigan #Detroit #Suburbs #MI

#silentSunday #bloomscrolling #suburbs

Decline of the White Picket Fence Reflects Changing American Neighborhoods

📰 Original title: White picket fences were the American Dream. Now people want higher walls.

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#society #suburbs #privacy #fences

#RUSSIA BUILDS LARGEST #AIR DEFENSE RING ENCIRCLING #MOSCOW: Russia is constructing a ring of air #defense which will surround the nation's #capital and some #suburbs. The new air defense #system will be put on the #roofs of #civilian buildings in #Moscow.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77212

USA cities whose tallest building is residential

Identified below at American cities whose tallest building is a residential structure. The list provided below does not include mixed use towers such as hotel/residential or office/residential. A minimum height of 175 feet was required for inclusion. States most represented on the list include the following (listed by number cities vs. towers):

• Florida = 16 cities
• New Jersey = 7 cities
• Illinois = 6 cities
• Michigan = 5 cities
• New York = 4 cities or boroughs

The tallest residential structures on the list range in location from traditional downtowns, midtowns, first-ring suburbs, outer suburbs, college towns, and vacation/retirements cities. Some of the cities fall into multiple categories like Ann Arbor which falls into three classifications as a college town with a traditional downtown and a distant Detroit suburb.

It is also interesting to note that there was quite a gap between development boom times for such buildings in American cities. As the list shows, there were boomlets just before the Great Depression, during the Urban Renewal period of the 1960s/1970s, the early 2000s just before the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, and now during the 2020s. Hopefully, the current booklet will not end as disastrously as those three.

Peace!

1. Jersey City, New Jersey: 99 Hudson Street (2020) = 900 feet

2. Queens Borough, New York: The Orchard (2026) = 811 feet

3. Nashville, Tennessee: Paramount Tower (2028) = 750 feet

4-5. Sunny Isles Beach, Florida: Estates at Acqualina North and South (2022/23) = 672 feet x 2 towers

6-7. Miami Beach, Florida: Blue and Green Diamond Towers (2000) = 559 feet x 2 towers

8-9. Hallandale Beach, Florida: Beach Club Towers 1 & 2 (2007) = 505 feet x 2 towers

10. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Veneto Las Olas (2023) = 499 feet

11-12. Fort Lee, New Jersey: The Modern North & South (2014) = 498 feet x 2 towers

13. Newark, New Jersey: Summit Tower (2028) = 489 feet

14. Salt Lake City, Utah: Astra Tower (2024) = 449 feet

15-16. Honolulu, Hawaii: The Central Ala Moana (2011) and New Rochelle, New York: Skyline (2007) = 435 feet

17. Bronx Borough, New York: River Park Towers (1975) = 428 feet

18. West Palm Beach, Florida: One West Palm Residential Tower (2027) = 426 feet

19-20. Long Beach, California: Shoreline Gateway East Tower (2021) and Aventura, Florida: Hidden Bay 1 (2000) = 417 feet

21-123. Guttenberg, New Jersey: Galaxy Towers (1976) = 415 feet x 3 towers

24. Beverly Hills, California: One Beverly Hills (2028) = 410 feet

25. Grand Rapids, Michigan: River House Condos (2008) = 406 feet

26. South Padre Island, Texas: Sapphire Condos (2008) = 404 feet x 2

27. Riviera Beach, Florida: Tiara Condominiums (2005) = 400 feet

28. North Bergen, New Jersey: Stonehenge Apartments (1967) = 369 feet

29. West New York, New Jersey: Riviera Towers (1965) = 359 feet

30-31. North Miami Beach, Florida: Harbor Towers 1 & 2 (2018) = 358 feet x 2 towers

32. Pompano Beach, Florida: 1380 S. Ocean Boulevard (prop) = 353 feet

33. Stamford, Connecticut: Parc Stamford (2009) = 350 feet

34. West Hollywood, California: Sierra Towers (1965) ~ 350 feet

35. Tempe, Arizona: West Sixth II (2011) = 345 feet

36. Rochester, Minnesota: Broadway Plaza (2004) = 342 feet

37. Fort Myers, Florida: High Point Place I (2007) = 341 feet

38. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: Margate Towers (2004) = 329 feet

39. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Graduate Tower (2020) = 315 feet

40. Naples, Florida: Enclave = 309 feet

41-42. Peoria, Illinois: Twin Towers I & II (1984) = 309 feet x 2 towers

43. Portsmouth, Virginia: Harbor Tower Apartments (1983) = 307 feet

44-45. Lansing, Michigan: Tower on Grand (2028) and Boca Raton, Florida: Boca Raton Club Tower (1969) = 300 feet

46-47. Evanston, Illinois: 605 Davis Street (2028) and Bloomington-Normal, Illinois: Watterson Towers (1969) = 299 feet

48. Somerville, Massachusetts: Prospect Union Square. (2023) = 297 feet

49. Worcester, Massachusetts: The 6Hundred (1964) = 289 feet (tied with another building in the city)

50. Ocean City, Maryland: Century 1 Condos (1975) ~280 feet

51. Yonkers, New York: Seven Pines Tower (1975) = 278 feet

52. Silver Spring, Maryland: Solaire 8200 Dixon (2022) = 276 feet

53. Champaign, Illinois: 309 Green (2009) = 268 feet

54. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Tower Plaza (1969) = 267 feet

55. Aurora, Illinois: Leland Tower (1928) ~ 265 feet

56. Gulf Shores, Alabama: Island Towers = 260 feet

57. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Coliseum Tower Residences (2007) = 259 feet

58. Asbury Park, New Jersey: Asbury Tower (1074) = 256 feet

59. Bowling Green, Kentucky: Pearce-Ford Tower (1970) = 250 feet

60. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Willow Valley Mosaic (2029) = 244 feet

61. Pensacola Beach, Florida: Beach Club Towers = 243 feet x 2 towers

62. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Skyrise Apartments (1982) = 230 feet

63. Marco Island, Florida: Summit House Condos (1981) ~ 230 feet

64. Destin, Florida: Jade East Towers = 229 feet

65. Joliet, Illinois: Joshua Arms Apartments = 203 feet

66. Huntington, West Virginia: West Virginia Building (1925) = 200 feet

67-68. Newport News, Virginia: River Park Towers (1986) and Bryan-College Station, Texas: The REV Student Housing (2023) ~ 200 feet

69. Owensboro, Kentucky: Roosevelt House (1973) = 195 feet

70. Royal Oak, Michigan: The Fifth (2007) = 193 feet

71. Rockford, Illinois: Faust Landmark (1939) = 186 feet

72. Fort Myers Beach, Florida: Ocean Harbor Condos = 184 feet x 2 towers

73. Longboat Key, Florida: Islands West (1972) = 183 feet

74. Monroe, Louisiana: Frances Tower (1932) = 179 feet

75. Richfield, Minnesota: City Bella (2004) = 177 feet

SOURCES:

• https://www.realestate-gulfshores.com/vacation-rental/Island-Tower-1203/
• google.gemini.ai
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Miami_Beach
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Fort_Lauderdale
• https://www.hobbs-black.com/towers-on-grand
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Grand_Rapids
• https://floridayimby.com/2023/09/pompano-beachs-tallest-building-approved-by-the-faa-to-rise-353-feet.html
• https://www.skydb.net/city/458159760/boca-raton/
• https://www.skydb.net/city/536805995/daytona-beach/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_South_Carolina
• https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=466
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Tower
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Cambridge,_Massachusetts
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Long_Beach
• https://www.skydb.net/city/960718379/oceanside/
• https://www.skydb.net/building/478415799/college-corner/
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Hudson_Street
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_New_Jersey
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Newark
• https://www.skydb.net/building/861082856/the-fifth/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Plaza_(Ann_Arbor,_Michigan)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Kentucky
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Massachusetts_outside_of_Boston
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Minnesota
• https://www.skydb.net/country/877947550/puerto-rico/
• https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/the-beach-club-tower-2/3712
• https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/hidden-bay-1/10287
• https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/city/north-miami-beach
• https://www.homes.com/building/tiara-condominium-riviera-beach-fl/b-6b197xczzd20b/
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• https://www.mcsal.com/one-west-palm-2/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Tower
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Peoria
• https://www.skydb.net/city/22164508/newport-news/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia_Building
• https://www.skydb.net/city/702474502/joliet/
• https://www.skydb.net/city/888816766/kalamazoo/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust_Landmark
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