Word: planners
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Sprawl plagues once sleepy hamlets, as development follows highways and then builds new housing right to the edge of town. So Cambridge (pop. 7,000) drafted Warren Hanson, a former yoga teacher turned urban planner who champions livable, affordable neighborhoods, to fight back. In St. Peter, Minn., dubious officials watched Hanson on the council-chamber floor maneuvering toy cars and Styrofoam houses on a gigantic paper plan of a neighborhood. "That was when their light turned on that this could work," says city administrator Todd Prafke. "It's like the neighborhoods where they grew...
University planners presented a series of images depicting Harvard’s future campus in Allston to community residents at the Honan Allston Public Library on Monday evening. Chief University Planner Kathy Spiegelman flicked through slides showing possible locations for Harvard construction projects on the new campus. None of the options were new, and all of the images have been on display for the last month at the “Harvard in Allston” exhibit room in the Holyoke Center. Nevertheless, Spiegelman did comment on the viability of some of the plans. For example, Spiegelman said a proposal...
MARRIED. PRINCESS SAYAKO, 36, only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan, and her childhood friend, urban planner YOSHIKI KURODA, 40; in a small ceremony attended by their families; in Tokyo. In preparation for her new life--it's the first time an Emperor's daughter has wed a commoner--she took driving lessons and practiced supermarket shopping...
MARRIED. PRINCESS SAYAKO, 36, only daughter of Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, to YOSHIKI KURODA, 40, a city planner and childhood friend; in Tokyo. Sayako loses her royal status by marrying a commoner and will move out of the Imperial Palace to a rented one-bedroom apartment. The former Princess has quit her job as an ornithological researcher to practice her cooking and learn to drive before becoming a housewife. She will pay taxes and no longer receive a royal stipend, although she will be given a lump sum of $1.3 million to start her new life...
...certainly felt one of the most important things was getting a new face on the council, and we did,” said urban planner Sam Seidel, who came the closest to winning a seat. “I’d have preferred to be a winner but I’m glad with what we’ve accomplished...