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...Having worked with Cooper, Robertson on the Boston Seaport Master Plan, I know firsthand that they bring to this project a high level of expertise, professionalism, and a sensitivity to the fabric of urban life,” Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino said in a statement. “I am looking forward to an exciting and innovative planning process for one of our most vibrant neighborhoods...
Paul Corcoran ’54, whose family owned Corcoran’s Department Store where Urban Outfitters is now located, says that the Harvard Square of the 1950s was cozier...
...reason for hope. Researchers are hard at work trying to understand the basic biochemistry of hunger and fat metabolism; policymakers are pushing for better labels and nutritional information; school boards are giving their cafeteria menus a closer look and reconsidering vending-machine contracts with makers of sugary soft drinks; urban planners are rethinking our cities and towns to get us out of the car and onto our feet; Americans in record numbers are putting themselves on low-carb and low-calorie diets; and more and more foodmakers are beginning to see increased awareness of the obesity epidemic...
...live in these places wind up buying much of their daily groceries from convenience stores or gas stations, where they can find Chef Boyardee but not baby carrots. Some communities are trying to remedy this. Philadelphia, for instance, recently announced a $100 million effort to open 10 supermarkets in urban neighborhoods. But for much of the country, says Troy Blanchard, a sociology professor at Mississippi State University who studies this issue, "you have people who are literally distanced out of healthy diets...
...built environment is not easy to unbuild. In the late 1980s an architectural and city-planning movement called new urbanism grew to promote the construction of more densely developed and neighborly towns. It led to the construction of subdivisions, like Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Md., and the Disney-created town of Celebration, Fla., which were built from scratch along new-urbanist lines. The Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit group that studies planning issues, says 5% to 15% of new development in the U.S. is designed at least to some extent with pedestrians in mind...