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Links to Other Sites
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Recommended
Sites. Here are links to other sites relating to infill
development, urban planning and design, architecture, transportation, and
other related topics for Denver and other locations:
Urban Development and Projects:
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Union Station Advocates:
www.unionstationadvocates.org. Keep up
to date on Downtown Denver's biggest project, the Union Station
redevelopment.
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Denver Cityscape: www.denver-cityscape.com.
An excellent overview of all major urban development projects
throughout the greater Denver region.
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Denver Skyscrapers: www.denverskyscrapers.com.
A great source for information and photographs of
metro Denver's existing high-rise buildings.
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Beyond DC: www.beyonddc.com.
A well-designed and comprehensive overview of the urban development,
planning, and design issues for the metropolitan Washington DC area.
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San Francisco Cityscape:
www.sfcityscape.com.
A terrific online journal featuring just about everything possible
relating to urban design, development, and planning issues for the San
Francisco area.
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UrbanOhio:
www.urbanohio.com. This site provides a great overview of
the skylines, urban places, and development issues for all the major
cities in Ohio.
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Cleveland Skyscrapers:
www.clevelandskyscrapers.com: The
definitive source for information and photographs of Cleveland's urban
development.
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Vegas Today and Tomorow:
www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com: A
comprehensive overview of all the high-rise residential towers proposed
and under construction in Las Vegas.
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Emporis:
www.emporis.com. The web's most comprehensive
database of every high-rise building in virtually every city on the
planet.
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SkyscraperPage:
www.skyscraperpage.com. A fun
website and forum devoted to tall buildings and all things urban,
worldwide.
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Urban Review St. Louis:
http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/
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Metro Spokane:
http://metrospokane.typepad.com/
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Okmet.org (Oklahoma City):
http://www.okmet.org/bb/index.php
Urban Planning and Design:
Urban Transportation and Transit:
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Denver's RTD:
www.rtd-denver.com. The official site for the Regional
Transportation District, metro Denver's transit authority.
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Transit Alliance:
www.transitalliance.org. A
non-profit coalition that promotes a balanced, multi-modal transportation
network for Denver.
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Light Rail Transit Association:
www.lrta.org. A comprehensive
website covering all aspects of light rail and other rail-based
transportation systems.
Denver-Area Architects:
Downtown Denver Neighborhoods:
Urban Photography:
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Alpine Light Pictures, Inc.:
www.alpinelightpictures.com. A
Denver company that tracks construction projects through weekly
photographs.
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Denver Uncommon:
www.denveruncommon.com. A site by a
Denver photographer featuring hundreds of artistic photos of Denver's
urban neighborhoods and other locales in Colorado.
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UrbanPhoto.net:
www.urbanphoto.net. A website featuring a
collection of photos of urban Montreal and other cities throughout the
world.
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A9.com:
http://maps.a9.com. A service provided by Amazon.com that
features block-by-block street elevation photos of the urban centers of
over a dozen US cities including Denver.
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AroundDenver:
www.arounddenver.com. A great way
to take a virtual tour of hundreds of sites throughout metro Denver,
including the Downtown area.
Geography:
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Degree Confluence Project:
www.confluence.org. A remarkable
site that documents through photos and text the conditions at thousands of
points on the Earth where latitude and longitude integer degrees
intersect.
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Common Census Map Project:
www.commoncensus.org. A site that
tracks through maps the geographic areas that represent various spheres of
influence based on visitors' input.
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Places Online:
http://www.placesonline.org/. A service
of the American Association of Geographers.
Blogs/Websites about Urban Development / Planning /
Architecture / Real Estate
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Urban Governments, Agencies, and
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