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The Urban Planning of the North Pole

December 25, 2020 By Nolan Gray

You might think the North Pole is the most magical place on earth. But behind the magic, our deep dive into the history of Christmas movies reveals that there's more to it than that. In our firstPop Culture Urbanism holiday special, I explore the urban planning behind the North Pole. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Pop Culture Urbanism Tagged With: christmas, city planning, design regulations, growth machine, north pole, pop culture urbanism\

The City Planning Behind Avatar: The Last Airbender

August 14, 2020 By Nolan Gray

Appa flying over Republic City

Has the Water Tribe gone full NIMBY? Can Avatar Aang overcome his angry impulse to preserve? Why is Ba Sing Se so segregated? And what can we learn from the success of Republic City? In this week's episode of Pop Culture Urbanism, we explore the trade-offs and complications that every growing city … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, Pop Culture Urbanism Tagged With: avatar, ba sing sae, city planning, legend of korra, republic city, the last airbender, urban design, water tribe

The Disillusionment of the American Planner, or How We Became Mark Brendanawicz

February 12, 2018 By Nolan Gray

Mark Brendanawicz of NBC's Parks and Recreation

Spoiler Warning: This post contains minor spoilers about Season Two of Parks and Recreation, which aired nearly 10 years ago. Why have you still not watched it?Lately I have been rewatching Parks and Recreation, motivated in part by the shocking discovery that my girlfriend never made it past … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, history, Jane Jacobs, planning Tagged With: city planning, high modernism, Jane Jacobs, leslie knope, liberal planning, Mark Brendanawicz, parks and rec, parks and recreation, peter hall, planning, ron swanson

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