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planetizen.com/node/34049 Planetizen offers a three-part podcast with Richard “Creative Class” Florida and journalist Bill Bishop, author of The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart. The subject? Demographic trends in U.S. cities.
pps.org/imagedb New York’s Project for Public Spaces has been around since 1975. Not surprisingly, it has amassed a large image library. For a small fee, anyone can access the best ones for their own use. Categories include parks, streets, buildings, and amenities.