As mentioned, the MST Partnership does not require building heights to be part of the ODP to secure financing from lenders. Given the ODP is at the request of the MST Partnership, the City is not requiring building heights to be regulated as part of the ODP. So the fact the applicant do...
In the Ming Dynasty, the center was the Forbidden City,58(surround)in concentric(同心的)circles by the Inner City and Outer City. Citizens of higher social classes59(permit)to live closer to the center of the circles. The large siheyuan of th...
It isn't unheard of for the city to experience extreme temperature swings like you'd find in the south (hot in the summer to the tune of 100°F+) or north (cold in the winter to below 0°F). But overall, Pittsburgh experiences these conditions on a limited number of days of the y...
The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city
As we ease toward Samhain, I’m pretty thrilled so much of my garden is blooming—or as Kayla would say—vibing and thriving. I know it won’t be long until that first hard frost, so I enjoy those blooms every day. As I close this blog, I’m listening to my son play with his ...
Development. Five single family home permits were issued in the month of November with an average square footage of 2,847. Year to date, there has been a 44% increase in residential permit issuance as compared to 2016 while the number of building inspections has increased 70% (2016=2,862 ...
metropolitan area extends into three counties of southwest Iowa. Other metropolitan statistical areas in Iowa include Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Ames, Dubuque, Sioux City, and the Iowa portion of the Quad Cities. Iowa is home to 940 small towns, though its population is inc...
Reichstag dome– Germany’s parliament building is also one of the city’s best tourist attractions. You can go inside, and if it’s summertime, you can even walk around on the roof! Get the lowest prices bybooking tickets in advance.Berlin is one of the world’s busiest cities for tour...
On two sides, the garden was surrounded by the buildings of the castle -- a huge old pile, partly castellated, and partly resembling an ecclesiastical building, on the other two sides, the enclosure was a high embattled wall. Crossing the alleys48 of the garden to another part of the buil...