Images of Market Square in Ipswich from the past 300 years.| Historic Ipswich
Many municipalities in northern Appalachia—which I consider to include Western Pennsylvania, much of Upstate New York, Western Maryland, Western Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and pretty much all of West Virginia—look bigger than they are. If one drives past them on a freeway, the density of buildings that form a skyline makes them look quite large, but, ...Read more... The post Back entrance: why some big buildings beautify their butts. appeared first on American Dirt..| American Dirt.
The historic, eponymous main street of Columbia, South Carolina offers an abundance of smartly preserved three-story buildings, some of which no doubt reflect an effort to preserve the character and details from their post-Civil War time of construction. Most of them look great, and vacancy rates, while far from perfect, are certainly better than a ...Read more... The post Fake façades on Columbia’s Main Street: is modern now retro, or vice versa? appeared first on American Dirt..| American Dirt.
Vienna, an incorporated town in northern Virginia, doesn’t have much in the way of a conspicuous downtown—or at least it didn’t until recently. Little by little, it’s getting one, through higher-density infill development. Until recently, the main drag, Maple Avenue (State Route 123), consisted of a mix of small strip malls, repurposed auto-oriented outparcel buildings, ...Read more... The post Mid-block mastery: how a surging Northern Virginia suburb stanches the flow on country ...| American Dirt.
In a move that was probably a huge shock to about four dozen people, World of Beer (WoB), the craft beer aficionado’s dream chain, closed its Indianapolis location shortly after New Year’s Day 2024. Due in no small part to the devastating effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on the restaurant industry, World of Beer is one ...Read more... The post World of Beer: a declining restaurant chain wasn’t up to the “hip downtown” challenge. appeared first on American Dirt..| American Dirt.
Belfield, a city (per the legal definition) in southwest North Dakota just a brief drive from one of the state’s biggest attractions, has seemingly bucked the trend of similarly sized communities throughout the Great Plains. Specifically, it isn’t dwindling to nothing. Instead of experiencing dramatic population loss, Belfield has largely hovered around 1,000 persons for ...Read more... The post Religious enclave in rural America: even the Great Plains can perplex. first appeared on A...| American Dirt.
June 4, 2025 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Downtown Salt Lake City’s signature summer experience is back every weekend in June Open Streets returns to Salt Lake City this weekend, transforming Main Street into a pedestrian-first destination every Friday and Saturday in June from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. With […]| www.slc.gov
July 1, 2024 Para leer este comunicado de prensa en español, oprima aqui Open Streets programming is returning to downtown Salt Lake City’s Main Street for two weekends this summer: Friday and Saturday, July 12-13, and July 19-20. Between 100 South and 200 South, Main Street will be closed to automobile traffic and transformed into […]| www.slc.gov
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