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Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
We’ve added a tag cloud (see this Wikipedia explanation of a tag cloud) to our upper right sidebar. Northfield.org has this Flickr photo gallery tag cloud: We still have Categories…
Kwik Trip (left) at Hwys 3 & 19 is contructing a new, larger store behind their existing building. And the new building for College City Beverage, just south of the…
Agora WES (Wedding Event Services) has opened on Division St. in downtown Northfield. Snap Fitness and Stop 4 Wireless (formerly on the west side of downtown on Water St) have…
I was in North Hampton, Massachusetts this past weekend, brunching at a diner with my oldest daughter. We were on a fairly tight schedule, as is too often the case…
This is for real. In a community in the southwestern U.S., city councilman Mark Easton lives in a neighborhood with a beautiful view of the east mountains. At least, he had a view, until someone built on the lot below his house.The new home was 18 inches higher than the ordinances would allow, so Easton went to the city to be sure they enforced the lower roofline ordinance.
Easton and his new neighbor exchanged a few words, which were not pleasant. In the end, the new neighbor had to drop the roof line, no doubt at some expense.
Recently, Mark Easton called the city and informed them that his new neighbor had installed vents on the side of his home. Mark didn’t like the look of these vents and asked the city to investigate — and look what they found…..
For this week’s show, we reviewed issues from last year’s episodes that are still current, including: downtown streetscape, library expansion, sidewalk dining, liquor store relocation, Q-Block, traffic light at Hwy…
The City of Northfield has formed a Parking Quality Control Commission (PQCC) to address the problem of irresponsible use of parallel parking spots in downtown Northfield. Councillor Jim Pokorney introduced…
My favorite Oz radio show/podcast hosted UC-Berkeley’s Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Christopher Alexander, a couple of weeks ago. Read this quick bio of Alexander to see what he’s about, and give the radio show a listen if the bio interests you. Some may find the radio show more accessible than some of Alexander’s writings. (He’s an egghead, but that usually doesn’t bother Northfielders as the town is rife with ’em.)
How is this relevant to Northfield? I’m so glad you asked. Poke around Alexander’s latest website, livingneighborhoods.org, to see how his theory is put into practice. Here’s an excerpt: