NICK ASTER

Edge city, the new frontier as some dub it. Here we are at phase III of my page, soon to be a legitimate resource documenting the progress and digress of our fast changing urban landscape. Check back frequently as almost every day, new links pop up!

Finally the second St. Louis Metro Tour is written. (At least mostly)

Article on urban sprawl in Utah
The Housing Density, Urban Sprawl, and Growth Management Home Page Packed with links!!!
Walden 3-D and their planning systems...
Discussion on sprawl from The Mobile Society, Topeka, Kansas
A warning and plan for South Florida
A fascinating project and "Good Life Statement" from Waterloo University, in Canada.
Planning for the future in Austin, TX
A brilliant letter comparing European cities to those in Australia. Having visited Australia, I must say that the average American city makes Australian urban sprwal look like Paris. Simply substitute the word "USA" for "Australia" for an even more pertinent massage!
Sprawl Indicators
Learning from the Dutch.
Maps of Urban Sprawl in the Bay area
Article on Milwaukee's Northern fringes
Sprawl_Net: An as of yet embryonic resource group. It is sure to become something incredibly useful!

Here's a righteous Wall Street Journal article on Portland, OR. Highly worth reading..
A fantastic piece on the future of Owings Mills, MD
Another article on Portland, Ore.
A very very long article on Texas chock full o' statistics.
Amazing resource on (re)building cities. Specifically, Beriut
New York City, abandonment and change.
A simply splendid presentation on Hartford that asks...Can we save our cities?
Cite's insights on Houston.

The American Public Transit Association
Basic thoughts from Colorado.
Excellent argument against having more highways.
The Station Car web page. Station cars are electic vehicles used to provide tranport to mass transit stations.
LA quake displays need for mass transit
New plans for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit)
Tour St. Louis by Metrolink!!!
Subway maps from 'round the globe
LIVE visual map report of traffic conditions in Los Angeles.

A huge list of resources on Urban Planning.
Here's a list of important literature pertinent to Urban planning issues and the general situation of American cities.
An issue of Urban Society with a huge list of great articles.
***** Virtual Cities *****
Toronto vs. other North American cities.
LIVE cityscape photos.
PAIRC Planning and Architecture Internet Resorce Center

THE GRAND TOUR part one, this is a chronicle of my own personal voyage through the sprawl. READ IT NOW--plus BONUS PHOTOS!
It happened one night...SPONTANEOUS GRAND TOUR PART II. Writen by my great compatriot Rob "Trashtrain" Kimmerle. No pictures yet, but a story worth hearing
A rightous map of my neighborhood!
An amazing tour of St. Louis by Metrolink!!! Bi-State does well with a station-by-station run, filling us in with the history of each stop.
The evil wastelanders of CHESTERFIELD, MO spill their propaganda on the web. Buy! Develop! Sprawl!
The (incredibly thourogh, official) St. Louis Homepage.
A descriptive, if rather cynical, St. Louis Homepage.
The INCREDIBLE forest park link. This is the greatest part of St. Louis, An amazing set of links, the grandest of which is that of the St. Louis Science Center!

A fine listing of some of the best bars of Milwaukee!
Sweet Jesus!!! It's the inevitible University School of Milwaukee Home Page. My blessed alma matter (Sigh!...weep!...moan!)
A good jumping off point for exploration!

My RESUME!
Crude diagram endorsing public transportation, or how I got home.
A photo..Tis I, on the shore of Gitche Gummi! (HEY!!! Guess the literary reference and win a prize!)
A rather extensive Photo Gallery
Pals with Pages
Junk I've found cool.
Asinine wastes of time.
Specialty links to Pages I've helped design: The Gargoyle Committee and The Eliot Review. and KWUR 90.3 FM

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At least people have been here since March 18th, 1996!
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