HAPPY DAY OF THE DEAD

  OAXACA MEXICO

Creation of elaborate altars to remember the dead is a longstanding tradition in Mexico.

FELIZ DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

 OAXACA MEXICO

Throngs of locals jam the streets in a fusion of traditional Day of the Dead altars and modern Halloween costumes.

THIS BLOG CELEBRATES 160,000 READERS

A TOTAL READERSHIP THAT EQUALS OR SURPASSES
THE SUNDAY CIRCULATION OF THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Today, we passed 160,000 unique visitors to this blog.

We have made more than 1,800 original posts.

We have shared more than 1,500 original images from all over the world.

We were the photographer for more than 1,000 of those images.

Our blog items have a cumulative word count above 140,000 -- enough to fill three books.

We promise to continue posting daily, on issues such as:

Urban Design

Wheelchair Access

Mobility

Universal Design

Travel

Sustainability

Town Planning

Inclusive Mobility

Barrier-free Design

Fine Art Photography

Human Rights

THANKS SANTA, FOR 155,000 READERS...

...AND A GREAT 2017

Today, we passed 155,000 unique visitors to this blog.

We have made more than 1,700 original posts.

We have shared more than 1,000 original images from all over the world.

Our blog items had a word count above 120,000 -- enough to fill at least two large books.

We are thankful for a great 2017, including:

January -- I learned that PlusUrbia Design would be honored in May with the American Planning Association's  Economic Development Planning Gold Standard for the Wynwood Neighborhood Revitalization District.

February -- We celebrated Valentine's Day with our beautiful Siamese cat Honeybear.

March -- I learned that PlusUrbia Design would be honored in September with the American Planning Association Florida's Award of Merit in Neighborhood Planning for the Hialeah Transit Oriented Development.

April -- I went on a writing assignment to New Orleans and made friends with some jazz musicians.

May -- I observed Ramazan in Istanbul and made friends with legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer Ara Guler.

June -- Heidi Johnson-Wright was one of the very few non licensed architects to make a major presentation at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Conference in Orlando.

August -- I drew an assignment to co-author a major feature article on for Planning Magazine on Inclusive Mobility.

September -- We survived Hurricane Irma, only losing a fence along with some other outside damage.

October -- I went on a photo assignment to Oaxaca, Mexico and stayed through Dia de los Muertos.

November -- Heidi Johnson-Wright won the Pen 2 Paper writing contest for Crip Cargo.

December -- PlusUrbia Design moved to its new Coral Way studio office, after years in the Grove produced 10 awards and proclamations in the span of three years and the firm worked on key plans for Little Havana, Coconut Grove, El Portal, 395 and the SMART Plan of Miami-Dade County.