Why You Should Embrace Guerrilla Placemaking: Abrazzo
It used to be called guerrilla urbanism. Young intellectuals. Secretly building urban improvements in the middle of the night. Intending...
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WHY DESIGN MATTERS
In Miami, where car is king and pedestrian and bicyclists are a serious nuisance, MHCP COLAB's Melissa Hege uses her urban planner’s eye to share her photographs of good urban design from national and international cities. Each article features a neighborhood, street or park and identifies all the design parts that make it a successful place.
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Melissa Hege
- Aug 13, 2019
- 6 min
This Miami Food Hall's Best Dish Isn't on the Menu: It's a Community Thing
The best food halls are pretty on the inside and the outside. And the very best ones create a hub of activity
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Melissa Hege
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
Miami's Stairway to Heaven: Brightline
Intense traffic, gridlock on I-95 and delays from construction projects were ruining our beautiful town, but along came Brightline and...
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Melissa Hege
- Feb 28, 2019
- 6 min
How Can Caped Zebras Make Our Streets Safer?
Everything You Wanted to Know About Safe Streets, but Were Afraid to Ask On Monday morning, I was greeted by a group of friendly...
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Melissa Hege
- Jan 17, 2019
- 3 min
Miami Art Week: We Never Looked So Good
Before Santa comes his little elves descend upon Miami and take over our town for the biggest, baddest art fair in all of the land. They...
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Melissa Hege
- Oct 25, 2018
- 5 min
Table for 400: Miami's Latest Experiment, Taste of Avenue 3
It's not every day that you can enjoy an intimate meal with 400 of your closest friends, but community dinners are a thing. And Miami...
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Melissa Hege
- Aug 31, 2018
- 3 min
A Tropical Urban Oasis: How Upper Buena Vista Got it Right
Miami is a beautiful city with it's turquoise ocean and maze of water and bridges. Water inspires everything we do. It shapes our...
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Melissa Hege
- Jun 26, 2018
- 3 min
Why You Should Be Jealous of this Gorgeous Design District Alley
If Rome had a do over, the architects would have made something like this. It's not enough that the Design District visionaries at DACRA...
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Melissa Hege
- May 31, 2018
- 6 min
A River Runs Through It: New York's Hudson River Park
You don't need Brad Pitt to make this river shine. New York's Hudson River Park is 4-miles of waterfront park perfection. We loved the...
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Melissa Hege
- Apr 25, 2018
- 6 min
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The New Urban Crisis--Let’s Talk
Miami is a special place for me. It’s where I became an adult and it’s where I witnessed Miami’s evolution from being a brash and flashy...
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Melissa Hege
- Mar 31, 2018
- 4 min
Pineapples, Bicycles and Bulb-outs (Oh My!): How this Small Village is Nailing it
Some cities always cry out for attention while others quietly progress with spectacular results. The sleepy little Village of Miami...
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Melissa Hege
- Oct 31, 2017
- 5 min
Neon Dreams: A Biscayne Boulevard How To
Photo courtesy of MiMo Biscayne Boulevard Association Coppertone Girl Miami is a big bold city- always in the news, for better or worse....
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Melissa Hege
- Jul 31, 2017
- 4 min
Placemaking, We've Got this Miami
Miami Beach You know those cities whose cool factor just eludes you? The ultra hip downtown with its farm fresh markets, organic raw...
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