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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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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...
Melissa Hege
Nov 9, 20193 min read
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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
Melissa Hege
Aug 13, 20196 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Mar 31, 20193 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Feb 28, 20196 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Jan 17, 20193 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Oct 25, 20185 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Aug 31, 20183 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Jun 26, 20183 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
May 31, 20186 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Apr 25, 20186 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Mar 31, 20184 min read
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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....
Melissa Hege
Oct 31, 20175 min read
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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...
Melissa Hege
Jul 31, 20174 min read
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