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"The soul created the arts wherever they have flourished. It was in his own mind that the artist sought his . It was an application of his own thought to the thing to be done and the conditions to be observed. And why need we copy the Doric or the ic mo del. Beauty, convenience, grandeur of thought, and quaint expression are as near to us as to any, and if the American artist will study with hope and love the precise thing to be done by him, considering the climate, the soil, the length of the day, the wants of the people, the habit and form of the government, he will create a house in which all these will find themselves fitted, and taste and sentiment will be satisfied also."
<a href="http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm"target="new">Emerson</a>

This website is about the Cause of Architecture and the problems of City Planning. References to Scripture are purely coincidental to give credit where credit is due. The KYMAK concept of City and Regional planning develops the ure and system of government envisioned by the Founders of our Nation from the first settlers in Virginia in 1609, and Massachusetts in 1620, to our Declaration of Independence in 1776 and our sacred Federal Union by the United States Constitution of 1789 continuing to this day whereby the Law expresses the will of the People. If we will reverence the law, KYMAK shows us how to stop <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5eGw8NJWDEAK_BXNyoA?p=urban+sprawl&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501-s"target="new">Urban</a><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm"target="new"> Sprawl</a> while assuring rapid growth with the benefits of Beauty - KYMAK strates how to design cities in accordance with the Law which will enable an aesthetic order that would relieve the unrest that causes crime and mental illness. It is in the interest of public health and safety that KYMAK guidelines be adopted as the basis of all Federal funding for Transportation and Urban and Community development. KYMAK's point of beginning (POB) is near the center of population now; therefore, one goal of KYMAK is to relocate the seat of government from Washington, DC to Jackson County, Missouri. Site Selection is the Architect's prerogative, although that has been a lost cause until now. KYMAK makes it very clear, Site Selection is the Architect's prerogative in their role as the coordinators of the building process. It is time to allow Architects to take charge of the building process, beginning with Site Selection. The solution combines the prophetic future cities described by Ezekiel and the Apostle John in The Bible with the ideas of two AIA Gold Medal recipient architects: the orderly Township Scheme of Thomas Jefferson and the uniquely American Democratic city planning concept of Frank Lloyd Wright.

KYMAK architectural site selection
Name: KYMAK agent : <a href=" to:douglas36601@ . ">douglas36601@ . </a>
AL 36601-0534 United States of America

"And he that talked with me had a <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel 40:5;&version=9;"target="new">golden reed</a> to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, 750,000 reeds (1500 miles)."

<a href="http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc44.shtml"target="new">"Thou shalt ask and it shall be revealed unto you in my own due time where the New Jerusalem shall be built."</a> (44:47)
<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/57"target="new"> "And thus saith the Lord your God...the place which is now called Independence (Missouri) is the center place"...</a> (57:3)

Compare: <a href="http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p4.htm"target="new">CCC 307</a> "To human beings God even gives the power of freely sharing in his providence by entrusting them with the responsibility of "subduing" the earth and having dominion over it. God thus enables men to be intelligent and free causes in order to complete the work of creation, to perfect its harmony for their own good and that of their neighbors. Though often unconscious collaborators with God's will, they can also enter deliberately into the divine plan by their actions, their prayers and their sufferings. They then fully become "God's fellow workers" and co-workers for his kingdom."

<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/84"target="new"> "Which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot, which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western boundaries of the State of Missouri"...</a> (84:3)

American Democracy, in its myriad personalities, in factories, work-shops, stores, offices through the dense streets and houses of cities, and all their manifold sophisticated life must either be fibred, vitalized, by regular contact with out-door light and air and growths, farm-scenes, animals, fields, trees, birds, sun-warmth and free skies, or it will certainly dwindle and pale.
Whitman

And hail, to the man whose abode is
Where in a town the country pursuits with the city are blended.
On him lies not the pressure that painfully hampers the farmer,
Nor is he carried away by the greedy ambition of cities.

This enterprise is the professional and ethical responsibility of <a href="http://www.planning.org/japa/articlesindex.htm"target="new">architects</a>, and they have the legal and moral support of the people in various statutes at all levels of government; architects may not be trained to understand these laws, but implementation is not a forlorn hope because the general public is informed and duly motivated to demand something better than what we have now. KYMAK can supply this demand which has been a practical and technical impossibility. It is a revolutionary concept but one that can be accomplished peaceably.

I think if we (architects) were to wake up and take a good look at ourselves, as ourselves without trying to pass the buck without trying to blame other people for what really is our own shortcoming and our own lack of character we would be an example to the world that the world needs now. We wouldn't be pursuing a cold war. We would be pursuing a great endeavor to plant, rear, and nurture a civilization. And we would have a ure that would convince the whole world. We'd have all the Russians in here on us, working for us - with us, not afraid that we were going to destroy them or destroy anybody else. It's because of cowardice and political chicanery, because of the degradation to which we have fallen - as men". <a href="http://www.franklloydwright.org/"target="new"><img height=10 width=10 src="http://www.geocities.com/clipart/pbi/bullets/Templates/SquareBigRedBullet.gif" border=0 > Frank Lloyd Wright</a>
Excerpt from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0851393527/qid=1121956116/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl14/102-3720574-6771318?v=glance&s=books&n=507846"target="new">1949 AIA Gold Medal acceptance speech</a>.

Compare: <a href="http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s1c2a1.htm#1889"target="new">CCC 1889</a> "Without the help of grace, men would not know how "to discern the often narrow path between the cowardice which gives in to evil, and the which under the illusion of fighting evil only makes it worse."13 This is the path of charity, that is, of the love of God and of neighbor. Charity is the greatest social commandment. It respects others and their rights. It requires the practice of justice, and it alone makes us capable of it."

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We really have nothing to fear if we follow the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/KYMAKsiteselection.html"target="new">laws of orderly development</a>. In his Broadacre City concept, see The Living City, c. 1958, Wright noted that the best defense against weapons of mass destruction would be the kind of decentralized city he envisioned, and as KYMAK strates on these web pages. <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">YHWH provides</a>

"When the materials are all prepared, the architects shall appear.
I swear to you the architects shall appear without fail! I announce them and lead them;
I swear to you they will understand you, and justify you;
I swear to you the greatest among them shall be he who best knows you, and encloses all, and is faithful to all;
I swear to you, he and the rest shall not forget you they shall perceive that you are not an iota less than they;
I swear to you, you shall be glorified in them."

"Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment. Then you put all gainsayers in the wrong. Then you are the world, the measure of right, of truth, of beauty. If we will not be mar-plots with our miserable interferences, the work, the society, letters, arts, science, religion of men would go on far better than now, and the heaven predicted from the beginning of the world, and still predicted from the bottom of the heart, would organize itself, as do now the rose, and the air, and the sun."

"Wealth has its source in applications of the mind to nature, from the rudest strokes of spade and axe, up to the last secrets of Art. Intimate ties subsist between thought and all production; because a better order is equivalent to vast amounts of brute labor." <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/pax.html"target="new">(Intelligence is capital</a>)

By law the seat of government must be located near the center of population. KYMAK's point of beginning (<a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=15&X=1882&Y=21638&W=1&qs=%7CIndependence%7CMO"target="new">POB</a>) is near the center of population now. It was marked prophetically to be the future seat of government in 1831 and is now a National Historical Site. Relocation of the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Examiner.jpg"target="new">seat of government</a> to Independence, Missouri was suggested by City Planners and by President Truman during his term of office. <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/15_acre_block.jpg"target="new">The two stones placed on the site in 1831</a> <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/pob1831.jpg"target="new">(enlarged view)</a> are on an angle bearing North 11.75 degrees East which is the diagonal of the square - this is a builders or surveyors device to determine orientation of the building and all building projects within the city. It applies to the 1500-mile square and by extension to the infrastructure of our entire nation. One goal of KYMAK is to relocate the seat of government from Washington, DC (the center of population in 1800) to Missouri (the center of population in the year 2000) around an orderly and systematic plan as required by law, rather than traditional helter-skelter haphazard development, future development is so coordinated and interrelated that planning guidelines for any size or type <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/projects.html"target="new">project</a> whether a garden or landscape layout, a house, an office building, a factory, government center, a church, a road, a street, or a subdivision, etc., may begin at any point anywhere in the country.

This website is about the Cause of Architecture and the problems of City Planning. References to Scripture are purely coincidental to give credit where credit is due. The great American architect, <a href="http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=124121712"target="new">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> in his treatise on City Planning said Art, Science and Religion are inseparable parts of a whole. It was after 20 years of research that I found the solution to the problems of Urban Design and Planning was in two future cities described in Scripture; answers to all the problems of life in the Universe no matter how simple or complex the problem are in Scripture - no wonder this great book has such universal appeal.

When I became aware of the problem in 1957, City Planning experts said no one could design a city. They admitted they had to fake it in order to please the politicians who demanded it of them; now, it has become a tradition that makes the law of no effect. City leaders need a comprehensive master plan to get federal funding. The city planning profession was a well intended creation of the banking industry from the 1920's. Bankers as land owners had assumed the site-selection function but without the knowledge and skill that was vested in architects by virtue of education and training. Most Architects neglected this function due to its complexity and because they could not make a living in competition with the banking industry. Now, everyone is in so deep and so entangled that it is practically impossible to get out. I avoided that simply by finding some other way to make a living. Each week I spent three days as a temporary worker in a wide variety of tasks; the remaining three days I spent in libraries doing research.

Legislation prohibiting land owners from subordinating the role of Architects in the site selection process would effect Banks and others in the site selection business. The KYMAK plan would give coordinated guidelines to property owners that would lead to orderly and systematic development required by laws already on the books. This issue can best be resolved on a National level by the power of Congress to regulate commerce among the Several States - a power generally usurped by the States; one step to recovering this power would be for Congress to adopt the KYMAK plan as the basis of current Federal funding of State and Municipal building projects such as highways and urban and community development.

"It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going downhill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in convulsions." - August 1776

"All successful men have agreed in one thing, they were causationists. They believed that things went not by luck, but by law"

Background

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Benchmark

In October 1971 I moved from Crane to Odessa, Texas. In 1977 continuing 20 years of research in the unsolved problem of City and Regional planning, I began to develop the KYMAK concept after discovering the teachings of the 19th Century American Prophet, Joseph Smith who had received miraculous revelations in 1831 of some very simple guidelines to solving the problem; yet neither he nor anyone else ever saw or understood them. The Mormons were tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail and out of the State by the older settlers who felt threatened after they started pouring into Independence, Missouri by the thousands.

In January 1972 two Mormon Missionaries came to my door and we discussed their faith and doctrines for several weeks. They gave me a copy of The Book of Mormon with their names signed inside the cover. I set it on the shelf after reading three or four chapters and forgot about it; but on January 25, 1977 - thanks to suggestions that the Book was true by a Messianic Pastor, Jacob Hawkins, whom I had met in December 1976 - I decided to accept it on faith and read it as if it were Scripture just as I did The Bible. Then it came alive with meaning and substance I had not noticed before.

I began to investigate the Mormon Church in Odessa immediately and then in the early Spring I went for the first time to see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Temple_Lot)"target="new">Temple Site</a> marked in 1831 by Joseph Smith in Independence, Missouri; After visiting the Temple Lot, when I walked across the street to the Mormon Visitors Center, the tour guide I met at the door was the Father of the Missionary who had given me the Book of Mormon in 1972. I toured the area spending some time around Adam-Ondi-Ahman north of Gallatin on the Grand River and also at Far West, camping out there and at a nearby State Park campground. Later I moved to the campgrounds at Lake JACOMO and while camped out there on April 6, 1977 I drew on a United States road map the 1500-mile square with Independence as the Center Place and Salt Lake City in one corner. During the following year these exciting geometrical and geographical relationships miraculously unfolded before my eyes:

Examining the map, you see that Odessa, Texas is on the same latitude as old Jerusalem. A geodesic line (Great circle) connects old Jerusalem with Independence, Missouri and Odessa, Texas. These two lines intersect near Odessa, TX.

You see that <a href="http://www.kirtlandtemple.org/"target="new">Kirtland, Ohio</a> (see Joseph Smith) is on the opposite side of the 1500-mile square in almost the same relative position as Odessa.

You see that by counting each 84-mile regional square with <a href="http://www.mormonwiki.com/Stake"target="new">Kirtland as number one</a>, numbering counter-clockwise the region exactly opposite Kirtland is number 40 and includes Crane County, Texas - this is 12 regions down and seven regions up on the western side of the comprehensive 1500-mile Square.

You see that a narrow 30 mile-wide zone aligned parallel and perpendicular to the 1500-mile square and connecting these regions extended further east also connects the spot in upstate New York where the Book of Mormon was found and thence to the birth place of Joseph Smith in Vermont.

How did all these historical sites come to be arranged in such a neat and precise geometrical order?

In October 1987 during my 33rd visit to the <a href="http://terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=15&X=1882&Y=21638&W=1&qs=%7cIndependence%7cMO"target="new">Independence area</a> I finally deciphered the full purpose and intent of the <a href=" http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/pob1831.jpg "target="new"> two marker stones</a>. In his office using his drafting table I immediately made and gave my first drawing of it to Hugh Kensler supervising architect for the RLDS's new Temple project across the street; evidence of influence of the geometrical aspects shown in my drawing can be seen in some aspects of the HOK architectural firm's 1988 design of the <a href="http://terraserverusa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=15&X=1882&Y=21638&W=1&qs=%7cIndependence%7cMO"target="new">new RLDS Temple</a> – for instance the large ceremonial door is facing Odessa, Texas and the angles of the west ramp and east entrance driveway. It also definitely influenced, as is clearly seen in, the orientation of the new Temple Lot Church of Christ's building in 1990.

The next year 1978 in February after an extensive tour of various other denominatins and their Churches around town I discovered in one case, that in Odessa an almost <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/odessadwg.jpg"target="new">equilateral triangle</a> is formed by the position of three non-conformist groups, the LDS Chapel, Pastor Hawkins' "House of Yahweh" at <a href="http://maps.yahoo.com/index.php#mvt=m&q1=%203rd%20and%20amburgay%20Odessa%20texas&trf=0&lon=-102.382042&lat=31.839504&mag=3"target="new">3rd & Amburgay</a> (originally built by the Nazarene Church also previously occupied by a Baptist Church), and at the other corner of the triangle is a Jehovah’s Witnesses Hall on 4th street.

A line extended westward from the JW Meeting Hall bisecting its corner of the triangle connects to another JW Hall beyond. A line from that point parallel to the base of the triangle extended eastward forms an irregular symmetrical five-point star with a line bisecting the HOY corner of the triangle.

The house where I lived on east Mable St. was on the circumference of a circle one mile from the center of the triangle.

In another case you can see there is a <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/benchmarkusgs.jpg"target="new">Cross</a> formed as follows: A line extending east from the LDS point of the triangle connects a Lutheran Church, the First United Pentecostal Church, The Catholic Church and a Second Baptist Church (and another Lutheran some distance beyond). A line from the Pentecostal Church extended south connects a Baptist Church, The First Christian (Disciples of Christ), The First Baptist, and The First Methodist Churches - this forms a cross. The First Methodist owned a site just above the Pentecostal and their present location is slightly off to one side and at the bottom of the cross. There are several other configurations of various Churches in Odessa.

How did all these diverse Christian groups come to be arranged in such a neat and precise geometrical order with little relation to existing urban development?

You see that the Odessa triangle is about 57 degrees at the LDS corner which points toward SLC, Utah - Odessa is in about the same relative position in the 1500-mile Square along this line.

You see that the HOY & JW corners are angles about of 61.5 degrees each. This information reveals what the base angles of the tent-like pyramidal shaped structure covering the vast interior along a perimeter of a square 665 miles from the POB in Independence would be - where it meets the Earth tangent to the curvature of KYMAK datum positioned as a dome of 3950 miles radius (a sphere about equal to the polar radius of Earth) - the same angle as the sides of the Great Pyramid of Egypt at about 51 degrees 51 minutes 14.25 seconds. This tent is almost 1200 miles high indicating a needle structure about 10 miles square at the base extending 300 miles up to the total specified height of 1500 miles.

I was raised in Crane, Texas and in 1977 was living in Odessa when this matter unfolded over a period of a year or two. Thence I began to develop the KYMAK concept as the solution to the unsolved problem of city planning. I thought then, I have found it – “Eureka!” I am still convinced of that.

About this time I conceived a schedule with seven years, until 1984, to convey the idea to the people and 12 years, until Passover day 1996 to prepare the site. I noted that schedule in an interview by the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Examiner.jpg "target="new">Independence Examiner</a>. This interview was after the Merkabah landing was aborted; and when I had returned for another visit to the Temple Lot shortly thereafter, I saw there was evidence of a near landing of a smaller craft indicated by an oval shaped burn on the grass about 50 x 75 feet in size near the Northwest corner of the Temple Lot. When I asked Elder James M. Case, the guide at the Visitors Center about the burned spot on the grass, he just smiled. Further corroborating evidence emerged in 1995.

It is remarkable that there were news reports beginning in 1995 of a mysterious object in the vicinity of a 4200 year cycle comet, called "Hale-Bopp", returning to the Sun. So the last pass of the comet was in the days of <a href="http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?new=1&word=peleg&section=0&version=kjv&language=en"target="new">Peleg</A> when the earth was divided. News reports were by credible <a href="http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/comet/"target="new">astronomers</a> that the object was three times the size of the Earth and from credible theologians that led many thousands of people hearing these reports to believe that it was the packaged New Jerusalem coming. One small group of excited fanatics committed sui cide over the event causing the news media to discredit the whole affair. It came closest to Earth on Passover day March 22, 1997 - this was my birthday.

"I look for the hour when that supreme Beauty, which ravished the souls of those eastern men, and chiefly of those Hebrews, and through their lips spoke <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/LawofHeaven.html"target="new">oracles to all time</a>, shall speak in the West also. The Hebrew and Greek Scriptures contain immortal sentences, that have been bread of life to millions. But they have no epical integrity; are fragmentary; are not shown in their order to the intellect. I look for the new Teacher, that shall follow so far those shining laws, that he shall see them come full circle; shall see their rounding complete grace; shall see the world to be the mirror of the soul; shall see the identity of the law of gravitation with purity of heart; and shall show that the Ought, that Duty, is one thing with Science, with Beauty, and with Joy."

Introduction

When I became aware of the problem, City Planning experts said no one could design a city. They admitted they had to fake it in order to please the politicians who demanded it of them; now, it has become a tradition that makes the law of no effect. City leaders need a comprehensive master plan to get federal funding. The city planning profession was a well intended creation of the banking industry from the 1920’s. Bankers as land owners had assumed the site-selection function but without the knowledge and skill that was vested in architects by virtue of education and training. Most Architects neglected this function due to its complexity and because they could not make a living in competition with the banking industry. Now, everyone is in so deep and so entangled that it is practically impossible to get out. I avoided that simply by finding some other way to make a living. Each week I spent three days as a temporary worker in a wide variety of tasks; the remaining three days I spent in libraries doing research.

Legislation prohibiting land owners from subordinating the role of Architects in the site selection process would put Banks and others out of the site selection business. The KYMAK concept of a comprehensive regional master plan would only give coordinated guidelines to these land owners that would lead to orderly and systematic development required by laws already on the books. This issue can best be resolved on a National level by the power of Congress to regulate commerce among the Several States - a power generally usurped by the States; one step to recovering this power would be for Congress to adopt the KYMAK concept as the basis of current Federal funding of State and Local building projects such as for highways, and urban and community development.

This website is about the Cause of Architecture and the <a target="new" href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/comment.html">problems of City & Regional Planning</a>. References to Scripture are purely coincidental to give credit where credit is due. The great American architect, <a target="new" href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Wright%2C+Frank++Lloyd&bi=0&bx=off&ds=30&recentlyadded=all&sortby=17&sts=t&tn=Living+City&x=72&y=17&yrh=1958">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> in his treatise on City Planning said Art, Science and Religion are inseparable parts of a whole. It was after 20 years of research that I found the solution to the problem of Urban Design and Planning was in two future cities described in Scripture; answers to all the problems in the Universe can be found in these great books, no matter how simple or complex - no wonder The Bible has such universal appeal.

In the last 100 years the problem of City Planning in the United States has been confused and complicated by adverse European City Planning influences that are incompatible with our American system of government; the Founders of our Federal Republic in writing the <a target="new" href="http://www.house.gov/house/Constitution/Constitution.htmll">United States Constitution</a> foresaw that danger as noted in the concluding paragraph of <a target="new" href=" http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_11.html">Federalist Paper #11 </a>: “Let the … States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence”…</a> This practice, of following the example of European cities, which enables the continuous growth of one city in a region, began formally in Chicago, Illinois about 1908 with architect <a target="new" href="http://www.architechgallery.com/arch_info/exhibit_docs/exhibitions_2003/burnham_chicago.html">Daniel Burnham</a>, a student of the European <a target="new"href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture">Beaux-Arts</a>. Although architects such as Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright showed us <a target="new" href="http://pomegranate.stores.yahoo.net/a108.html">an American Architecture</a> and, as Thomas Jefferson did, how to design a city that is compatible with American Democracy, the power of big city politics has prevailed <a target="new" href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/memo.html">contrary to law</a>. But that direction can change as <a target="new" href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html">YHWH provides</a>. Congress has declared the future welfare of the Nation depends on it: <a href="http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml">42USCode Section 5301(b)(1)</a>

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Alabama Planning Code

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-85-2.htm"target="new">Section 11-85-2 </a>
Composition; qualifications, appointment, terms of office, compensation and removal of members; vacancies.
The regional planning commission shall consist of nine persons.

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-85-3.htm"target="new">Section 11-85-3 </a>
Organization, staff, procedure, etc.; appropriation and expenditure of funds. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the provisions of Sections 11-52-4, 11-52-5 and 11-52-6 relative to organization, rules, staff, finances, procedure and miscellaneous powers and duties of municipal planning commissions shall, so far as applicable, apply to regional planning commissions.

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-85-4.htm"target="new">Section 11-85-4 </a>
Adoption, etc., of master plan for physical development of region by commission; contents and purpose of plan. Any regional planning commission is hereby authorized and empowered to make, adopt, amend, extend and add to a master regional plan for the physical development of its region. Such plan shall be based on comprehensive studies of the present and future development of the region with due regard to its relation to neighboring regions and the state as a whole and to neighboring states. Such plan, including maps, charts, diagrams and descriptive matter, shall show the commission's recommendations for the physical development of the region and may include, among other things, the general location, extent and character of streets, parks and other public ways, grounds and open spaces, public buildings and properties and public utilities (whether publicly or privately owned or operated) which affect the development of the region as a whole or which affect more than one political subdivision of the state within the region, the general location of forests, agricultural and open development areas for purposes of conservation, food and water supply, sanitary and drainage facilities or the protection of future urban development and a zoning plan for the control of the height and area or bulk, location and use of buildings and premises and of the density of population. Such master plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the region and of public improvements and utilities which do not begin and terminate within the boundaries of any single municipality or which do not relate exclusively to the development of any single municipality and which will, in accordance with the present and future needs of the region and the state, best promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development.
(Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §811.)

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-4.htm"target="new">Section 11-52-4 </a>
Municipal Planning Commission - Chairman and other officers; meetings; adoption of rules of procedure; maintenance of record of resolutions, transactions, etc.
The commission shall elect its chairman from among the appointed members and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of office of the chairman shall be one year, with eligibility for reelection. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
(Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §789.)

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-5.htm"target="new">Section 11-52-5 </a>
Municipal Planning Commission - Appointment, etc., of employees; contracts with consultants, etc.; expenditure of funds.
(a) The commission may appoint such employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law as govern other corresponding civil employees of the municipality. The commission may also contract with city planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants for such services as it may require.
(b) The expenditures of the commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the council, which shall provide the funds, equipment and accommodations necessary for the commission's work.
(Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §790.)

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-6.htm"target="new">Section 11-52-6 </a>
Municipal Planning Commission - Powers and duties generally.
(a) In general, the commission shall have such powers as may be necessary to enable it to fulfill its functions, promote municipal planning or carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) The commission shall have power to promote public interest in and understanding of the master plan and to that end may publish and distribute copies of the plan or of any report and may employ such other means of publicity and education as it may determine.
(c) Members of the commission, when duly authorized by the commission, may attend municipal planning conferences or meetings of municipal planning institutes or hearings upon pending municipal planning legislation, and the commission may, by resolution, spread upon its minutes, pay the reasonable traveling expenses incident to such attendance.
(d) The commission shall, from time to time, recommend to the appropriate public officials programs for public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof.
(e) It shall be part of the duties of the commission to consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations and with citizens with relation to the protecting or carrying out of the plan.
(f) The commission shall have the right to accept and use gifts for the exercise of its functions.
(g) All public officials shall, upon request, furnish to the commission within a reasonable time such available information as it may require for its work.
(h) The commission, its members, officers and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon any land and make examinations and surveys and place and maintain necessary monuments and marks thereon.
(Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §795.)

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-8.htm"target="new">Section 11-52-8 </a>
It shall be the function and duty of the commission to make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside of its boundaries which, in the commission's judgment, bear relation to the planning of such municipality. Such plan, with the accompanying maps, plats, charts and descriptive matter shall show the commission's recommendations for the development of said territory, including, among other things, the general location, character and extent of streets, viaducts, subways, bridges, waterways, waterfronts, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, squares, parks, aviation fields and other public ways, grounds and open spaces, the general location of public buildings and other public property, the general location and extent of public utilities and terminals, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, for water, light, sanitation, transportation, communication, power and other purposes, the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use or extension of any of the foregoing ways, grounds, open spaces, buildings, property, utilities or terminals; as well as a zoning plan for the control of the height, area, bulk, location, and use of buildings and premises. As the work of making the whole master plan progresses, the commission may from time to time adopt and publish a part or parts thereof, any such part to cover one or more major sections or divisions of the municipality or one or more of the aforesaid or other functional matters to be included in the plan. The commission may from time to time amend, extend or add to the plan.
(Acts 1935, No. 534, p. 1126; Code 1940, T. 37, §791.)

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<a href="http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/con stitution.html"target="new">We the people</a> of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Urban Policy
Section 4501
It is the policy of Congress to encourage the rational and orderly <a

Section 4502
(b) Existing and future programs must be inter-related and coordinated within a system of orderly development...
(d) The Congress further declares that the national urban policy should - (6) Encourage planned communities. (8) increase coordination among Federal programs...
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Community Development
Section 5301
(b) The Congress further finds and declares that the future welfare of the Nation and the well being of citizens depend on the establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities, and require (1) … new centers of population ...
(c) The primary objective is ... (5) ...a better arrangement of residential, commercial, industrial, ...and other needed activity centers.

MPO's
23USCode
Section 135
Statewide transportation planning
(a) General Requirements. -
(1) Development of plans and programs. - To accomplish the objectives stated in section 134(a), each State shall develop a statewide transportation plan and a statewide transportation improvement program for all areas of the State, subject to section 134.

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/41-9-200.htm"target="new">41-9 (excerpts)</a>:
Section 200(a)
(1) Orderly development (2) comprehensive plans for development to guide local units of government. (3) Growth problems best solved by overall planning guide. (4) Local State Regional coordinated planning efforts and (5) Orderly and harmonious coordination of state and local plans and programs with those of the federal government, state and regional planning and programming requires direct leadership by the Governor.
(d) The Alabama Development Office is hereby authorized to make grants from appropriations to regional planning and development commissions which are certified to receive such grants by the Governor under the provisions of Sections 11-85-50 through 11-85-55.

Alabama Code: <a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-85-1.htm"target="new">11-85 (excerpts)</a>:
Section 3
<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-85-3.htm"target="new">Architects and Engineers</a> (See <a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-5.htm"target="new">11-52-5</a>)
Section 4
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/plan.html"target="new">Master plan</a> for economic development of entire region with due regard for neighboring regions and states for location of public works, open spaces and buildings and of forests, agriculture and conservation areas. Provide for future urban development and population distribution and diversity. Through coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development, promote order, convenience, efficiency and economy.
Section 5
After adoption of master plan, the governor, each municipality and the county commissioners are so advised.
Section 6
May be adopted by municipalities in accordance with State Code 11-52, Sect. 8, 9 and 10 and 40-1. Prepare plans for general pattern and intensity of land use; 2) coordinate related activities among governmental units; and 3) suggest ways to administer implementation. Also see 11-85-56 (50-55: SDECA Section 41-9-200 (a) (1),(2),(3),(5),(b) and Section 41-9-202 (d).

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-1.htm"target="new">Code</a>: 11-52 (excerpts)
Section 5
Architects, City Planners, Engineers, and others to design:
Section 8
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/plan.html"target="new">Master plan</a> for Public Works, open space and buildings with zoning for private uses of buildings and land (e.g. industrial, commercial or residential). Note: Zoning and planning relates to Systematic and Orderly <a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/13A-11-7.htm"target="new">(cp. 13A-11-7)</a>: development of a community and to regulating the use of land in designated areas.
Section 9
Due regard for neighboring territory, the purpose is to guide and accomplish a coordinated (see: Code 34-2-30 (2)) adjusted and harmonious development of the environment ... promote order, convenience, efficiency and economy for traffic and in the distribution of population.
Section 10
After public notice the adopted master plan is filed with the county probate judge as a matter of public record.
Section 11
When adopted variances may be allowed only through certain proscribed procedures. Note: (11-52-5 applies to Chapter 85, also). See 11-85-2 et sec. Subdivisions: 11-52-30; Major street plan: 11-52-50; Zoning reg.: 11-52-70.

<a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm"target="new">Alabama Code:</a>Section 11-19-8
Section 11-19-10 Powers and duties of planning commission generally; special surveys or studies; right of entry upon lands for preparation of examinations and surveys. (a) It shall be the function and duty of the county planning commission to make and maintain comprehensive surveys and studies of existing conditions and probable future developments in the flood-prone area of the county and to prepare comprehensive plans for physical, social and economic growth as will best promote the public health, safety, morals, convenience, prosperity or the general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the development of the flood-prone area of the county. The county planning commission shall have the authority to: (1) Promote public interest and understanding of the economic and social necessity for long-term, coordinated county planning. (2) Confer and cooperate with the federal, state, municipal and other county and regional authorities regarding matters pertaining to or affecting the planning or development of said county, or vice versa, for the purpose of assuring proper coordination of county development with that of other political subdivisions. (3) Prepare and recommend for adoption to the appropriate county commission or authorities a zoning ordinance and map for the flood-prone area of the county. (4) Prepare and recommend for adoption to the appropriate county commission or authorities regulations for the subdivision of land within the flood-prone areas of the county jurisdiction and administer the regulations that they may be adopted.

<a href="http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c000-099/0640000010.htm"target="new">Missouri Code 64.010</a >. ...the county commission is authorized and empowered to provide for the preparation, adoption, amendment, extension or carrying out of a county plan and to create by order a county planning commission...

bridges, public buildings, schools, parks, parkways, forests, wildlife refuges, dams, and projects

<a href="http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutesearch//"target="new">64.060: </a>...may provide for the proper location and width of streets, building lines, open spaces, minimum width and area of lots, street grading and paving, sewers, water and other utilities, which are necessary to avoid the congestion of population and to protect the public health, safety or the general welfare.

Plan, prepared how--purposes:
In the preparation of the city plan, the commission shall make careful and comprehensive surveys and studies of the existing conditions and probable future growth of the municipality. The plan shall be made with the general purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated development of the municipality which will, in accordance with existing and future needs, best promote the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development.
(L. 1963 p. 146 § 6)

And thou, America!
Thou too surroundest all
Embracing, carrying, welcoming all, Thou too, by pathways broad and new,
Approach the Ideal
The measur’d faiths of other lands—the grandeurs of the past,
Are not for Thee—but grandeurs of Thine own;
Deific faiths and amplitudes, absorbing, comprehending all, All in all to all.
Transcribed from Walt Whitman

Major development is in the outer 96 mile-wide zone between the 6000 mile perimeter (blue line on drawing - click on links below) and the orange line which is the main transportation route and industrial area.

Projects

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Solution for 1957 Design Problem:
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<A href="http://www.alarc.org/index.html"target="new">ALABAMA:</a>
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Project

NAD 83!!!
NE corner: S'654 x 226 ⁴/ ₂₁ E' (Lee County on Georgia line)
Bearing from POB N 127.6539047 deg. E
(North of Phenix City)
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/ImageInfo.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=16&X=213&Y=1126&W=1"target="new">N 32.5722124521 x 85.0400894287 W</a>
h=4414.40 ft.; h= (H-N)
Rm=85.577; Rn=101.065 ft/sec

Unit center line at Parkway: S'660 x 226 ⁴/ ₂₁ E'
Bearing from POB N 127.8147185 E
(Columbus, GA)
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/ImageInfo.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=16&X=215&Y=1124&W=1"target="new">N 32.4953037571 x 84.9920302563 W</a>
h=4380.32 ft.; h= (H-N)
Rn=101.064; Rm=85.65 ft/sec

Unit Center: S'660 x 232 1/7 E'
Bearing from POB N 127.3533402 E
(Columbus, GA)
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/ImageInfo.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=16&X=215&Y=1124&W=1"target="new">N 32.5351485811 x 84.9019972164 W</a>
h=4348.671 ft.; h= (H-N)
Rn=101.065; Rm=85.612 ft/sec

NAD 83!!!
Unit Center: S'660 x 221 ²/₂₁ E' (not computed yet)
Bearing from POB N 127.---- deg. E
(Phenix City)
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/ImageInfo.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=16&X=214&Y=1122&W=1"target="new">N 32. x 85. W</a>
h= ---- ft.; h= (H-N) Rn=101.---; Rm=85.--- ft/sec

NAD 83!!!
SE Corner: S'666 x 226 ⁴/₂₁ E' (not computed yet)
Bearing from POB N 127.---- deg. E
(Phenix City)
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=2&S=14&Z=16&X=214&Y=1120&W=1"target="new">N 32. x 85. W</a>
h= ---- ft.; h= (H-N) Rn=101.---; Rm=85.--- ft/sec
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Project

Wilmer area crossing into Mississippi
SW Corner: S'665.95 x 17 6/7 W' (on N' R.O.W line of Freeway)
NAD 1983!!!
Bearing from POB N 148.2878104 E
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=2&S=16&Z=16&X=27&Y=265&W=1&qs=%7CMobile%7Cal%7C"target="new">N 30.7209302184 x 88.5578957309 W</a>
h=5505.29 ft.; h= (H-N)
Rm=87.29; Rn=101.036 ft/sec
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Project

Mobile Unit center: S' 684 x 5 20/21 E'
NAD 83*
Bearing from POB N 146.2507788 E
<A href="http://msrmaps.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=16&X=497&Y=4240&W=1"target="new">N 30.6645731766 x 88.0616771269 W</a>
h=5312.037ft
Rn=101.035; Rm= 87.340 fps
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Project

Point 2: S 684 ⁵/ ₆ x 6 ¹¹/₁₄ E
N 30.6598133773 x 88.0431223 W
h=1616.748
Rn=101.34956; Rm=87.345

Point 2: S' 690 x 11 19/21 E'
N 30.6312614816 x 87.9253257838 W
h = 5255.217ft
Rn=101.0345; Rm=87.37fps

Point 2: S' 679 ¹/₂ x 6 ²⁰/₂₁ E'
N 30.7285325305 x 88.0845352409 W
h=5330.74 ft
Rn=101.036; Rm=87.283 fps

CALIFORNIA:
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Project
Unit centers are 250/21 miles apart each way.
Marin County: W' 1196 3/7 x 970 5/21 N'

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Eldorado County
Units are 250/21 miles square

NAD 83!!
Unit Corner: W' 88 units x 75 units N'; K=2
F=135-F'-Q = N 82.78831344 W

<a href="http://msrmaps.com/"target="new">N 38.874061555 x 119.960234338 W</a>
h=2444.274 M / 0.3048 = ft
Rn=101.17; Rm=79.086 ft/sec * 0.3048 = M/sec

Four Corners

POB___________________________________
Missouri (point of beginning) NAD83!!
N 39.09085867 x 94.42799108 W
h=2575.57 (verify)
Rn=101.175; Rm=78.845 fps

I. WEST___________________________________
Nevada NAD 83!!
N'750-M x 750W', F=90-F'=78.25, K=3
<a target="new" href="http://msrmaps.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=11&X=904&Y=5612&W=1">N 40.5305776845 X 114.338664188 W </a>
h=9341.080 ft (H= (h-N)
Rn= 101.200; Rm= 77.218

II. NORTH_________________________________
Canada NAD83!!
http://toporama.cits.rncan.gc.ca/toporama_en.html
E'750-M x 750N', F=F'=11.75, K=1
N 54.0439636761 x 89.1909552388 W
h=7838.270 ft
Rn= 101.438 ft/sec; Rm=59.699 ft/sec

III. EAST__________________________________
North Carolina/Atlantic NAD83!!
E'750-M x 750S', F=90+F'=101.75, K=1
<a target="new" href="http://msrmaps.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=2&S=18&Z=18&X=7&Y=74&W=1">N 34.482451326 x 76.1162812609 W</a>
h= 292.86 ft
Rn= 101.096 ft/sec; Rm= 83.715 ft/sec

IV. SOUTH_________________________________
Mexico NAD83!!
S'750-M x 750W', F=135+F'+Q'=191.75, K=1
N 23.9485425689 x 97.7990819984 W
h=7253.616 ft
Rn= 100.938 ft/sec; Rm= 92.768 ft/sec

Reuben-Gate: N 750 x 500 W !
F=45-F'+Q=66.96198909; K=2
N 43.0671493769 x 110.915575024 W
h=3032.35975 M
Rn=101.245; Rm=74.231 fps

Judah-Gate: N 750 x 0 !
N 47.8595273548 x 103.260012927 W
h=3116.3697
Rn=101.330; Rm=68.194 fps

Levi-Gate: N 750 x 500 E !
F=Q+F'-45=0.4619890905; K=1
N 52.1488238345 x 94.2742686566 W !
h=2755.913 M
Rn=101.405; Rm=62.382 fps

Joseph-Gate: E 750 x 500 N !
N 50.8691191662 x 86.4170212519 W
h= 2191.905 M
Rn= 101.383; Rm= 64.154 fps

Benjamin-Gate: E 750 x 0 !
N 44.3930062954 x 81.7413529681 W
h= 1529.475 M
<a href="http://nservices.com/gps.htm ">GPS</a>(verify):
N 44.3930204667 x 81.7413371779 W
h= 1528.591 M
Rn= 101.2685; Rm= 72.611 fps

Simeon-Gate: S 750 x 500 E !
N 33.0652428484 x 80.0939720321 W
h= 661.163 M
Rm= 101.073; Rn= 85.105 fps

Issachar-Gate: S 750 x 0 !
N 29.7884683918 x 87.604767341 W
h= 1523.809 M
Rn= 101.0215; Rm= 88.118 fps

Zebulon-Gate: S 750 x 500 W !
N 26.00292461 x 94.5363844724 W
h= 2053.114 M
Rn= 100.966; Rm= 91.239 fps

Gad-Gate: W 750 x 500 S !
N 26.8990893591 x 100.098467403 W
h= 2416.222 M
Rn= 100.979; Rm=90.536 fps

Asher-Gate: W 750 x 0 !
N 32.609657943 x 105.17269182 W
h= 2747,142 M
Rn= 101.066; Rm= 85.541 fps

Naphtali-Gate: W 750 x 500 !N
N 37.9942441504 x 111.0486275 W
h= 2884.017 M
Rn= 101.156; Rm= 80.052 fps

Andy/sapphire: N 660-M x 250 W
F=45-F'+Q=54.01527529; K=3
N 44.542713687 x 106.01446122 W
h=3114.628 M
Rn=101.271; Rm=72.426 fps

Phil/chalcedony: N 660-M x 250 E
F=45-F'-Q=12.48472471; K=3
N 49.022385183 x 97.7798776 W
h=2957.580 M
Rn=101.351 ft/sec; Rm=66.652

John/emerald: N 660-M x 660-M E
F=F'=11.75; K=1
N 52.2612631409 x 89.9977897934 E
h=2480.153 M
Rn=101.407;Rm=62.224 fps

Bart/sardonyx: E 660-M x 250 N
F=45=F'-Q=35.98472471; K=1
N 47.0607693819 x 85.6654301 W
h=2067.365
Rn=101.316; Rm=69.235 fps

Tom/sardius: E 660-M x 250 S
F=45+F'+Q=77.51527529; K=1
N 40.5760736333 x 81.28779938 W
h=1284.161
Rn=101.200; Rm=77.165 ft/sec

Jim/chrysolite:S 660-M x 660-M E
F=90+F'=101.75; K=1
S 35.1814920234 x 78.198898035 E
h=491.425 M
Rn=101.108; Rm=83.011 fps

Matt/beryl: S 660-M x 250 E
F=135+F'-Q=125.9847247; K=1
N 32.6542822047 x 84.6318596102
h=1296.2889 M
Rn=101.067; Rm=85.498 fps

1/28/2003
James A./topaz:S 660 x 250 W
N 29.0674961434 x 91.9092199924 W
h=1946.6698 M
Rn=101.01057; Rm=88.743 fps

*Thad/chrysoprasus: S 660 x 660 W
N 25.776133387* x 97.4451617269* W
h=7367.47ft
Rn=100.96;Rm=91.41 ft/sec.

Simon/jacinth: W 660 x 250 S
N 30.5900738317 x 101.363731661 W
h=2595.948
Rn=101.034; Rm=87.407

Paul/amethyst: W 660 x 250 N
N 36.2018322564 x 106.785570345 W
h=2885.168
Rn=101.125; Rm=81.960 ft/sec

Heaven on Earth

In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John envisioned The New Jerusalem, also called Zion, the House of Yahweh or simply Heaven, coming down to Earth (Revelation 21:10-16). Its measurements are given as 1500 miles in all three dimensions. Isaiah (760 BC) and Micah (735 BC) prophesied, "the mountain of the House of Yahweh" would be on Earth in the latter days. <o:p></o:p>

Isaiah describes it as a tent with stakes and cords. Some say it is pyramidal, others assume it is cubical - a Shepard's tent is pyramidal and is supported with <a target="new" href="http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=site%3Abible.cc%20stakes%20cords">stakes</a> at its corners and along its perimeter. It has a "great and high wall" with twelve foundations on an inner perimeter and another wall along the outer perimeter suggesting a court in between the two walls as mentioned in Revelation 11.

<st1:city><st1:place>Saint Augustine</st1:place></st1:city>: "Socrates saw that causes exist only in God and can only be comprehended by a pure mind". De Civitate Dei, Bk 8, Chap. 3 <o:p></o:p>

Among the ancient Hebrews, a primary symbol of peace and prosperity was for every family to have its own grapevine and sit in the shade of its own fig tree. <o:p></o:p>

During Solomon's time, 1 Kings 5:5 tells us, "<st1:country-region><st1:place>Judah</st1:place></st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region><st1:place>Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> lived in safety, from Dan even to -sheba, all of them under their vines and fig trees." In 2 Kings 18:31 (repeated in Isa. 36:16), the scalawag Rabshekah campaigned for Israel to abandon King Hezekiah, promising that under Assyrian rule, "every one of you will eat from your own vine and your own fig tree." <o:p></o:p>

When the prophet Micah proclaimed a future era of peace for God's people, he said they would not only hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks, but also they would "all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid" (Mic. 4:4). <o:p></o:p>

Likewise, the prophet Zechariah spoke of a great day of redemption for <st1:country-region><st1:place>Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region>, promising that "On that day, says the LORD of hosts, you shall invite each other to come under your vine and fig tree" (Zech. <st1:time hour="15" minute="10">3:10</st1:time>). <o:p></o:p>

The ability to have one's own vine and fig tree implied a time of peace and stability, for neither vines nor fig trees can be expected to produce useful fruit in a single season. It suggested that one had access to enough land for raising crops and grazing cattle, with a spot left over to plant grape vines and fig trees as a source of sweetness and shade, a place of hospitality where neighbors could share their blessings and themselves with one another. <o:p></o:p>

The beauty of the vine and the fig tree was such that the prophets also used them as a metaphor for <st1:country-region><st1:place>Israel</st1:place></st1:country-region> in times of faithfulness and fruitfulness. But, when God's people turned their trust to the ways of the world and failed to be faithful, the prophets spoke of fruitless times. "The vine withers, the fig tree droops," said Joel (<st1:time hour="13" minute="12">1:12</st1:time>). <o:p></o:p>

Haggai spoke of a time when the vine and fig tree had not born fruit, but saw hope in the laying of a foundation for the temple, promising in God's behalf that "From this day on I will bless you" (Hag. 2:19). <o:p></o:p>

TLC

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The Temple Lot is owned by the <a href="http://www.churchofchrist-tl.org/history.html"target="new">Church of Christ (Temple Lot)</a> also known as the "Hedrickites" after Granville Hedrick, an Elder ordained by Joseph Smith but who split with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by Brigham Young to Utah after the mur der of Joseph Smith in 1844. Hedrick led his Illinois based Church back to Missouri in 1867 to reclaim the Temple Lot which had been marked and dedicated in 1831 by Joseph Smith, et al. This is one of three main splinter groups including the RLDS Church led by Emma Smith and her son Joseph Smith III and the LDS Church led by Brigham Young to Utah which both the CCTL and the RLDS opposed.

The CCTL is the smallest group in membership size but holds the <a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/dc/57/3#3"target="new">spot of land</a> most coveted by all the other groups. This site is now designated for the New US Capitol Building which will seat over 12000. The New White House, a 55' x 65' multi-story building which must be built first, is on another lot and centered 528' (1/10 of a mile) Westward.

Implementation

"Jenny wrote"

Jenny wrote:
Douglas, Also, how long can you stay in the planning phase without land acquisition? The 'plan' can only be put into play if the 'owner' can secure the property…. I hope your legal team, or the 'owners' legal team is up to par on all of the particulars. I hope all of the displaced folks don't gather together for the biggest class action in history. I am curious as to whether the plan is for complete instantaneous realization, or is it a long-term project that will have to be carefully planned and guided for decades?
Peace Everlasting, Jenny

Reply:
On my part as architect or designer-planner, it is finished. This is a generally much neglected service to prospective clients. At the outset of my own practice in 1966 - as a matter of Professional and Ethical Responsibility - I resolved to find a way to fit the buildings I designed into an orderly City plan rather than continue the traditional practice of building cities helter-skelter haphazard, without an orderly and systematic plan. This is what I found – eureka; so, now, I am ready and waiting for clients.

The plan can be implemented one project at a time - a single building, a subdivision, a new road or freeway, or a complete municipal unit (about 12 miles square). The planning is finished and development can begin immediately anywhere in the country. It is a little like putting a jigsaw puzzle or mosaic together but much simpler. It is done on a unit system. I furnish the loci (two or more normal perpendicular geographical coordinates) which can be used by a surveyor to layout the guidelines. My equation (algorithm) is precise and absolutely accurate. No one need be displaced. It is a matter of personal choice as far as I am concerned. Government agencies may try to force things but there is a normal legal procedure for doing so or granting variances. States have police power and ent domain. The law requires orderly and systematic development. I believe in obeying the law.

If I were in business I think I could presently handle all this alone but a sales person would be needed. Someday, I might form a Business Trust – I am not the business type; I could not sell ice water to a man dying of thirst. The building industry accounts for 15% of GNP. If half of that is new construction and we can get 1% of the market and KYMAK receives $1 for every $1000 and I get a 10% commission, that would be $700K per year leaving the remainder less costs in a Business Trust. That seems reasonable to me but what do I know? Anyway, I cannot sell the idea for several reasons. So I am giving it away to anyone who asks as time permits.

If anyone wants to know how they fit into the scheme I would need your address or a close approximation of your latitude and longitude so that I can show how your property fits into the proposed KYMAK comprehensive planning guide. Eventually it will be followed by all who choose to go by the law; the only alternative is continuing confusion in the growth of cities.

Memo

COMMENT

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April 25, 2000
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Mobile County's Road To Land Use Planning
by Bill Patterson, <a href="http://www.theharbinger.org/xviii/000425/patterson.html"target="new">The Harbinger</a>

There is no zoning or land-use planning in the unincorporated areas of Mobile County....

The principle unit of local government in the county's unincorporated areas is the Mobile County Commission.....

But the county's involvement with subdivisions is limited, The Harbinger learned....

For comprehensive planning for roads, the county relies on the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The Harbinger talked with Bill Morgan, a planner at the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission (SARPC)...

Morgan said the federal government requires "any entity in any urban area with over 50,000 people" to be part of an MPO if it wants to get federal transit dollars, and he knows of no city of any size that is not part of an MPO....

Morgan added that while new roads can act as "catalysts for development," growth in Mobile County has been too rapid for the highway planners....

Commissioner Jones believes the county will not be able to plan for and regulate growth until the state legislature grants the county Home Rule....

Jones said the county needed Home Rule because "it would give the county the local authority to develop and implement plans that address our land use, zoning, water and sewer needs."...

The Harbinger talked with Jeff Jordan of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs about planning and regulation by Mobile County....

Jordan also suggested Mobile County adopt planning and zoning districts like Baldwin County's....

Jordan wondered, however, if there is the political will in the county to enforce the greater regulation required by community planning....

In 1975, Florida enacted standards for local land-use plans in counties and cities....

The Commissioner wants more power; the law is against him, as it should be if we can believe what <a href=" http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?bx=off&sts=t&ds=30&bi=0&an=padover&y=7&tn=Jefferson+on+democracy&x=46&sortby=2"target="new">Thomas Jefferson</a> said about County Commissioners. Not only this, County Commissions typically show partiality to and tend to promote and collude with the dom inent city to take over the whole County. While this may seem right it is wrong; but how can they know unless <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/background.html"target="new">Architects and City Planners</a> tell them? State law gives authority to the Governor; The Regional Planning Commission is empowered to make and adopt a Comprehensive Master Plan; from these guidelines Municipalities can develop and adopt their own master plan. Regional Master Plans are under the authority of the Governor in Alabama as are other planning agencies such as the State Highway Department, The State Development Office, The State Department of Economic and Community Affairs, The State Dept. of Environmental Management, etc. thru which Federal dollars are channeled to local government. Each Municipality must make and adopt a master plan to receive Federal money. None of them have done that, but they may say they have; if they had it would have been evident in subdivisions filed in the County Probate Court in accordance with <a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/11-52-10.htm"target="new">the law</a>. They are faking it (for lack of a concept) as architects and city planners well know and, laughing sadly, admit it; but everyone else does it. It's a time honored tradition. Tradition makes <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/KYMAKsiteselection.html"target="new">the law</a> of no effect. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Jeff Jordan's suggestion that Mobile County adopt planning and zoning districts like Baldwin County's is similar to what KYMAK does for Mobile County and every other County in the Nation.

Federal law requires new centers of population to prevent continuous growth. Thomas Jefferson <a href="http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&biw=1020&bih=535&q=The+management+of+commerce+is+a+function+best+left+to+individuals%2C+but+the+regulation+of+commerce+in+the+public+interest%2C+to+the+extent+provided+by+the+Constitution%2C+is+the+business+of+Congress&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=d2830aec572bff8b"target="new">said</a>, "The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body." Jefferson saw the problem of big cities in Europe while he was U. S. Ambassador to France. Judging from the Federalist Papers, #17 written in 1787 to explain the intent of the Framers of the U. S. Constitution, State and Local Government has usurped the powers delegated to Congress concerning taxation and the regulation of commerce. Congress has in return usurped the powers reserved to the States. Corruption of local officials was what Jefferson saw as the major problem with County Commissioners – this is probably an even bigger problem in our big cities but there were no such big cities in America in 1800. That was our greatest virtue and can yet be, simply by the design of cities in an orderly and systematic way as required by laws now being ignored by public officials.

The prevailing bad habit of continuous growth of the dom inent city strates how the love of power and the lu st of domin ation works. Also see, See James Madison in F.P. #46, "These gentlemen must here be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone". However, the law that expresses the will of the People is ignored. In his essay on Power, Emerson noted, "<A href="http://www.emersoncentral.com/power.htm"target="new">All successful men have agreed in one thing</A>, — they were causationists. They believed that things went not by luck, but by law" 42U.S.Code Section 5301 (b)(1) “ requires <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/summary.html"target="new">new centers of population</a>” just as much as healthy growth of an organism does - one overgrown cell can kill the body.

The Chamber of Commerce is composed of such gentlemen as <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_12.html"target="new">Hamilton describes in The Federalist #12</a>, ”The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all <a href="http://bible.cc/luke/16-8.htm"target="new">enlightened</a> statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares. By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human <a href="http://bible.cc/1_timothy/6-10.htm"target="new">avarice</a> and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.” . They bring in developers to the County but tend to overextend their influence; this <A href="http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=suboptimize&mkt=en-us&FORM=ENCAR1"target="new">suboptimizes</A> the end result and decreases the benefits to society. They ignore the law which expresses the will of the people and seek to change the law; the <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=criminal+coercion&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8"target="new">criminal element</a> resorts to intimidation to maintain their do minance over the development process - ignorantly assuming the site selection role of the Architect in the building process. Highly trained design and construction professionals, learned professionals, equal in their field of knowledge to doctors and lawyers, cannot function as we desire when under such duress; this is uneconomical, wasteful and counterproductive - a dangerous and destructive practice that has resulted in <a href="http://ecojustice.net/2005-ENVRE120/PDF/20020000-Smart-Growth-10-Commandments.pdf"target="new">confusion, disorder</a> and <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpaper.html"target="new">imbecility in government</a>. <a target="new" href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html">(also)</a>. The role of the architect in <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/KYMAKsiteselection.html"target="new">site selection as restored by KYMAK</a> assures a healthy aesthetic that would conserve public health and safety by reducing the causes of crime and mental illness resulting from disorderly development and <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu4ot9FhJHvcA1xdXNyoA?p=urban+sprawl&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8"target="new">urban sprawl</a> – <a href="http://bible.cc/isaiah/24-10.htm"target="new">cities of confusion</a>. They sure know how to make money but not to spend it, unless intuitively. When people use their intuition in matters of which they know little or nothing they are gentle, peaceable and reasonable; if they resort to intimidation to get their way – that is <A href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/13A-6-25.htm"target="new">criminal</A>.

<a href="http://www.emersoncentral.com/spirituallaws.htm"target="new">"Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom</a> which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment. Then you put all gainsayers in the wrong. Then you are the world, the measure of right, of truth, of beauty. If we will not be mar-plots with our miserable interferences, the work, the society, letters, arts, science, religion of men would go on far better than now, and the heaven predicted from the beginning of the world, and still predicted from the bottom of the heart, would organize itself, as do now the rose, and the air, and the sun."..."<a href="http://www.emersoncentral.com/wealth.htm"target="new">Wealth has its source in applications of the mind to nature</a>, from the rudest strokes of spade and axe, up to the last secrets of Art. Intimate ties subsist between thought and all production; because a better order is equivalent to vast amounts of brute labor." Ralph Waldo Emerson

Formulas

Dr. Dennis G. Milbert
Chief Geodesist
NOAA, National Geodetic Survey, N/NGS
1315 East-West Hwy., SSMC3, Room 8635
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282

which began Wed, 06 Mar 2002 07:24:21 -0500. Adjustments of POB were completed by 12/18/2005 - see line 588.

Note: Lines 5 ~ 70 measure on KYMAK datum, a sphere; equations following line 70 transform to the reference ellipsoid indicated. Lines 10 & 20 elementary geometry of the circle in radians; 30 finds central angle C in degrees; 65 & 70 spherical trigonometry;

Please note:
In line 20, L has changed from a geodesic to a parallel, as is K. An asterisk, * will be used to mark these corrected coordinates where shown on KYMAK webpages.

83 IF K=3 THEN 253:REM K=3 if "S" distance is between longitude 106.3527415 deg. and POB

93 IF N=3 THEN 303:REM N=3 is for points between POB and longitude 106.3527415 deg.

150 PRINT P,N,H:END:
REM “P”=latitude;”N”=longitude;”H”=h (ellipsoidal height)

253 K=Q-W-U:GOTO 85:REM W + U, 90 + Q at line 75 and > M at line 75 and line 588

484 B=B+0.014:X=X-0.9956:Y=Y-1.9013:Z=Z-0.5215:GOTO 65:
REM WGS84 for <a href="http://nservices.com/gps.htm"target="new">GPS</a> (b=a-fa)
POB N 39.0908733888 x 94.4279813064
h=2574.363M (corrected 12/18/05)

588 M=94.36979847:V=90-39.071644754:
REM Previously, M=94.37020442:V=90-39.071586376 corrected 12/18/05, estimated by measuring on map, moved 21.31ft north x 114.66ft east. Further adjustment may be needed - first order station point is required but unavailable at this time due to expense.

593 X=6830.025:Y=23277.302:Z=4931.751:X=X+6.72187753:Y=Y-155.4631616:Z=Z-177.0137639:
REM POB (corrected 12/18/2005 see line 588)
N 39.09085867 x 94.42799108 W
h=2575.57 M (verify);
Rn=101.175; Rm=78.845 fps (using Program #0, see below)

POB previously estimated,
N 39.09080015 x 94.4283950383 W
h=2575.596 (verify);
Rn=101.1749; Rm=78.845 fps
(corrected 12/18/2005 see line 588)

50 S=S=M*J:L=P/S:GOTO 10:REM This step goes with line 12.
REM Use "N" to adjust cummulative error in "T"

500 REM X=X+8:Y=Y-160:Z=Z-176:M=94.370186570:V=90-39.0715683177:
REM NGS alternate for line 588 ~ 593 (not to be used) h=2571.5206

527 REM (OBSOLETE NAD27data)
A=6378206.4:B=6356583.8
M=94.37019035:V=90-39.07160165:
GOTO 65:
REM NAD 1927 (Obsolete)
POB N 39.09079649 x 94.42816494 W
h=2608.874098

I=S/R/2=750/3950/2 search on Google finds:
(750/3950)/2 = 0.0949367089 = I
L=2*R*SinI
sine(750/3950/2)radians on Google finds:
sine((750/3950)/2)*radians = 0.0947941627 = sineI
2*3950*sin(750/3950/2)radians finds:
2*3950*(sin((750/3950)/2)*radians) = 748.873885 = L
E=R*CosI
3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians finds:
3950*cos((750/3950)/2)*radians = 3932.21273 = E
G=T/E/2
750/(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians)/2 finds:
(750/(3950*cos((750/3950)/2)*radians))/2 = 0.0953661527 = G
K=2*E*SinG
2*(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians*sin(750/(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians)/2 finds: 2*(3950*cos((750/3950)/2)*radians*sin((750/(3950*cos((750/3950)/2)*radians))/2)) = 748.863679 = K

D=Sqr(K*K+L*L
(2*(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians*sin(750/(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians)/2)^2 finds:
2*(3950*(cos((750/3950)/2)*radians)*(sin((750/(3950*cos((750/3950)/2)*radians))/2)^2)) = 71.3080456????????????????
???????????????????????? 748.863679^2 = 560796.81 = K^2
Your search - (2*(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians*sin(750/(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians)/2)^2 - did not match any documents.
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(2*3950*sin(750/3950/2)radians)^2 finds:
(2*3950*(sin((750/3950)/2)*radians))^2=560812.096 = L^2
sqrt((2*(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians*sin(750/(3950*cos(750/3950/2)radians)/2)^2+(sine(750/3950/2)radians)^2 finds:
(To be continued)
C=2*Asn(D/2/R
Q=Atn(T/S
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5 PRINT "Snyder (USGS), Iterations (algebraic)":
INPUT "N",M:E=0.066943644:REM GRS 80 (NAD 83)
REM M=-(N +/- S) see program #1 line 301 - 304

T=parametric angle; P=parallel (latitude); a=equatorial radius; b=polar radius; e=eccentricity; r=radius of parallel; z=polar axis; M=meridian (longitude)

Summary

No man can learn what he has not preparation for learning, however near to his eyes is the object. A chemist may tell his most precious secrets to a carpenter, and he shall be never the wiser, — the secrets he would not utter to a chemist for an estate...Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face, until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is like a dream.
<a target="new" href="http://www.emersoncentral.com/spirituallaws.htm">Emerson</a>

This website is about the Cause of Architecture and the problems of City Planning. References to Scripture are purely coincidental to give credit where credit is due. The KYMAK concept of City and Regional planning develops the ure and system of government envisioned by the Founders of our Nation from the first settlers in Virginia in 1609, and Massachusetts in 1620, to our Declaration of Independence in 1776 and our sacred Federal Union by the United States Constitution of 1789 continuing to this day whereby the Law expresses the will of the People. If we will reverence the law, KYMAK shows us how to stop <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5eGw8NJWDEAK_BXNyoA?p=urban+sprawl&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501-s"target="new">Urban</a><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm"target="new"> Sprawl</a> while assuring rapid growth with the benefits of Beauty - KYMAK strates how to design cities in accordance with the Law which will enable an aesthetic order that would relieve the unrest that causes crime and mental illness. It is in the interest of public health and safety that KYMAK guidelines be adopted as the basis of all Federal funding for Transportation and Urban and Community development. KYMAK's point of beginning (POB) is near the center of population now; therefore, one goal of KYMAK is to relocate the seat of government from Washington, DC to Jackson County, Missouri. Site Selection is the Architect's prerogative, although that has been a lost cause until now. KYMAK makes it very clear, Site Selection is the Architect's prerogative in their role as the coordinators of the building process. It is time to allow Architects to take charge of the building process, beginning with Site Selection. The solution combines the cities described by Ezekiel and the Apostle John in The Bible with the orderly Township Scheme of Thomas Jefferson and the uniquely American Democratic city planning concept of Frank Lloyd Wright; however, The KYMAK concept is not to constrain but to lawfully guide development as a service to and in cooperation with your own architect in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in the law.

<a href="http://uscode.house.gov/"target="new">U.S. Law</a>
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42USCode

Section 4502
(b) Existing and future programs must be inter-related and coordinated within a system of orderly development...
(d) The Congress further declares that the national urban policy should - (6) Encourage planned communities. (8) increase coordination among Federal programs...
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Community Development
Section 5301
(b) The Congress further finds and declares that the future welfare of the Nation and the well being of citizens depend on the establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities, and require (1) new centers of population ... (3) Streamlined...
(c) The primary objective is ... (5) ...a better arrangement of residential, commercial, industrial, ...and other needed activity centers.

The KYMAK plan (in combination with the Broadacre City Concept) is fully ready for use and has been offered to Congress for adoption as the basis for orderly, systematic, streamlined, coordinated development as is demanded by the people and expressed in law yet unfulfilled. The KYMAK concept completely supplies and fulfills the demands of the law. Current Federal funding serves only to aid and abet the opposite.

As a public service to architects, KYMAK coordinates will be provided for the beginning of the preliminary design stage of any project. A map for your area (similar to the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/mobileregion.jpg"target="new">Mobile Region</a>) will show KYMAK guidelines for any site as it relates to a comprehensive plan that covers all of North America.

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/drawings.gif"target="new">Mobile </a><a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/mobile_region.JPG"target="new">Region</a>
The Mobile Region map is a part of a larger regional plan. The straight orange line is in the major zone of development which extends to New Orleans and points beyond. The irregular brown line shows the fake Master Plan (official map) proposed in 1965 for continuous growth of the City of Mobile; the dotted green line is the current Mobile city limits. In the orderly and systematic plan Municipal units are about 12 miles square, the size of four townships, and are laid out on a bias to avoid confusion with other survey lines; thus oriented it is an economy toward building life extension. Unit perimeters are rights-of-ways reserved as open space for major transportation routes which can be developed as the need arises. The Mo del-city shown can be adapted to any unit but would apply only to new development particularly of streets and subdivisions; old development remains as long as it is useful or desirable - yellow zone is suburban based on Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City concept, blue is residential, green is agricultural, the red square is the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/executivecompound.jpg"target="new">executive compound</a>, the orange is the urban core, dotted green is public land for wild-life preservation. Suggested population densities and distribution and other details are on the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/modelcity.html"target="new">Model City</a> page.

<a href="southcentralregion.jpg"target="new"target="new">Southern Central Entrance (sketch)</a>

KYMAK Trust

ON BASIC ECONOMICS
The purpose of this article is to show how current economic theory is contrary to the economics of the American Revolution as much as it is also contrary to the original intent of the Framers of the U.S. Constitution. While contemporary theory seems to work well enough it tends to big city feudalism contrary to what the Founders of our Federal Republic intended. Following the law would work better for all of the people with more enduring benefits of freedom and independence in the long run.

The three factors of production, Land, Labor and Capital have always existed in the form of matter, energy and intelligence. The product of their application creates Wealth.

What is Capital? The Encyclopedia Britannica said in concluding its article on "Capital" that no satisfactory theory of Capital in economic terms has ever been given. The reason is that in current economic theory and practice the word "Capital" is confused with and has become synonymous with Wealth and money; but Wealth is the product of Land, Labor and Capital and money is the measure of Wealth being sold from day to day. Therefore Capital which is only one factor in the production of Wealth can neither be Wealth nor money. In ordinary terms Webster’s or any other Dictionary will define “capital” as the “head”, or “top” of something; as in “Captains of Industry” (entrepreneurial ability). I offer this definition: “economic Capital is brain power”; some economist call this “human capital” Capital may be the most important factor because nothing would get started without it; but without individual ownership of Land enough to at least feed and cloth ourselves if need be we may become slaves to those who do own it; and without the force of Labor nothing would get done and no capital ideas will ever come to fruition. The advantage of Capital is that it can control the other two factors of production - either for good or for evil. A false definition of Capital will likely do more harm than good; calling money "capital" generally amounts to only throwing money at the problem or down a rat hole. When Economists say wars are started with overflowing “capital”, they mean overflowing wealth or idlesse. The expression, “if you’re so smart why aren’t you rich” is based on the misleading and fraudulent definition that Capital is Wealth and money. The true definition of Capital is the intelligence or brain power that is used to produce Wealth, or steal it. A Venture Capitalist is one who invests his or her own money in entrepreneurs who encourage economic growth. It might also be noted that there are confusing differences between the use of the term in accounting and economics.

In classical economics there are three Factors needed in the production of Wealth. These are Land, Labor and Capital. The Land factor includes all material resources in their natural state which may be converted into energy or formed into goods. The Labor factor involves the amount of work done in the production of goods - measured in foot-pounds per second whether by manual labor, horsepower or machine (labor saving devices). The Capital factor involves Brain Power whether human intelligence and/or the inspirations of Divine Providence. Capital is the capacity of our brain to think creatively and productively. Wealth is whatever a single individual or family or an entire Nation or World may create using their own Land, Labor and Capital. Conserving Wealth by thrift and savings increases our power to create more Wealth, as it can buy time; and time is money. Wealth is power (but so is knowledge). Power in physics is the rate at which work can be done, i.e., the ability to do work. By using our accumulated wealth to pay for the use of other peoples’ productive capacity we may combine and organize the productivity of all the factors of production. Hence it becomes possible to create wealth at a faster rate; but it also provides the opportunity to defraud others in the process, without due regard for Nature or Labor or Capital, i.e., the genius who conceives the ideas. So, the opportunity for wealth managers to defraud others in the process of economic production must be proscribed by law without abolishing the use of their accumulated assets to aid and improve economic production.

What is Capitalism? How does it work and why? Without the ism it works only in a free enterprise or a laissez-faire economic system, where the people are free to live their lives as they please within the laws of society and where the laws protect individual liberty against a tyrannical majority; it will not work where men are unduly inhibited or enslaved. Confusion rules unless the Capital factor in economics is properly defined. The ism reflects that deficiency. An “ism” is an idea that is exaggerated. When economists define Capital as money or machinery or any other form of Wealth the issue gets complicated and confused; the Capital factor in the production process is confused with the end product which is Wealth. The weak and the meek may lose the true reward of their labors unless there are just laws to protect them; this has been the case in American democracy due to our Republican form of government. Republican government requires that citizens be well informed; it requires an educational system wherein wisdom is not lost in the process as will happen when greater stress is laid on getting “a living” i.e., money than getting wisdom and understanding. A true Capital based economy exalts the power of wisdom and knowledge. Capitalism exalts the power of money and wealth. That is the problem; and that is wherein the confusion of the Capital factor lies. In order to preserve the free flow of Capital ideas and a ready, willing and able Labor force, the law must proscribe the fraudulent use of money without discouraging those who have it from investing it in <a href="http://www.somoco.com/what/sub/salvage_lumber.html"target="new">productive</a> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=salvage+lumber&btnG=Google+Search"target="new">ways</a>. When I see buildings demolished without regard for the waste of salvageable materials I am sure it must be due to fraudulent use of money – where the value of investors time and money is held above the value of Mother Earth and her scare resources. That is not economical.

The reward of Land ownership is Rent (economic rent); for Labor the reward is Wages; and for Capital the reward is Interest in the idea and its exe cution without regard for monetary gain - sale of the end product is like icing on the cake but not to be denied by any means. The entrepreneur takes pleasure in creative thought and action; so does the employee - when they are using their intelligence they take interest and have pleasure in the production process. People with political power may exploit this and use it to defraud these producers. Each of these terms must also be well defined. Note that economic rent is for land only – renting or selling buildings or other products turns wealth into money - since buildings and other products are Wealth. Here is another point of confusion - the difference between the economic effect of land rent and building rent. Where there is confusion there is always opportunity for fraud. That is the problem in any economic system whatsoever whether Capitalism, Socialism, or Communism. Capitalism degenerates to Socialism (or Feudalism - due to such confusion, Municipal government has been and is still almost entirely feudalistic due to fees and taxes on labor and capital enterprises; the “fee” was a sum the surf paid an overlord to become a vassal. Mayor and Council are like feudal overlords and their vassals employees are like surfs. Some call it wage slavery).

In Socialism the State owns at least two of the factors of production. In Communism the State wholly owns all factors. Free enterprise demands that all factors of production be wholly owned or controlled by private citizens. A Laissez-faire social or political system assures a free enterprise economy by allowing a fair and equitable and economically and politically feasible portion of the rent for land be used by the State for public works and services rather than a tax on labor and capital. Taxes on labor and capital are a disincentive or “taxing” to productivity. This tax on economic rent is an incentive; it stimulates productivity. This is also called Site Value or Location Value Tax; since the economic value of land may be determined more by its location value than by its agricultural value.

Government has not lived up to the true meaning of our Constitution in matters of Economics due to confusion of these Factors and terms. Instead the government has taxed all three factors which amounts to Socialism or Communism. This is contrary to the intent of the Constitution; the only legitimate sources of revenue for Government is from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax"target="new">land tax</a> for the States <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_36.html"target="new">(see)</a> and a National <a href="http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer"target="new">consumption tax</a> <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_21.html"target="new">(see)</a>. Thereby government keeps "hands off" private property. Such a policy would guarantee the lawful management of labor and capital to private citizens.

Laissez-faire was the economic philosophy of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin learned of it first hand while Ambassadors to France. Jefferson brought Du Pont to America to promote it. Hamilton resisted it; apparently he came to accept it but also advocated a national sales tax. Adam Smith the British philosopher gave the term a different meaning in his Wealth of Nations published in 1776, that same year - was that by acci dent or by design? The confusion of this term has never been clarified. The French economist meant "hands off" or let it be in that government should keep hands off private property in taxation; let the reward of labor and capital be free from taxation;the only legitimate source of revenue is derived from the productive use of land, i.e., economic rent. Adam Smith used the term to signify an "invisible hand" that guides economic activity which makes government regulation unnecessary and counterproductive; so, Adam Smith, while ingeniously promoting industrial development missed or deliberately obscured the point of the French economist as Jefferson saw it. This may have been why Hamilton and Jefferson were at odds – Jefferson said Hamilton was too British in his thought processes; yet Hamilton recommended LVT to the States in FP# 36 which would indicate that he accepted that principal.

SVT (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_taxation "target="new">Site Value Taxation</a>) would bring the true meaning of laissez-faire to our economy. It would have to be implemented slowly, gradually and with as much care and skill as the several States can muster in monetary and fiscal policy. With the <a href="http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_bills"target="new">current move in Congress</a> and advocated by <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=mike+huckabee&fr=yfp-t-501-s&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 "target="new">Mike</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Huckabee"target="new">Huckabee</a> to <a href="http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_main"target="new">switch from the Income Tax to a National Sales tax</a> it is an opportune time for State and Local government to consider using the land value tax. Some American cities already use this system to some degree – lowering the property tax overall by incremental changes. The tax on building is reduced while the tax on vacant lots is slightly increased. This stimulates improvement of both land and buildings as well as easing the tax burden on the majority of citizens. Conservation of natural resources and places of rare natural beauty or historical value will continue as determined by law. Thereby State and Local governments’ sales tax also could be gradually lowered and finally eliminated. Such a sales tax has always been taxation without representation on visitors from outside jurisdictions; it is a violation of the original ideals of American Democracy that "taxation without representation is tyranny" - this can be remedied by <a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32"target="new"> SVT</a>. <A href="http://www.progress.org/cg/ourfeet.htm"target="new">Economists</A> estimate that a 4% SVT (including building growth which is 15% of annual GDP alone) would cover all costs of operating State and Local Governments.

In the economic order of a civilized and ured society the most luxurious crops to grow are buildings and public works. This is certainly one of the highest and best uses of the land; of course it cannot possibly be the only good use of land and building should be on land least valuable for other uses; steep and rocky places would make the best sites for buildings - creative and imaginative architects recommend it. See FLW, Malcolm Wells, and the sublimely efficient structures of Buckminster Fuller. Note: <a href="http://www.wealthandwant.com/docs/Wright_HG's_Remedy.html"target="new">1</a>/<a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=frank+lloyd+wright+on+henry+george&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 "target="new">2</a>

Divine Providence gave the Earth to mankind conditionally, within certain guidelines - it and everything in the Universe belongs to its creator, believed by Christians, Moslems and Jews to be <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/YHWH1.html"target="new">YHWH</a> whom Americans believe has endowed Mankind with such Rights as to the enjoyment of Life and Liberty, and Land, and to work, and to think and to be left alone and unmolested with our own private property and personal pursuits. American Government was established to guarantee that we are free to choose to do right as it is given us by Divine Providence to know the right or only to do as we please within the laws of Society – in The United States of America and most other Nations in the World it is universally accepted that Nature and the Laws of Divine Providence provide the best guidelines for the laws of Society; but how well does society follow these laws? Note that in Scripture borrowing is prohibited, i.e., "Thou shalt lend to many nations but thou shalt not borrow"; and lending money only to make money is prohibited except to a foreign Nation – “Thou shalt not put out your money to usury”. Selling land is proscribed, “The land shall not be sold forever, for the land is mine”. SVT is based on the tithe of 10% of the produce of land (now including building growth).

Aristocracy means the rule of the best. Jefferson thought the true Aristocrat would be Citizens who were intelligent, well educated and informed. In the beginning of this Democratic Nation the Laws of Nature and Its Creator were thought by the majority of the People to be best. We had a firm reliance on Divine Providence. Now, it has become Wealth and Money as a matter of fact – most people seem to believe the Rich are our best rulers and may refer to them as the Aristocrats. Here is another confusion of terms. The rule of Wealth or Money is defined as a Plutocracy - when these are a select few we have an Oligarchy. Nevertheless, as a matter of Law in The United States We the People rule by the principles of a republic by majority vote but only on Election Day and if the law is followed; the law expresses the will of the people and will not allow his majesty the citizen to be treated with contempt by anyone especially those we elect to serve or represent us, regardless of their sincere but often too eager desire to keep us gainfully employed and paying taxes - which has led them to ignore the laws of orderly development.

The confusion of an Aristocracy of Intelligence with the Aristocracy of Wealth may be entirely due to confusing of economic Capital with Money as explained above. A wealthy person no doubt has intelligence in his own field of endeavor but that intelligence does not extend to every field of endeavor. Bankers or Politicians (sometimes called good naturedly, the “Big Money Boys”) using other peoples' money or their own are usually not too intelligent in the fields of Architecture and City Planning or any other Profession if they are not personally well informed and well educated in the subject. The body of the U.S. Congress is about 80% Lawyers and Bankers. That is the problem of wealth verses intelligence we have to deal with, now. However, Hamilton justifies the <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu9b924FJ9CwAt7JXNyoA?fr2=sg-gac&sado=1&p=the%20virtue%20of%20selfishness&fr=yfp-t-501&pqstr=virtue%20of%20sel"target="new">virtue</a> of such selfishness in <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fed_12.html"target="new">The Federalist #12</a>, ”The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all <a href="http://bible.cc/luke/16-8.htm"target="new">enlightened</a> statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares. By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human <a href="http://bible.cc/1_timothy/6-10.htm"target="new">avarice</a> and enterprise, it serves to vivify and invigorate the channels of industry, and to make them flow with greater activity and copiousness.” . Also see, <a href="http://www.emersoncentral.com/power.htm"target="new">Wealth</a> & <a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=etas"target="new">Power</a>

"The concept for a Pax Americana (global peace) was outlined in President George Walker Bush's 31-page The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.pdf) [hereafter referred to as simply "the plan"] that was released on September 20, 2002"....

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Architects and Civil Engineers once worked together as master city builders. Beginning early in the 20th Century, Urban Planning specialists have competed with architects. However, Urban Planners are only engaging in damage control. Without the architect's knowledge of good design and the principles of building, the urban planner can only repair the damage caused by the helter-skelter haphazard growth of cities that grow continuously without good design or defined limits. Politicians holding power and control have assumed the role of the architect and take for granted that continuous growth around a central core is the best way to go. City Planners have turned a blind eye to master architect Frank Lloyd Wright's innovative machine-age linear Broadacre City concept.

While admitting their own inability, this is what Planners, with an air of superiority, said of Wright,

"Technically speaking, Broadacres cannot be taken too seriously, certainly not as a replacement for the core of big cities. Mr. Wright's vision is oriented more toward suburban life, ... But planners should not expect too much of architectural city designs. The architects who fancy themselves planners have never evinced an equal concern with all elements of the big city. ... It will take a really creative planner not an architect to someday give us a complete and dynamic design for the future city." - Book Reviews, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, vol. 25 (1958) p. 163-164.

On the contrary the modern linear streamlined Broadacre City, conceived about 1918 was and still is a genuine solution to the problems of planning for orderly development. Following parallel to the old land grant railroad corridors it eliminates dangerous and noisy railroad grade crossings. It has all the elements of urbanity to be found in the big centralized city except for the criminal element, the slums, the crowded conditions, the congested traffic, and the unreasonable noise. It expresses the highest ideals of American Democracy as defined by law (the will of the people). Only architects are educated to have the foresight needed to plan and design cities if they have not been co-opted by Urban Planners who are educated as specialist in damage control.

An effort to communicate with Urban Planners for over a year on their own turf ended abruptly as follows:

Re: <a href="http://www..org/forums/showthread.php?p=391416#post391416 "target="new" >Blocking sidewalk</a>, <a href=" http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=391564&postcount=8"target ="new" >Disorderly conduct</a>, <a href=" http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=391942&postcount=12"targe t="new" >Police power</a>, It can not be too often repeated - unless it is <a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=392738&postcount=27 11"target="new" >too often repeated</a> ... <a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=392756&postcount=27 13"target="new" >too often repeated</a>, <a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=393216&postcount=15 "target="new">Banned</a>.

Abe Lincoln:
<a href="http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/education/lonesom e.htm"target="new">..."Well now, it feels sort of like the fellow they ran out of town on a rail. If it wasn't for the honor of it, I'd just as soon walk.</a>

Cyburbia discussion moderators defend big city feudalism apparently unaware that it opposes the federalism which is the basis of our system of government in this Country. The Federalist Papers, written by James Madison and Alexander Hamilton after serving as delegates to the Constitutional Convention during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia; they express the Founders reasons for making our present form of Government a Federal Republic. Local politicians love the power they derive form overgrown, sprawling big cities and have not yet understood or accepted our Federal system in actual practice; they typically oppose Federalism while clinging to Feudalism - Planning professionals in the public sector can hardly oppose them and remain in their employ; in fact they feel obligated to defend them no matter what. Hopefully they will eventually give more careful attention to the KYMAK planning concept.

Thomas Jefferson:
"It can never be too often repeated, that the time for fixing every essential right on a legal basis is while our rulers are honest, and ourselves united. From the conclusion of this war we shall be going downhill. It will not then be necessary to resort every moment to the people for support. They will be forgotten therefore, and their rights disregarded. They will forget themselves, but in the sole faculty of making money, and will never think of uniting to effect a due respect for their rights. The shackles, therefore, which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of this war, will remain on us long, will be made heavier and heavier, till our rights shall revive or expire in convulsions." - August 1776

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11/14/06

<a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pioaths.html"target="new">The President</a>
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
DC 20500

Greetings:

Whereas We, the People of the United States of America have ordained and established that one member of <a href="http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/Apportionment.htm"target="ne w">the House</a> of Representatives may be appointed to represent up to 30,000 of us, and

Whereas considering the present population of these United States, 300M/30,000/435 = 22, then each of the existing 435 Congressional Districts could be subdivided into 22 or so precincts from which additional members of Congress could be duly elected who would choose from among them one who is best able to speak for them on any particular matter in Congress and to cast their vote at the seat of government; they may all share the same office facilities and staff, if not replacing the staff in some cases.

Therefore, be it resolved to issue by <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pioaths.html"target="new">your authority</a> an Executive Order directing that the aforesaid arrangement be made with all due diligence.

Sincerely,

A Citizen
In the name of <a href="http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm#7"target="ne w">Our Lord</a>, Amen.

References:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pioaths.html"]The President
http://www.thirty-thousand.org/pages/Apportionment.htm"]the House
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pioaths.html"]your authority
http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=350615&postcount=36"]A Citizen
http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm#7"]Our Lord
Federalist Papers #54 ~ 58

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9/06/06

Why not let our borders be from the Panama Canal to the Bering Strait in Alaska? Would that not solve problems of Homeland Security? Not to mention problems of illegal Mexican immigration.

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6/30/06

Nowadays, Science assumes too much, Art is impoverished, Religion is smug and degenerate. These essential elements of ure are out of balance. Let us be aware of that and seek a solution. When Science produces Truth, Art produces Beauty and Religion produces Goodness. This imbalance may well be rooted in the love of Money when it produces avarice and greed. (Paraphrasing F.Ll. Wright, Architect)

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6/29/2006

How about a reciprocal trade or Marshall Plan type of treaty with Mexico regarding illegal immigration. For as little as one or two percent of the number here illegally we could (with respect for the 1493 line of demarcation but in accord with the 1847 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) send a number of troops and a number of our Peace Corps or other management and skilled workers to help them get their economy up to par.

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3/26/2006

The Matt Drudge report last evening got me to thinking in a new way about the illegal Mexican immigration problem as his guest was making the old argument about the southwestern United States once belonging to Mexico.

It occurs to me that the Mexicans do not have a lack of land where they are - the problem is about their industry or more importantly their system of government. While it is a warmer climate they do not have to work as hard to survive as in northern climes. Still, as things are there is an inequitable distribution of the means of production due no doubt to their political system; that is where in they have problems. Maybe we should move into Mexico and set up a better political system as we are doing in Iraq; after all Mexico has a lot of oil, too - if that is a good incentive.

Also, on the Ron and Shane local radio show here the guest host who had been an imbedded reporter had some interesting thoughts about the Iraq economy. He suggested we put the money we are using to buy war supplies into the Iraq economy rather into other countries where we are now buying them - something like the Marshall Plan. He made a very good argument that it would make us a lot more welcome there.

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2/22/2006

It was with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence that this Nation defeated the most powerful military force on Earth in its War for Independence in 1788 with a fighting force of barefoot freckle faced farm boys with very few weapons and very little food and clothing.

Two centuries later this Nation has the most powerful military force on Earth and we are struggling to win a war with a group similar to what we had back then who profess a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence (<a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Yahweh+Allah&fr=FP-tab-web-t&tog gle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8"target="new">whom they call Allah</a>). It is a war that seems to be violating the <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%22the+prime+directive%22&ei=UTF -8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&x=wrt"target="new">prime directive</a>; unless it is our <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Manifest+destiny&fr=FP-tab-web-t &toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8"target="new">Manifest Destiny</a>.

However, what better way is there to improve on the situation than to go by our Constitution and it's Bill of Rights; then we would by virtue of Law be compelled to rely on the protection of Divine Providence (whom the Bible calls Yahweh <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Elohim+Allah&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab- web-t&x=wrt"target="new">Elohim</a>). Then we would have nothing to fear but fear itï¿½s self. Then we could, as we should, concentrate on building the New Jerusalem in America as our forefathers dreamed and hoped for. You hear the President and others say he feels his duty is to protect the people from these terr orist ï¿½ that is not true according to our Constitution; the Presidentï¿½s sworn (or affirmed) duty is to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. So, if the President is using political verbiage to justify his action, he is making his motives suspect. I do not oppose the War on te rror or war on any kind of evil - till kingdom come. That is the President's job, if Congress will allow him or her. I just believe that with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence we do not have to suspend the Constitution to do it.

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Item 8 - I first became aware of Health Foods at Taliesin and I have steadily become free of disease as a result of this new awareness. Now, my diet is purely of Kosher Health Foods as much as possible when they are available. More important in both the physiological and spiritual sense, this came to abstinence from unclean meats as listed in Leviticus 11.

Item 11 - I began the flagstone around the fountain with a new apprentice who went along with my amateurish efforts which I had reason to regret after FLW saw it - but it was a valuable learning experience after all. I had the stones I had picked up off the desert floor at random laid out in order when Alvin W. walked by. I said, “What do you think?” Alvin replied, “Why don’t you ask Mr. Wright?” When I asked FLW he simply said, “Use bigger stones.” then returned to the drafting room. I followed sitting down at my drafting table with some water colors I was doing while he commented further, obviously displeased with my selection of flagstones. He stood at his table a couple of rows ahead of mine (which was next to one of the doors opening to the pergola) and looking at me he proceeded to lay it on me. John "Jack" Howe came up to him as he continued. I thought of exiting the door but held fast and continued to do my water color. FLW said, “Get one of the apprentices who had worked with the stone masons in Wisconsin". That turned out to be Roy Guderian. Finally, FLW pointed his cane at me and said to John, “There is a good boy.” John said, “I know it.” Roy and I went up into the mountains and got some suitable stones. As we proceeded, I made forms around the rose bushes that were planted there to protect them; FLW took notice and said approvingly, “Who made those?” Roy pointed to me and replied, “Douglas.” All’s well that ends well.

Item 12 - One evening I was sitting at my table In back of the drafting room next to the door to the pergola. FLW came in and sat at the table on the aisle next to the fireplace and started working on a drawing. One of Olgivanna’s boys came in and said to him, “Mrs. Wright says the guests are here and dinner is ready.” Awhile later the boy came back and said, “Mrs. Wright says come to dinner.” It was no time to discuss my situation with him but I wonder why Olgivanna herself did not come to tell him and bring the guest with her since he was obviously absorbed in his work at the time; was he getting henpecked?

When I was in charge of maintaining the fountains at Taliesin West my efforts were winning favor with FLW. Then I was told to take out the lily pads and fish and to paint the bottom of the pools a sterile blue, to which I objected but docilely went along with it anyway. I am sure FLW was displeased with it.

Again, this was compounded by my suggestion and even after being told that he did not like this sport they assigned me the task of building a bas ketball court. I was just beginning this job, albeit with great reluctance, when FLW came storming out (apparently from Bruce's quarters); up close he looked very displeased. I simply motioned to my work with my out-stretched hand. He looked startled. I smiled brightly while he smiled back quizzically. As we stood looking at each other I felt energy flowing between us - for a long time it seemed; then he turned slightly to one side, head and eyes downcast with a tragic, embarrassed or apologetic grin. I was startled. Then he turned and walked back just as briskly as he had come out, leaving me to my work. My enemies had deliberately set me up it seemed but the tables were turned to show the truth of the matter. FLW was a gentle, kindhearted man. After this silent encounter, I dropped my tools and went to pack my bags. After giving my tent site to another apprentice who had agreed to finish my plans for it, I departed Taliesin as I had planned to do from the start. I was satisfied and without any resentment. I was surprised and saddened to hear FLW died shortly afterward.

Item 14 - Concerning my situation and circumstances and reaction to the news of the dea th of FLW only a month after my departure from Taliesin... due to the disruption of my plans and schedule as explained in item 12, I returned to my mother's home in Texas and after a couple of weeks my mother and step dad ordered me out of the house because I did not have a job or any money. I still had the old $50 Chrysler I had bought when I went to work for the architect Edward Varney in Phoenix so I started toward Mexico where I hoped to get on a yacht and sail around the world. When I got to the border I had to wait for a passport. I found a room in Brownsville and took a job with an architect in Harlingen. He had me working on a plan for a school basket ball court of all things. I got a letter from my mother one day with a newspaper clipping about the dea th of FLW. I shed a tear and prayed the prayer of Elisha, that I might receive a double portion of his spirit.

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Page 1 (My answers to a questionaire about my experiences as an archtectural apprentice at Taliesin)

1. I joined the Fellowship on 1/1/1958. The main attraction was the Broadacre City concept. I had visited Taliesin West in the summer of 1957 on my way to San Diego, California. I visited John Lloyd Wright who encouraged me to talk to, “My Father Who Is On Earth” (he apologized for this, the title of a book he had written; I wrote a report on it in an English course in college.) I went to Los Angeles and worked for a structural engineer contracting with Hughes Aircraft. Hughes later offered a job to me tripling the salary. I refused - my mind was on entering Taliesin. I returned to Phoenix about November and found a job working for architect Edward Varney.

I first heard of FLW in 1951 on the first day of my first architectural design class at Texas A&M - the teacher, architect Hal Mosley wrote "Frank Lloyd Wright" on the blackboard and said "this is the World's greatest architect". By the 3rd year one of my designs was so Wrightian that my classmates started calling me "Frank Lloyd Boyd". My best designs were archived at A&M but once when fellow apprentices at Taliesin found some of my drawings on top of my locker they were impressed and asked if I had shown them to FLW - I had never had occasion or opportunity or need to.

I was admitted about the middle of December, 1957 after a walk-in 15 minute interview. I only answered FLW's questions without mentioning Broadacre City. He asked, "So you want to be an architect?" I said, "I want to learn the principles." He said, "Of building? I answered, "Yes". Then he said politely, "Have a seat." While he read his mail, we carried on our conversation. I mentioned I was working for Varney whom he knew of. I mentioned Ernest Langford, head of the Architecture Department at A&M who was Wright friendly, had retired and was replaced by Edward Romieniec, a Harvard (Gropius) man who apparently disdained Wright. He said he would accept me on the GI Bill if I could pay $200 to start. I said I could and he said to Gene, "Sign him up".

2. Education: In September 1933 about six months after I was born in the Old Humble Camp 37 miles north of Houston, Texas we moved to Crane, Near my Dad's parents home in West Texas. We lived out in the country in the Gulf Oil Camp a mile south of town surrounded by mesquite trees and cactus with rocky peaks starting a mile to the south, sheep and cattle grazing on the McElroy, et al lease with wind-mill and rain water tanks to swim in and oil wells scattered about. The camp housed all employees and their families of all social classes and ranks. Mother liked to read and had lots of books; she was a "Room Mother" in my elementary school until I was in the 5th grade. Dad was upwardly mobile and wanted me to go to college. He mentioned West Point after I showed an interest in the Boy Scouts. Dad's parents lived in town and were active in the First Baptist Church. Mother had been raised Baptist but Dad would not go to Church and mother seldom attended. They took me to my Grandparents for that. Granddad, a County Commissioner and Road Supervisor, was a Deacon; Grandmother was a Sunday school teacher. I had a religious conversion when I was eleven which spiritually separated me from the rest of my family. I attended Church and Sunday School until Dad died. Mother became ill and went in the Hospital in McCamey twenty miles south while I with my sister Carla who was two years older stayed in a new house in Crane for a few months before we moved to McCamey the summer of '47. There we lived in an old house two blocks from school. After rejecting a proposal from the local newspaper publisher, Mother remarried in December 1948 to Beeler Brown, divorced, a baseball player, beautician and oil-field worker. In the summer of 1949 we moved to Grandfalls, 30 miles west of Crane. I was recovering from an appendectomy which almost killed me. I missed some time in school. I recall a few weeks there in High School later moving back to Crane for the last part of that school year. I remained with my Grandparents in Crane until I graduated about May 1951. I found a summer job with Gulf Oil in the oilfield 70 miles north of Crane, to pay my first year of College. I lived in the bunkhouse there.. As a child I remember visiting the bunkhouses in the Gulf Camp in Crane and an old carpenter who stayed there. I used to watch them building the houses as the camp grew.

I entered Texas A&M in September 1951 to study Architecture. Looking back, I imagine my first thought of being an architect was about 1950-51 when I probably saw the movie, The Fountainhead. I recall asking my high school teacher in mechanical drawing about architecture as a course of study at Texas A&M - I had excelled as a draftsman in a contest sponsored by A&M. In the Spring of 1957 when I was in my senior year of Architecture at Texas A&M, we were assigned the problem of re-designing the campus for the year 2000. Researching the problem of City Planning led me to read FLW's, WHEN DEMOCRACY BUILDS. Still I had no idea how to apply this or any other known concept to the problem we were assigned then (but I do now). Someone said the only way you can solve the problem is to fake it; it was one of the great unsolved problems in architecture... so, I withdrew from school and spent the rest of the year working for architects, first in Fort Worth, Texas where I was living and later that Summer I went to California stopping at Taliesin West for a self-guided tour. “Aunt“ Sophie and “Uncle” Valado gave me the run of the place. It seemed no one else was there. In Los Angeles I worked for a structural engineer contracted to Hugh’s Aircraft. I returned to Phoenix about November and worked for architect Edward Varney until I joined the Fellowship.

3. After Taliesin, in deep contemplation, I studied religion for 3 1/2 years. In 1963 I resumed work in construction and for various architects to complete my required three year architect-in-training pre-exam time, continuing research in City Planning on my own time. I recall while in one office the Dec. 24, 1965 issue of LIFE magazine on city planning was floating around the office. One article was, "No One's In Charge!". I asked one architect why architects did not take charge - he said, "we have to make a living". When I returned to my home town to start practice in June of 1966, I felt an ethical and professional responsibility to take charge of the situation and find a solution. I wrote a letter to the Governor of Texas and expressed my intentions and received a letter of commendation with an introduction to the newly formed Regional Planning Commissions (AKA Area Councils of Governments). I entered into pure research spending three hours a day in libraries for several years working various and sundry temporary jo bs two or three days a week. From 1971-72, I studied law by correspondence took a course in real estate and got a salesman's license. I returned to school from 1973-75 to study business management at a local branch of the University of Texas. In 1977 I conceived an idea for solving the problem of city planning once and for all: however, I immediately encountered opposition from the status quo.

Presently, in 2003, research and development continue - I am now using library computers for this. It has been an unpaid task, so far but I am sure the idea is viable and has real market value. See KYMAK web site for details.

4. FLW's talk after Sunday morning breakfast was a positive experience as were occasional personal interactions with him in the drafting room and on construction projects around Taliesin. fellowshipping with other fellows was positive.

5. That some of the buildings and grounds were unkempt.

6. Getting the feel of being an architect for the first time and finding the solution to the problem in City Planning.

7. No built projects, yet... I was aware and, when about to apply for registration, I became convinced that for an architect to build anything, especially in a big city, until the problem of city planning is solved is professionally irresponsible. The way was made clear and the problem was technically solved when I discovered the KYMAK concept in 1977. I explain that on my website - http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/introduction.html or see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dab295 .

8. I found it similar to living in a dorm at college and a barracks in the army except that the surroundings were so beautiful at Taliesin and we had more privacy especially in the Arizona desert. In Wisconsin I had a room at Hillside next to the drafting room.

9. I remember Bruce who gave me a lot of his time and attention, Inigo an architect from Canada who did nice work. Nari, Dan, Roy, Mike, Vern S., Vern K., Patricia, Shirley and Shreve & Deirdre Babcock for their fellowship and friendliness.

10. Greek Orthodox Church for Milwaukee, WI - I worked on the plot plan, and drew detailed exterior wall elevations of the arched windows. At one point I was exempted from other duties normally assigned apprentices in order to complete these drawings; FLW sent Wes Peters to the kitchen at Hillside with Nari Gandhi to relieve me to tell me to return to the drafting room. I said, "Thank God! or whoever is responsible". I first saw this building about 1987 when they were re-roofing it. I thought it strange that the stained glass was an uncharacteristic pictorial rather than the usual FLLW geometrical design.

Marin County Government Center - I lettered the titles of the working drawings and worked on the scale mod el. FLW observed my work in both cases, asking approvingly, "who did this"? While I was lettering the titles he came up to me and said approvingly, "did you do this; keep at it, someday." I made the green house and eaves ornamentation for the scale mo del. I drew a section of a retaining wall approved by Jack Howe but altered by Mark Hyman. I visited Aaron Green's office in San Francisco looking for a job in 1959; the drawings were on the table so I told Charles Gardner who was in the office alone what I had done. He pulled out a ten dollar bill and gave it to me. This paid my rent for another week or so. I also visited the site in Marin County about that time, when there was nothing but an old bath tub there in the dale for a cattle watering trough.

11. Pavilion construction - I heard this structure was not approved of by FLW; however I suppose he suffered us to work on it to satisfy Olgivanna who had started it while he was away. I spent time with Inigo and others doing the opus-insertum walls, assembling the roof panels and mixing concrete with Joe Fabrius supervising.

Theater remodeling - I supervised a crew for a period of time on this project which involved changes in the interior and with Roy Guderian adding flagstone around the fountain at the entrance.

12. I planned to stay for one year but stayed 14 months the last two months were free. I saw FLW just before leaving and expressed my gratitude by smiling broadly while we looked at each other in silence. I had been admitted personally by FLLW after a 15 minute walk-in interview about the middle of December 1957 - later, some older apprentices at Taliesin became hostile to or jealous of me and went about to discredit me and even to question FLLW's sanity as one older apprentice I knew (Bruce) in Olgivanna's group had. My departure was later than I had planned because an older apprentice (Bruce) had asked me to stay another year. When I did, I was allowed to keep my money and stay for free, but when I refused their terms I was called to a meeting of a group of apprentices along with a few of my friends and they summarily asked us to leave. It came as a surprise - I was sad but tragically amused! I said I would not leave until had seen FLW. It was a couple or more weeks before I did and during breakfast one Sunday Frank and Olgivanna both raved over my arrangement of the dining room which was my assignment for that week - they said approvingly, who did this" as they entered. FLW said, “stand up a take a bow". This may still be on the tape recording made of these events.

The following week, FLW came up to me on a job site and we stood looking at each other for a long time. I was smiling brightly - he looked quizzically at me and finally with a grin he turned and walked away. I believe he understood – he died broken hearted shortly afterward. Since I had planned to leave after a year anyway; having stayed fourteen months, I went away from Taliesin in peace being completely satisfied with my experience there and with FLW. I was encouraged to study his ideas further as I do and seek to implement by way of building Broadacre City.

13. I was unable to keep in touch with things at Taliesin. This allowed or forced me to find my own way. I have not had any regular contact. I dropped by for a brief visit at Taliesin West about 1960 and 1966 and at Taliesin in 1967. Last year (2001) I found information on the internet about the Midglen Taliesin Fellows and subscribed to their publications. This got my name back on the list of fellows.

14. A few years ago I read somewhere (THE ACADEMIC REVOLUTION (?)) that a year with a Master is worth four years of college. I think this is because it inspires one to learn. That was my experience after Taliesin. I learned mainly by reading books and periodicals by and about FLW and following up on his references to other important ideas and personalities. I took his final edition of the book about Broadacre City, THE LIVING CITY as the thesis for my research in city planning.

Having had this personal encounter with FLW made it all come alive.

See my web site at <A HREF="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/background.html"target="new">Background</A>

Douglas Boyd...Taliesin '58

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Additions and notes: 9:18 AM 8/9/02

I have added a line to item 10 about Marin Co.

At item 12 I should say three new apprentices I had befriended were called in with me. We had all been taken into the fellowship personally by FLW in the interest of the cause of architecture without consulting with his wife. Recently I have found others who had come and gone under similar circumstances.

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Posted by Richard Keding on March 03, 2001 at 16:18:26:

Thanks for your recent message. Of course I remember you from the Fellowship. Do you have an ema il address so we can correspond?

Where exactly are you located now? Best to reply directly to this: address ([email protected]) rather than leave messages on the on the website...

Posted by Douglas... on March 05, 19101 at 09:52:36:
In Reply to:Richard Keding on March 03, 19101 at 16:18:26:

Thanks for your message. I have no way to send from the Public Library in Mobile, Alabama so I do not know how I can use your [email protected] address. I do not have a computer at home. I only have the Post Office Box I gave previously. We can discuss my site selection project, and the principles of organic architecture here on this site or the "Global Architecture" Forum.

I am glad to see you are doing well. I saw Richard Green's web site, too - we have a lot in common before and during our stay at Taliesin I see from his biographical sketch. I would appreciate your comments and questions regarding my site selection service. I am having a hard time getting this across but it is really very simple as solutions to complex problems always are. I am sure FLLW would appreciate it.

After leaving Taliesin I continued my training until I was qualified to take the State Architectural Board exam in Texas. This was fifteen years after entering Texas A&M as an Architectural student. A&M was Wright-friendly until 1957 when Ernest Langford retired and a Harvard (Gropius) man took over the department. I withdrew as soon as I felt the hostility to Wright and by the end of the year I was admitted to Taliesin after a 15-minute walk-in interview with FLLW who just happened to be on his way into the office. I was working for an architect in Phoenix at the time. It was most timely for me but some of the older apprentices as well as Olgivanna came to resent it. However, I now realize that I "found myself" and my destiny beginning at Taliesin.

I never registered since I became too involved in researching the problems of City and Regional Planning. An article in Life Magazine on December 24, 1965 reminded me of and made it imperative that I devote all my energy to solving that problem. That I have done, I am sure even if no one else is, yet. It remains a problem of salesmanship, I guess. I am glad to have your input.

Posted by Richard Keding on March 25, 19101 at 22:36:20:

Douglas...
First of all, its good to hear from someone from the winter of 1959. Taliesin was different then and has changed irrevocably since.

Posted by Douglas... on March 26, 19101 at 10:07:50:

I have been by West twice and East once since then. It looked "embalmed" to me.

Posted by Richard Keding

As to your comments:
"Do I see in your design traces in the plan view of the Llewellyn Wright House in Bethesda, MD"?
I hope not! If one is engaged in art or design, one should not be seen as using someone else's material. Definitely not the thing.

Having said all this I am the first to acknowledge its reliance on forms which certainly are found in Mr Wright's work. I am trying and hoping to find an expression of my own; it is an ongoing preoccupation.

Posted by Richard Keding on March 25, 19101 at 22:36:20:
In Reply to: No email. posted by Douglas... on March 05, 19101 at 09:52:36:

Douglas... First of all, its good to hear from someone from the winter of 1959. Taliesin was different then and has changed irrevocably since. As to your comments: Do I see in your design traces in the plan view of the "Llewellen Wright House" in Bethesda, MD? I hope not! If one is engaged in art or design, one should not be seen as using someone else's material. Definitely not the thing. That was always one of my favorites. Mine too. This house curves around the knoll, but the topography demanded that. Having said all this I am the first to acknowledge its reliance on forms which certainly are found in Mr Wright's work. I am trying and hoping to find an expression of my own; it is an ongoing preoccupation. Where exactly are you located now? Best to reply directly to this address ([email protected]) rather than leave messages on the website since I look at that about once a week. Hope this gets thru to you. Sent this about a week ago & it was returned.

Posted by Douglas...

Yes, I know what you mean. It is difficult to avoid copying something so perfect in design. I notice one of your guests requested a replica of a Wright design. I suppose that would be permissible as long as it is acknowledged as such. It is only when we copy something without giving credit that we plagiarize. It seems FLW had a problem with Gropius, et al over that. However, for instance I see traces of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul in Wright’s design for the Milwaukee Greek Orthodox Church. When I met FLLW in Dec. 1958 he said, "do you want to be an Architect?" I said, "I want to learn the principles." He said, "of building?" I said, "yes." That is what we must do if we are to be original. But if we are true to the laws that regulate the distribution of form in nature there will always be an organic character that distinguishes all of our work. Thus the similarity. I have yet to find a contemporary architect who can compare to the excellence of a Wright design.

Posted by Richard Keding on March 25, 19101 at 23:13:51:
In Reply to: No email. posted by Douglas... on March 05, 19101 at 09:52:36:

Douglas...
You appear to be in Mobile Alabama? I missed that before. Hope you find these messages. I am not accustomed to this posting business. But will cope.
rak 3.25.01

Posted by Richard Keding on March 27, 19101 at 10:57:24:
In Reply to: Re: Favorite Things posted by Douglas... on March 26, 19101 at 10:07:50:

Douglas... Read your comments here on 3.27.01 and will return soon. I seem to be catching on to this message board routine. rak

Posted by Richard Keding on April 01, 19101 at 13:30:24:

Douglas....
I have not responded in depth because I find myself getting jammed for time - this month especially. Be assured I will look at your project in detail. There is never enough time.

Posted by Douglas...

I look forward to your comments and questions regarding the KYMAK proposal. This is the results of my research based on a thorough and detailed study of FLW's thesis, "The Living City" c. 1958, a new edition of "When Democracy Builds" c. 1945 and "The Disappearing City" c. 1932 which were about the Broadacre City Concept - Wright's ingenious expression of principles of Urban Design and Planning for this our New Republic which we now so lovingly call. "American Democracy". Has anyone else you know of concentrated on this problem?

Posted by Douglas... on April 09, 19101 at 09:03:15:
In Reply to: Quick Note posted by Richard Keding on April 01, 19101 at 13:30:24:

I am in Independence, Missouri, now - the point of beginning for the lay-out of the entire project. Here at the URL is a map and aerial survey of the area.

http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=1 883&Y=21639&Z=15&W=0 Posted by Douglas...

Taliesin West link

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Belated response: Posted by Richard Keding on June 11, 19101 at 14:02:36:

Douglas....
I did not completely understand your recent message. I think I did delete one of your postings on my guestbook. Probably because it included some comment about the resemblances between the house on my website and a FLlW house. This is a sensitive issue for me; I hear quite a lot of this. And I try to discourage it. Nothing personal I assure you.
I have not been able to access your web page. Let me know when you pick up this message.
Richard

I see.:
Posted by Douglas... on June 19, 19101 at 12:25:38:
In Reply to: Belated response posted by Richard Keding on June 11, 19101 at 14:02:36:

You will find a link to my webpage listed in the index on this site or I will try to give you a link below. The URL is:

http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/KYMAK.html

I have had people call my designs Wrightian. We see architects copy Greek and Roman and many other ures and are taught to do that in school. I see no reason to fear copying Wright. As much as FLW despised the plagerism of the International School (Gropius, et al) who tried to fake his ideas while ignoring and violating his principals to "work as I think as I am, no work in fashion for sham ... nor serve vile gods of trade... etc." We all wear the same clothing designs, buy cars of the same design, etc. so I wonder why we could not reproduce some of the great designs of FLW for those who might want to enjoy the pleasure they afforded the original clients. I do not quite understand why you are so sensitive to this issue but I appreciate your raising the issue for discussion and thought.

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The four letters by which the Universe was created. This is four Hebrew letters (Yod, He, Waw and He) called the "Tetragrammaton". The four characters are the four Hebrew letters that correspond to YHWH and are transliterated Yahweh (pronounced yah-way). Yahweh is the name of the Almighty Father in Heaven that people commonly call "The LORD" or "God". The reason we see "LORD" and "God" in our bibles is because of a Jewish tradition that the name Yahweh was not spoken for fear that the name be blasphemed. However, the scriptures declare that His name should be exalted (e.g. Psalm 68:4) and the third commandment forbids this practice. it may be noted also that the Hebrew word “G_D” is the name of a Syrian idol - mentioned in Isaiah 65:11 - introduced into Israel by Jacob’s Syrian born wives, Rachel (who had stolen it when Jacob fled from her father, Laban) and Leah who named one of her sons after it. Sometimes people, still following the Jewish tradition, pronounce the tetragrammaton as "Jehovah"; If we change the vowels to Jahoveh, consonants remain JHVH but when pronounced as in German, it would be correctly pronounced Yahweh - since English is derived from the Germanic language, pronunciation of the letters J and Y and V and W have been confused in usage. On this web site, the name of Yahweh is used in reference to the Eternal Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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On March 22, 1933 about 8:30am I was born weighing 9 pounds in the Old Humble Camp 40 miles north of Houston, Texas while my parents were visiting in the home of Homer Greer and his wife Annie, my mother’s sister. The camp was later replaced by a chemical plant as the <A href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=14&x=84&y=1048&z=15&w=1&qs=%7cyouens%7ctx%7c"target="new">map</A> now shows. I grew to be 5'-9", 165 pounds at age 19 (now 5'-8", 150 at age 77). My mother said she prayed to have me after suffering a miscarriage; shortly afterwards she had to have a hysterectomy. My sister was born two years before me.

According to the following which I recently discovered (December 2005) I was born to be an <A href="http://www.chaosastrology.net/freeastrologyreports.cfm?id=generate&month=3&day=22&year=1933&timehour=08&timemin=30&ampm=am&zone=6&place=Conroe&place2=Texas&longdeg=95&longmin=23&ew=W&latdeg=30&latmin=19&ns=N&name=douglas%20a.%20boyd"target="new">Architect</A>.

Moon conjunct Saturn - A natural architect. The intuitive organizer, able to manage and control both feelings and situations to a degree of coming on shy and reserved. Can find it difficult to give of emotion and support. The greatest quality is a profound sense of responsibility. This seriousness, while perhaps not the life of the party, is dependable and others trust that judgement. A detached nature. Women especially are prone to feelings of isolation or insecurity. Unembellished and to the point. Prefers the safety of 'staying put' over the risk of change.

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Conroe, Texas
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1933

March 22 - I was born at Youens in the Old Humble Camp just east of Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas 40 miles north of Houston, Texas. The camp was later replaced by a chemical plant.

September - My Dad was hired by Gulf Oil and moved back to Crane, Texas with my Mother and my two year old sister and I to the North-Line Gulf Oil Camp about three miles north of town where his parents lived. Granddaddy was Crane County Road Supervisor and a two term County Commissioner during the 1930's to the 1950's. Both he and Grandmother were active in Church.

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1937

We moved to the new Gulf Oil Camp one mile south of town, now 22nd and McElroy which is 401 East 22nd; later in 1945 we moved to a bigger house across the street cattycorner. There were about a 100 houses and a Company Store surrounded by ranch land. Lots were large and people planted trees and gardens; some had barns with horses, milk cows and chickens outside the fence surrounding the camp. The County School System sent buses to take the children into town for school. It was a very democratic and prestigious community.

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1944

May 7, 1944 - I accepted the Holy Spirit and was baptized by Pastor Hubert Christian, of the First Baptist Church in Crane, Texas which I had attended from Cradle Roll. At age 11 I was deeply moved in spirit yet fearful about going forward. I conferred with a next door neighbor my own age now retired Army Colonel Chaplin Billy Don Ingram and he wisely advised me it was the Holy Spirit and that if I did not go forward the Spirit would leave me and never come again. Therefore I was encouraged to accept Christ, went forward, was baptized and joined the Church. I was so relieved and glad I did. I am still glad I did that and that I have had the Holy Spirit to guide me to this day.

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1945

March 22, 1945 - Joined the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 57 in Crane, Texas and had attained the rank of a Life Scout at the time my Dad died in 1947; My Dad wanted me to become an Eagle Scout but I was unable to continue when my Mother moved us to another town.

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1947

January - Compounded by gas poisoning on the job, my Dad dies of bronchitis in the hospital in McCamey. My Mother said they would not let her stay in the camp so we moved into town a short time later. When our money ran out she had a nervous breakdown and went in the hospital under the care of the family doctor in McCamey 20 miles south of Crane. I was usually left alone in the house with my little dog which would also follow me as I walked back and forth a mile or so to school. I am not sure where Carla, my 16 year old sister was. She may have had a job at a soda fountain; she was married by the time she finished high school. My Mother became a nurse. This event also led to the end of my activities in the Boy Scouts.

June - We moved to McCamey, Texas 20 miles south of Crane.

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1949

November - I returned to Crane to live with Grandparents after we lived several months in Grandfalls, Texas. My Mother had remarried in December 1948. She chose between Cuthbert Carl the local newpaper publisher in McCamey and Beeler Brown, brother-in-law of her best friend Ethyl Brown.

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1951

Saw the movie, The Fountainhead, asked High School drafting and shop teacher if I could be an architect, he said, yes.

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1957

December - Met architect, Frank Lloyd Wright in his office at Taliesin West and was accepted as an apprentice beginning January 1, 1958.

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1959

October - After eight years of school and training in Architecture I began to read the Bible. After a trip to Mexico and while working on a ranch in Montana I started listening to a radio evangelist and decided to become a Disciple forsaking all that I had according to the teaching of Christ in the New Testament. After arriving in California the autocratic evangelist's authoritarian son, Garner Ted Armstrong told me to, "Get a job"; so I did. Then he sent two ministers from Pasadena out to Redlands, California where I was working for an Architectural Designer to tell me I could no longer attend their meetings. I guess I was asking too many questions or something like that. I then continued to follow the spirit, wherever it led. I walked away with nothing but the clothes on my back. I got a ride outside of Indio with a man who had a plane and flew back to Texas with him. I continued traveling this way for over three years. I ended up in Florida and returned to Texas about January 1963 to resume working in construction for a while and then in architects offices to complete my required training for registration. I was reinstated in the WCG by GTA in 1966 and I continued to pay my tithes and offerings to Armstrong's Radio Church of God until I resigned in 1975.

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1963

January - Resumed career in Architecture, working as an architect-in-training for five or six different architects in Dallas, Texas over a period of about three years.

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1966

June - From Dallas I went to my Hometown to start a design practice and to prepare for examination and licensing for registration as an Architect.

July - Went to Fort Worth, Texas to resume research.

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1967

July - From Fort Worth I went to Chicago for a visit; on the way I met two <a target="_window" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteers_in_Service_to_America">VISTA</a> volunteers who took me to the "New Left" Political Convention about which I knew nothing and cared less. However I needed a place to stay and they arranged a place for me with a University of Chicago Economics professor, Benjamin Solomon and family along with several young convention delegates. Having a high regard for Frank Lloyd Wright they all suggested I write a "Resolution" about my ideas, offering to vote for it on the Convention Floor. In one Caucus I suggested that someone like Frank Lloyd Wright would make a good President. I was 34 years old then so they seemed to think I might qualify. Later in the evening Professor Solomon and I attended a speech by Martin Luther King at another location; I saw the caucus leader there in the lobby and he came over to us acting like he wanted to talk but didn't. This was the first time I had ever given such an idea a thought. Ten years later, in February 1977 just after I had decided to read the Book of Mormon on faith, I had dreams and visions such as once when a scene of myself shaking hands with people in place of another candidate, Jimmy Carter flashed through my mind. After the KYMAK concept unfolded to me over the next 3 1/2 years, I had reason to think I could do it and was genuinely inspired and bold enough to give it a try in 1980. After a FrontPage article in the Independence, Examiner and an hour long Radio Talk Show interview responding to callers and handing out cards around town and the Country, I decided it would be best, considering the sovereignty of the individual, to maintain my position as a private citizen.

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1968

May - From Fort worth, Texas I Went to Chicago, Illinois for the Summer

September - Resumed design practice in Crane, Texas; while waiting for clients I decided to continue research in city planning, spending three hours in the library each day. Wrote to Governor Preston Smith about the problem of designing cities and was referred to the Regional Planning Commission - the local Commissioner was Jerry Cowden whom I contacted. I wrote a few articles for the local newspaper and attended City Council and County commission meetings. I lived with my Granddad, a former County commissioner and Road Supervisor.

I stayed with my Granddad until he died in 1971. I invited my Mother who was In Ft. Worth, Texas to come stay with us; after her second husband, Beeler Brown died, she lived alone working as a nurse and then with his relatives (after surgical complications with a crushed ankle forced her to retire). She refused to join me and Granddad in Crane where my Dad and Sister are buried; so I suggested she return to her own relatives in Mississippi. There she remarried and lived happily but wanted me to come see her. Eventually, in October 1983, I decided to move to Mobile, Alabama 60 miles east of where she lived.

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1970

At a world conference in San Antonio, Texas on Thanksgiving Day of 1970, I was ordained an Ambassador of Yahweh by a PhD (DD) Theologian leading an American based group called, Yahweh’s New Kingdom (YNK). This event was in the course of my search for an architectural solution to the problem of city and regional planning

April - Heard Dr. Joseph Jeffers over WOAI Radio 1200AM on the Alan Dale Show and began correspondence with him. Attended his November Thanksgiving Day Conference in San Antonio and was one of seven out of 70 attendees ordained an Ambassador of Yahweh. I spent seven weeks in his home as one of twelve Ambassadors until January 25, 1971 and then returned to Crane. Joseph Jeffers, having a PhD in Theology was State Evangelist for the Southern Baptists in Texas until 1936, before going out on his own. He was born and raised in Alabama. It was his sainted Mother's desire that he be a Minister of the Gospel. This continued until his de ath in July 1988. I still maintain cordial contact with his YNK Headquarters in Arizona.

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1971

Granddad dies in March. I returned to San Antonio for the Summer. While in San Antonio, I stayed in the home of Colonel Guy F. Hix, AF retired, in exchange for my assistance in the management and maintenance of several rental houses and apartments. He bought a new Yamaha motorcycle for me to get around on and as further payment to me. As a licensed Real Estate Broker he paid for me to attend ACRE, the American College of Real Estate. I took the exam for a license while visiting my Mother in the Dallas area while recuperating from a motorcycle wreck. Later I also designed a small vacation house for Col. Hix. I returned to Crane and started a correspondance course in Law; but hostile relatives had taken over so I moved to Odessa, Texas in the Fall.

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1972

While living in a house at 203 East Mable, Mormon Missionaries came by in January and gave me a Book of Mormon which I placed on the shelf after reading a few chapters.

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1973

I entered Odessa College in preparation for a degree in Business Management at the new University of Texas branch scheduled to open in Odessa in September. I had completed the curriculum in Business Management at UTPB by December 1974. During this return to Academia I began to notice traces of Anti-Jeffersonian concepts of Democracy - in favor of Pro-Greek City State - rhetoric in courses I took in Urban Sociology and State/Local Government. I recalled how Jefferson had expressed his displeasure with Greek philosophers.

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1976

Heard Roy Masters on XEG Radio and corresponded briefly with him in November and listened to his introductory tape on observation and meditation. Then in December I heard Jacob Hawkins also on XEG and started attending his House of Yahweh Messianic Synagogue in Odessa.

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1977

On January 25 I decided to accept the Book of Mormon on faith and started visiting the Mormon Church in Odessa. The account of this is on my <a target="new" href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Benchmark.html">Benchmark</a> page.

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1981

Leaving Odessa, Texas in June, I traveled around the country reconnoitering the perimeters of the <a target="new" href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/westernstates.jpg">1500-mile </a><a target="new" href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/easternstates.jpg">square</a>. Afterward, I settled in Mobile, Alabama. I have lived in the same <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07187900&Lat=30.76393000&Alon=-88.07187900&Alat=30.76393000&w=1&opt=0&addr=6%20Viaduct%20Rd,%20Chickasaw,%20AL%2036611-2512&qs=6%20Viaduct%7CChickasaw%7CAL%7C">place</a> in Chickasaw since January 19, 1984.

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On March 17, 2010 I was <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/confirmetion.pdf">confirmed</a> as a First Baptist to be in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.

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First Name : Steven Cord

URL : <a href="http://www.progress.org/2003/sprawl11.htm">Economics</a>

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Subject : New Cities

Comment : Wow!! Much work and thought has gone into this proposal. I would like to help make it a reality. My expertise is solely in land value taxation, but I see LVT as the means to making this self-sufficient and progressive. I have many EMPIRICAL examples...

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Subject : Incentive Tax

Comment : LVT can assure orderly and systemmatic urban growth and development.

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Comment: doug.. tks for the email..it has been over 58 years since our paths crossed in high school..it is a pleasure to view your web... i intend to study in depth in the coming days..and will stay in contact with you...

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Comment : I am … an architect working in planning and land development. ...being LDS, I thought your (concept) to be fascinating.

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Comment : Awesome, your writing really peaked my interest. You seem to be a fascinating and learned man. It has been enjoyable reading almost everything you posted; Bravo!

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Subject : Hello and Nari Gandhi

Comment : Mr. Douglas Boyd: Greetings! I am a Taliesin Fellow (was in the Fellowship in 1994). I am an architect in St. Louis, Missouri, and also volunteer for Friends of Kebyar, a network of like-minded organic architects, etc. (<a href="http://www.kebyar.com">www.kebyar.com</a>).

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Subject : Taliesin Fellow

Comment : Mr.Boyd In your referral to your time at Taliesin,you mention Inigo an Architect from Canada. This is Inigo Adamson whom I worked with for 6 or 7yrs. !965-1972. He unfortunately suffered a brain anneurisim and passed on sometime betweeen 1973 & 75. I ca

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Views: 59,133 Posted By bud too often repeated.

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(In my previous post) I was thinking along these lines:

"Considerations on Representative Government, - J.S. Mill - Philosophy:
"It can not be too often repeated that, every thing depends on the personal qualities and capacities of the agents of government. This truth is the cardinal principle of _______ administration. The day when it comes to be thought that the appointment of persons to situations of trust from motives of convenience, already so criminal in, can be practiced with impunity in ______ , will be the beginning of the decline and fall of our (Republic)." - http://www.philosophy-index.com/mill...ment/xviii.php

As an architect, I would say, with all due regard for free enterprise (a liberty we cherish and defend), the Law, if followed, will not allow His Majesty the Citizen to be treated with contempt. I want only to inform the developer and the regulating agencies of government of the crime and trust that once they were aware of it they would do the right thing. I leave punishment to the wisdom of the Legislature and the prudence of our Judiciary - rather than by executive fiat - I do not want to punish anyone. It was because of my study of the Broadacres City concept that I came to understand the need and the ability of good planning to eliminate grade crossings in the regular course of orderly development, by due process of law. I believed my post would turn the tide for the better, by going to the root of the problem - just as Hamilton in FP#17 expounds it; I would say it is the kind of radical thinking taught and practiced by Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin and in his writings. Wright said, It isn't the fault of institutions. It isn't the fault of any class. It isn't the fault of the big boys that make the money. How would they learn better? ...How are they going to find out? They can only find out by your disapproval. They can only find out by your telling the truth, first to yourselves, and then out loud wherever you can get a chance to tell it. Jane Jacobs also did in her last book, and Kevin Lynch in his Site Planning book. It is a matter of professional responsibility for Architects. The Federalist Papers were written by the author of the Constitution, James Madison and the first Supreme Court Chief Justice, James Jay and the delegate from New York, Alexander Hamilton who were present at the creation in Philadelphia in 1787. It is the Supreme Law of the land.

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FBC 1944 ~ Texas A&M Architecture 1951~ Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice 1958 ~ <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">A.o.Y.</a> 1970 ~ KYMAK 1977 ~ <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07195621&Lat=30.76395408&Alon=-88.07195621&Alat=30.76395408&w=1&opt=0&addr=6+Viaduct+Rd%2c+Mobile%2c+AL+36611&qs=6+viaduct%7cchickasaw%7cal%7c">douglas36601 ~ 1984</a> ...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City">Broadacre City</a>...<a href="http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm">Ethics</a>...<a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32">SVT</a>...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_approach">Objective Approach</a>

Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-07-09, 10:50 AM Replies: 15 Where did the sidewalk go? (Philly) Views: 315 Posted By bud Police Power They do not have the power to regulate commerce at all although they ursurp that authority from the Central government by tradition; however, they have the authority to regulate crime if they only...

FBC 1944 ~ Texas A&M Architecture 1951~ Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice 1958 ~ <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">A.o.Y.</a> 1970 ~ KYMAK 1977 ~ <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07195621&Lat=30.76395408&Alon=-88.07195621&Alat=30.76395408&w=1&opt=0&addr=6+Viaduct+Rd%2c+Mobile%2c+AL+36611&qs=6+viaduct%7cchickasaw%7cal%7c">douglas36601 ~ 1984</a> ...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City">Broadacre City</a>...<a href="http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm">Ethics</a>...<a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32">SVT</a>...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_approach">Objective Approach</a>

Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-07-06, 12:16 PM Replies: 15 Where did the sidewalk go? (Philly) Views: 315 Posted By bud Disorderly conduct I have found that according to Alabama Criminal Code Section 13A-11-7, blocking a public right of way is a crime, a misdemeanor; if two are more people agree to commit a crime it is a felony....

FBC 1944 ~ Texas A&M Architecture 1951~ Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice 1958 ~ <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">A.o.Y.</a> 1970 ~ KYMAK 1977 ~ <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07195621&Lat=30.76395408&Alon=-88.07195621&Alat=30.76395408&w=1&opt=0&addr=6+Viaduct+Rd%2c+Mobile%2c+AL+36611&qs=6+viaduct%7cchickasaw%7cal%7c">douglas36601 ~ 1984</a> ...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City">Broadacre City</a>...<a href="http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm">Ethics</a>...<a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32">SVT</a>...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_approach">Objective Approach</a>

Forum: Book Club 2007-07-03, 10:46 AM Replies: 844 What are we reading right now? (Planning related or not) Views: 37,465 Posted By bud Taliesin Fellow Architect's book examines sprawl http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0103sr-swaback03Z8.html...

FBC 1944 ~ Texas A&M Architecture 1951~ Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice 1958 ~ <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">A.o.Y.</a> 1970 ~ KYMAK 1977 ~ <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07195621&Lat=30.76395408&Alon=-88.07195621&Alat=30.76395408&w=1&opt=0&addr=6+Viaduct+Rd%2c+Mobile%2c+AL+36611&qs=6+viaduct%7cchickasaw%7cal%7c">douglas36601 ~ 1984</a> ...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City">Broadacre City</a>...<a href="http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm">Ethics</a>...<a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32">SVT</a>...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_approach">Objective Approach</a>

Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-07-02, 11:01 AM Replies: 2,658 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 2 Views: 56,561 Posted By bud for the RECORD Who is the greatest living architect? I would say that the architect who understands and controls the first step in the building process (site selection) is great, regardless of building design.... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-06-20, 11:23 AM Replies: 2,658 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 2 Views: 56,561 Posted By bud Futurism I do not necessarily agree with Alvin Toffler but in a recent Radio Talk Show (http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/06/18.html) Interview a caller (ab. 3:45AM CDT) asked him what he thought about... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-06-08, 10:32 AM Replies: 25 What if the US never invaded Iraq??? Views: 524 Posted By bud Dreaming We could have started to rebuild this Country; FLW imagined it could be done his way in 12 years (see Ken Burns, PBS special). I think if we (architects) were to wake up and take a good look at... Forum: Environmental Planning 2007-06-01, 11:30 AM Replies: 11 Composting Views: 376 Posted By bud It's not a problem of reducing green waste but of... It's not a problem of reducing green waste but of using it productively that we need to learn the theory and practice composting instead of throwing it away and dumping it - that could be taught in... Forum: Environmental Planning 2007-05-18, 10:54 AM Replies: 11 Composting Views: 376 Posted By bud Drum method Drum method: I would add new waste material as it becomes available, covering this with cellulose material (leaves, grass clippings, straw, shredded paper, etc.) and a thin layer of topsoil until... Forum: Environmental Planning 2007-05-17, 10:45 AM Replies: 11 Composting Views: 376 Posted By bud Citified I have observed that most people have become too citified to understand such things and would have to be re-educated. That is one of the big problems with the way cities are built nowadays, isn't it?... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-05-16, 02:00 PM Replies: 28 Preemptive street/subdivision platting: Does it happen? Views: 937 Posted By bud Commerce and Industry Well, the Traditions I had in mind were those that allow Commerce to be regulated by Local government. That has perpetuated the Feudal System and is why the use of ent Domain has been misused.... Forum: Environmental Planning 2007-05-16, 01:24 PM Replies: 11 Composting Views: 376 Posted By bud Composting Would anyone care to discuss composting? There was an article in Progressive Architecture magazine awhile back that brought my attention to the composting toilet; this article featured the Swedish... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-05-16, 12:26 PM Replies: 6 Is it really possible to "keep up" with rapid growth? Views: 437 Posted By bud Standardize I would say it could be done once a really good pattern is developed and standardized. A bad plan or a fake would be a de ad hand and could cause atrophy. It must be simple enough that everyone, even... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-05-16, 11:35 AM Replies: 28 Preemptive street/subdivision platting: Does it happen? Views: 937 Posted By bud Fundamentals I am aware of Traditions that have made the Law of no effect. The Power of ent Domain was "reserved to the States or to the People"; if the States do not use it then the People can - that refers... Search: Posts Made By: bud Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-05-14, 10:04 AM Replies: 20 Preemptive street/subdivision platting: Does it happen? Views: 323 Posted By bud Power of ent Domain I would say Cities and Counties as agents of the State should and are empowered by the State Planning Code to develop plans for land use within their jurisdiction by the Power of ent Domain,... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-05-07, 09:35 AM Replies: 12 Taxation Without Representation Views: 269 Posted By bud Voter registration Why not just go over to the Montgomery County Court House in Rockville, MD and register to vote - who would object to that? That would be a matter of individual initiative. If someone takes issue... Forum: Student Lounge 2007-05-03, 09:57 AM Replies: 8 Arch vs. L.A. Views: 216 Posted By bud Ne plus ultra I would say LA's represent the ne plus ultra of Urban and Regional Planning - e.g., see Ian McHarg, Garrick Ekbo, etc. http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0501/mcharg.html Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-05-02, 01:00 PM Replies: 12 Taxation Without Representation Views: 269 Posted By bud Virginia or Maryland My thought is that residents of DC might be counted as citizens of the State from which the District was formed. Why wouldn't that work? That is probably the way it was originally. BTW, there are... Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-05-02, 09:45 AM Replies: 13 MacArthur Maze - SF Bay area Views: 411 Posted By bud That's bad! http://www.story-lovers.com/liststhatgoodthatsbad.html No, that's good; In this case no one was injured. While it is still no joking matter, there may be room for a little humor, if you will. I... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-04-27, 11:11 AM Replies: 5 Art Nouveau in your town? Views: 383 Posted By bud Owen Jones In the 19th Century, Art was in decline worldwide. Victor Hugo in 1831 had written in his Notre Dame that, the renaissance was the setting sun all Europe had mistook for dawn". There was a separate... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-04-26, 09:36 AM Replies: 7 Urbanity? Views: 350 Posted By bud Elegance If you mean Interior Design then I would say the word is Elegance Urbanity - http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=urbanity&x=9&y=13 Elegance -... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-04-25, 10:30 AM Replies: 7 Urbanity? Views: 350 Posted By bud Urbanity I would say a city that within a two mile square blends open space, farm scenes, bucolic quietness, with ural facilities, universities, libraries, hotels, fair grounds, mixed residential... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-04-23, 10:05 AM Replies: 1,892 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 2 Views: 38,608 Posted By bud Snitching There was an article on CBS's 60 Minutes yesterday. Would this issue be worth discussing in a separate thead? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/19/60minutes/main2704565.shtml Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-04-06, 10:45 AM Replies: 65 Poll: Is planning an art and/or science? Views: 3,250 Posted By bud Geographers Geographers Certainly you are correct in one respect; Geographers instantly recognize a good plan for orderly and systematic development on a macro or grand scale. Although development is the... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-03-30, 11:12 AM Replies: 1,892 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own 2 Views: 38,608 Posted By bud K C M O area To whom it may concern, for what it may be worth, I'm in Jackson County, MO visiting for a week or two. Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-03-23, 10:43 AM Replies: 5 ninth page

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Happy birthday yesterday?

I had a bad day on my birthday yesterday; but I am O.K today... if you say so. I'm ok if you're ok. Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-03-23, 10:31 AM

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Voters may get power over comprehensive plans

Views: 1,150 Posted By bud hat ed by ... elected officials

H ated by elected officials

It has already been decided by our republican form of government via our Representatives in the Legislative Bodies as expressed in the Planning Codes at all level of... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2007-03-22, 09:49 AM

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Single-room occupancy housing.

Views: 373 Posted By bud Domitories, etc.

I live in a dormitory type building just like those where I went to college; except for a few small apartments and one large apartment. I wish there were at least one of these in every city. This one... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-03-21, 11:08 AM

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Poll: Is planning an art and/or science?

Views: 3,250 Posted By bud Urban pathology

I would recommend registration of Urban Planners; what they do is as much if not more in the interest of public safety and the general welfare as what building designers do. I maintain that both are... Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-03-20, 11:48 AM

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USA TODAY article - Cities afraid of       by congestion

Views: 1,288 Posted By bud if a freeway would be free?

How many lanes would a freeway be if a freeway would be free? From the topic article, An interstate highway wider than the length of a football field is not as rare as it was 10 years ago That... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-03-16, 10:47 AM

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The Men of Cyburbia

Views: 3,999 Posted By bud

Count me in

Count me in -

Hot - They called me pretty boy in high school and an old classmate said I still am. I walk five miles a day and do kung fu exercises.

Quirkiness - I am as normal as can... Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-03-16, 10:14 AM

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USA TODAY article - Cities afraid of       by congestion

Views: 1,288 Posted By bud Good ideas, if...

Those are intelligent ideas if you are building cities starting from scratch. As cities are now it is not feasible - unless you live in Cuba or under any other Dictatorship. We could build new cities... Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-03-15, 01:17 PM

Replies: 61 USA TODAY article - Cities afraid of de ath by congestion Views: 1,288 Posted By bud Smart growth... I was thinking along these lines, quoting from - http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm - In conferences like these we are only now beginning to argue that we need to get "smart" about how we manage and manipulate the world. It's about time, no? The appeal for smart growth has been slow in coming, but the consequences of "stupid" growth (mindless growth, aimless growth, anarchic growth) are now becoming too apparent to ignore. Clearly the appeal for "smart growth" is the wave of the future. Who could possibly be against "smart growth?" If all it is contrasted with is "stupid growth" then there is hardly a contest. No one can possibly deny that smart growth is an ethical imperative. All we need bicker about from now on is who gets to call what "smart?". From Center for the Study of Values in Public Life at the Harvard Divinity School - http://ecojustice.net/2005-ENVRE120/PDF/20020000-Smart-Growth-10-Commandments.pdf -

Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-03-14, 10:05 AM Replies: 61 USA TODAY article - Cities afraid of by congestion Views: 1,288 Posted By bud 528 = 1/10th + 2mi. each side What planning is all about: 528 = 1/10th + 2mi. each side FLW in 1932 had something like this in mind with the advent of the automobile. It is not too late to start if we follow the law; that is, if... Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-03-13, 10:35 AM Replies: 10 Why 33', 66' and 99' lots and right-of-ways? Views: 326 Posted By bud Cubits To throw a chain ... I recall from a surveying course I took as a sophomore Architect in College about 1952 that you could take the strap steel tape (AKA "chain") and loop it into a loose coil and... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-12, 09:55 AM Replies: 68 People and their mindsets about the city? Views: 1,811 Posted By bud mindsets I can see how a novice such as HCB could take JJ or Kevin Lynch in an appeal to authority in defense of concentration of the population as an alternative to sprawl. A study of their biographies is... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-09, 11:29 AM Replies: 68 People and their mindsets about the city? Views: 1,811 Posted By bud Follow the law? I think planners should remind themselves that they work for the people. Politicians in their zeal for development and economic growth usually forget the laws of orderly development - planners know... Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-03-09, 11:09 AM Replies: 10 Why 33', 66' and 99' lots and right-of-ways? Views: 326 Posted By bud Beauty I favor using the 11 foot unit in Urban Planning. There is a certain beauty of proportion in it when one is engaged in the intelligent planning of cities. Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-08, 09:57 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,215 Posted By bud Do you read me? Are you still learning, or have you mastered the subject in the last 6 months? There was a decal when I was in college that said, six munce ago I didn't know what an architect was, now I are one.... Showing results 1 to 25 of 180 Forum: Introduce Yourself 2007-03-07, 01:14 PM Replies: 9 Introduction Views: 247 Posted By bud KYMAK city I think you will find some good ideas on my website as you click your way through it. The idea is especially for rural areas in undeveloped as well as around overdeveloped urban... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-07, 11:24 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Core and Backbone Sprawl is what we have now. Kansas City, MO is about the same size as NYC, 300+ sq. mi. Density is about two per acre. NYC is about 40 per acre. Manhattan is 23 sq. mi. at 100/ac. You apparently... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-06, 11:14 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Dare to Plan! That is exactly my point; Congress must stop funding it. - http://www..org/forums/showthread.php?p=357780#post357780 - There must be a better way and I think there is, viz., KYMAK. How... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-05, 12:41 PM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud boiker, how did we survive until the industrial... boiker, how did we survive until the industrial revolution? Only 10% of the population was urban and had to travel great distances by foot or horseback or horsedrawn carriage. Sprawl is unplanned... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-05, 10:44 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud U.S. & Missouri Code Are you familiar with this? _________________________________________ U.S. Law _________________________________________ 42USCode Urban Policy Section 4501 It is the policy of Congress to... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-02, 10:40 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Let's follow the Law. The Law expresses the will of the People; they are yearning to be free and want more space to live in; that is what America is all about. They are being misled, i.e., sold a bill of goods, now; it... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-03-01, 10:52 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Broadacres is urban; it has all the elements of... Broadacres is urban; it has all the elements of urbanity. Aren't you hung up on the Euorpean mo del? Broadacres was designed especially for American Democracy, the New Republic; the ne plus Ultra of... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-02-28, 02:03 PM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Architecture Building cities is an architectural problem. As far as the definition of a socialist, that would be one who advocates that the State (public sector) have control of more than one of the factors of... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-02-28, 12:43 PM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Utopian? There is nothing Utopian about good urban design and planning - anyone who knows how to build can follow the plans if they only have the power, or incentives such as the money. Those who now have the... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-02-28, 11:44 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Catagorize Could you categorize the various schemes that have been proposed? We should know that continuous growth does not work. Our cities look like the cross section of a fibrous tumor (FLW, 1958).... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-02-27, 10:53 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Adversaries and epithets. Adversary. Are you not thinking in terms of the continuously growing Mega-metropolis from its central urban core; isn't that what sprawl is all about? I would say so. On the contrary, Broadacres is... eigth page

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Forum: Introduce Yourself 2007-02-23, 12:09 PM Replies: 13 Hi folks Views: 424 Posted By bud Like Jane Jacobs

You are like Jane Jacobs in that her husband was an Architect. Forum: Design, Space and Place 2007-02-23, 11:16 AM Replies: 216 Sprawl: how do you stop it? Views: 5,579 Posted By bud Here's how.

Here's how:

It would have to be done on a Nationwide or Continent-wide basis. Developers follow the path of least resistance and their own sweet will. Congress must stop funding this kind of... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-02-23, 10:29 AM Replies: 29 Poll: the 40 Days of Lent Views: 747 Posted By bud

Relentless

Is Lent relentless? Then at the end of 40 days you relent? I suggest that If people would obey the Laws of Heaven given to Moses on Mt. Sinai they would have only one day out of the year to do that,... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-02-14, 10:54 AM Replies: 10 What is the difference between a developer, engineer, and consultant Views: 484 Posted By bud Follow the Law

I think that desirable development would be to follow the Law as stipulated in State and Federal Codes as I have previously noted on this forum and on my website. Sometimes Local Codes or Practice... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-02-13, 10:55 AM Replies: 10 What is the difference between a developer, engineer, and consultant Views: 484 Posted By bud "Real world?"

It is a pity but that's the way it is "in the real world" as they say - as led by the big boys who have the money; they brush the architect aside and go directly to the engineer therefore they... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2007-02-09, 12:03 PM Replies: 10 What is the difference between a developer, engineer, and consultant Views: 484 Posted By bud Land Owners

The Rancher/Land Owner is the developer but he is assuming the role of the Architect; that is almost always the case in land development. This is the great unsolved problem in Urban Design and... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-02-06, 10:49 AM Replies: 478 Cyburbia Weightfest Thread Views: 12,461 Posted By bud

To eat or not to eat?

Last Thursday morning I awoke and tuned into the following program at about 3:15AM and heard a caller say that he had learned to live on the air we breathe alone with good exercise; food and water... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2007-01-31, 01:32 PM Replies: 42 [Voices] A Failure of Fairness? Property Rights Movement is Reborn at the Ballot Box Views: 1,737 Posted By bud I have an idea this issue could be resolved by...

I have an idea this issue could be resolved by STV (site value taxation). The land tax was recommended by the framers of the U. S. Constitution; it is the only legitimate source of revenue for... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2007-01-10, 11:12 AM Replies: 15 New from The Woodlands Views: 344 Posted By bud Greetings

I am not familiar with it but I see that it is within two miles of the freeway and railroad track so that it meets Broadacre City standards - all urban development would be so everywhere in the... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-01-09, 01:51 PM Replies: 21 Going to work - what motivates you Views: 503 Posted By bud Patience

"Patience, patience; with the shades of all the good and great for company; and for solace, the perspective of your own infinite life; and for work, the study and the communication of... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2007-01-09, 11:21 AM Replies: 9 switching from Community Development to Transportation Planning (Public Works) Views: 258 Posted By bud Visionary?

I would say this is visionary - http://www.et3.com/ . Forum: Introduce Yourself 2007-01-09, 11:15 AM Replies: 15 Hello from Los Angeles Views: 292 Posted By bud L A

Greetings from LA ... Lower Alabama, that is. Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2007-01-08, 11:08 AM Replies: 75 Damn the previous poster with faint praise Views: 1,855 Posted By bud Perspicacity

You have a certain rat-like perspicacity, exceeded only by your rat-like courage. Forum: Transportation Planning 2007-01-04, 11:11 AM Replies: 36 Future of cities Views: 2,167 Posted By bud Need Planning

I would say the size of cities is determined by the ambition of developers and politicians along with the lack of good planning that is caused by those well intended yet blind forces rather than by... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-21, 12:48 PM Replies: 54 What the APA needs to do to get professional planners held in higher regards Views: 2,697 Posted By bud Emerson

I think you have it backward; I would rather say, a good planner follows those laws to make sure no harm comes to the people or to the planet. I am reminded of the Ayn Rand character, Howard Roark... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-19, 11:26 AM Replies: 54 What the APA needs to do to get professional planners held in higher regards Views: 2,697 Posted By bud Bad Planning

How does having a Planners monopoly engender anything of real value to society that the law does not already provide? We already have laws such as, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-15, 11:09 AM Replies: 54 What the APA needs to do to get professional planners held in higher regards Views: 2,697 Posted By bud Aia+

How about a million-man-march on Washington? to demand they stop funding disorderly development and start funding an orderly and systematic, streamlined plan as Congress has already declared... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-12-14, 11:01 AM Replies: 47 Reinventing yourself - The new better you Views: 1,113 Posted By bud Oh?...

What were you reading? Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-11, 01:45 PM Replies: 20 Planning department specialization: pros and cons Views: 1,770 Posted By bud Architect

What if the Planning Director is an MBA or Political Scientist or any one of the other experts who should advise the Architect in the process of building cities? That is sometimes the case in a city... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-12-08, 11:52 AM Replies: 47 Reinventing yourself - The new better you Views: 1,113 Posted By bud ...Pray?

With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence as one might do in any revolution. even (or especially) if you are only fighting yourself Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-08, 11:25 AM Replies: 65 Poll: Is planning an art and/or science? Views: 3,526 Posted By bud Principles of Art

As a matter of Art, Planners need to keep in mind some of the principles of art; two of which are:

1. Limitations are the artists best friends, e.g., fixed city limits.

2. As in every perfect... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-06, 11:55 AM Replies: 65 Poll: Is planning an art and/or science? Views: 3,526 Posted By bud Unintended career

I am well aware of what you say. I intended to be an architect until I discovered that we are professionally responsible as much for how cities are built as for the buildings as a matter of our... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-12-05, 11:00 AM Replies: 65 Poll: Is planning an art and/or science? Views: 3,526 Posted By bud Deduction

There have been ongoing efforts in the 20th Century to reduce Art and everything else to a science which is to say the "scientific method". The scientific method is inductive reasoning whereas Art is... Forum: Transportation Planning 2006-11-29, 12:40 PM Replies: 6 Missing Segway thread ??? Views: 994 Posted By bud Good design

I see someone stole your thunder - these links may explain why it apparently became a d ead issue on this forum.... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-29, 10:55 AM Replies: 47 Poll: Are you a coffee snob? Views: 850 Posted By bud roast your own

A popcorn popper might work; you could wipe it with a towel afterward. I do it in a pan on top of the stove or in the oven as with peanuts; its a matter of timing and temperature. The roasted whole...

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Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-28, 01:09 PM Replies: 37 Poll: what is your favorite Christmas movie? Views: 729 Posted By bud

Miracle on 34th St.

...with Edmond Gwin and Natalie Wood. I would like to see some of the others though. Apparently I am a little out of touch - I've been absorbed in my work. Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-28, 12:34 PM Replies: 47 Poll: Are you a coffee snob? Views: 850 Posted By bud

Very little

I go with the majority here, but prefer fresh roasted and ground Columbian. I buy the green beans and roast them myself when I can find them as much as I can afford. I use cream and honey (because I... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-11-28, 11:44 AM Replies: 11 Hello from St. Louis Views: 212 Posted By bud Greetings

I like the people I've met in St. Louis. BTW, we can pick up KMOX in Mobile at night. Forum: Student Lounge 2006-11-27, 10:53 AM Replies: 24 Need help with school Art/Architecture Views: 810 Posted By bud Environmental Design

I had no art in high school. I was led into architecture by a class in mechanical drawing and the teacher who also taught woodworking which I took and metalworking which I wish I had taken. I think... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-11-22, 11:45 AM Replies: 20 Developer in your midst. Views: 284 Posted By bud Greetings

Neither planners or developers plan America; bureaucrats and bankers do; the financial community follows a herd instinct bankers will not finance new concepts; they depend on developers to... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-17, 11:47 AM Replies: 13,145 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own Views: 302,894 Posted By bud Elergy

53 Full many a gem of purest ray serene, 54 The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear: 55 Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, 56 And waste its sweetness on the... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-11-13, 10:51 AM Replies: 7 Eliminating destablilizing / nuisance uses Views: 412 Posted By bud Site development

I have an idea. I need the street address of the site in question. I could then recommend whether or how it should be developed. Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-08, 12:43 PM Replies: 35 Poll: Is this crazy: 10,000 members of the House of Rep's Views: 732 Posted By bud Delegation

I notice that 10,000/435 = 23. I'm thinking the 23 or some suitable number of Representatives from the same current Congressional district in a State would select one of them as the speaker best... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-07, 01:07 PM Replies: 35 Poll: Is this crazy: 10,000 members of the House of Rep's Views: 732 Posted By bud Reason enough

I have plans to seat 12000; and there would be less centralization of the population Nationwide as I have it. Anyway, as long as we remain a Union of the Several States (as preserved in the... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-11-06, 12:29 PM Replies: 44 Split level houses: why? Views: 4,794 Posted By bud Flw

FLW - http://www.franklloydwrightinfo.com/wasfllwbio.html

"Wright is generally credited with design of the first American split-level residence in the Isabel Roberts house, River Forest, Illinois... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-11-03, 11:20 AM Replies: 30 Levels of Religious Involvement Views: 727 Posted By bud Kinds of Religion

I find the word religion comes from the word rely as in rely on; as it evolved the y became an i and a j to yield relijon this was then spelled, religion.

I see that there are three kinds... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-11-01, 11:50 AM Replies: 5 How do you measure good planning? Views: 477 Posted By bud Business "Planning"

The notion of Business Planning does tend to confuse the issue of City Planning; I think it is a misnomer, what they are talking about is Management which includes planning, directing,... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-10-25, 01:24 PM Replies: 62 Sticky: Building a comprehensive plan - THE CYBURBIA FAQ Views: 7,349 Posted By bud Know the Law, because that is the expession of...

Know the Law, because that is the expession of the will of the People. Has any such plan ever been duly published, adopted and filed as a matter of public record in the County Probate Court. This is... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-10-24, 02:09 PM Replies: 12 Main difference(s) between home rule and non-home rule Views: 958 Posted By bud Regionalism

Is this what you mean by Regionalism... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-10-23, 11:11 AM Replies: 12 Main difference(s) between home rule and non-home rule Views: 958 Posted By bud Dillon' Rule - http://www..org/forums/showthread.php?p=347008#post347008 -

Strictly construed you are correct and I should say so but I was thinking as compared to the County and went on to make my point concerning a Federal system at the Local level comparable to the... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-10-20, 12:15 PM Replies: 122 The Republic Ended Today Views: 3,218 Posted By bud Plato

I recall from Plato's Republic that a republic's greatest weakness was not in faction but distraction. What distractions? Notice that the politicians are very keen on finding ways to keep us busy... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-10-20, 11:09 AM Replies: 12 Main difference(s) between home rule and non-home rule Views: 958 Posted By bud Homerule County

My understanding is that Home Rule is sought by Counties rather than Municipalitiles, i.e. incorporated cities which already have home rule. The County Commissioners seek home rule in collusion with... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-10-11, 12:37 PM Replies: 2 Gilbert White died was 94. Views: 562 Posted By bud Should we?

Architects generally advise against building in a floodplain (see Architectural Graphic Standards, et al) but real estate sales people seem blissfully unaware or careless of that advise. It would... Forum: Student Lounge 2006-10-10, 02:06 PM Replies: 1 Investigation: which is the main object of the environmental design Views: 223 Posted By bud E D 101

This is the name Buckminster Fuller gave to Architecture. It is now the first four years, the undergraduate curriculum for students who may go on to graduate school for a Masters or PhD in... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-10-10, 11:10 AM Replies: 22 Hitch Hike to all 50 state capitals in 50 days? Views: 590 Posted By bud @ 300/day?

Before 911, I was averaging 300 miles a day; but, two or three years ago when it was less than 200 miles per day I quit that rather arduous but more interesting method of travel and started riding... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-09-27, 02:14 PM Replies: 59 Do you fully understand and know Economics? Views: 1,302 Posted By bud O P M

What you call Capital is actually Wealth or what other people have produced - you do not want to see that (mental block). Your clients use OPM, other people's money to make money for yourself while... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-09-27, 11:59 AM Replies: 69 Why can't local governments say no to development? Views: 3,611 Posted By bud Exactly

Yes, but not as it is done traditionally. My idea is to have an orderly and systematic plan for every niche and corner of the County in the form of several Municipal units of the size of four... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-09-22, 11:46 AM Replies: 69 Why can't local governments say no to development? Views: 3,611 Posted By bud The Golden Rule

Here is how it is done. We need only go by the law and the golden rule - "they who have the gold make the rules" - the people supply the gold through taxation. The law expresses the will of the... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-09-22, 10:48 AM Replies: 13,145 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own Views: 302,894 Posted By bud E=mcc

To Whom it may concern... see on NOVA at PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/legacy.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/genius/ Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-09-20, 02:00 PM Replies: 27 Happy Birthday, Chet! Views: 366 Posted By bud Re: Your Solar return

Many happy returns.

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Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-09-19, 10:34 AM Replies: 9 Empty space on the southern tip of Manhattan Views: 1,244 Posted By bud fish nets or air bags

Architects think of these things but the big money boys cut them out to maximize their profits. It would take an act of Congress to change that - but who owns Congress?

Another way would be to have... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-09-15, 10:07 AM Replies: 9 Empty space on the southern tip of Manhattan Views: 1,244 Posted By bud 9-11

Architectural Record reported that the high-jacker who planned and commanded their operation was himself an architect. So he knew the vulnerability of the structure and took full advantage of it to... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-09-14, 09:33 AM Replies: 478 Cyburbia Weightfest Thread Views: 12,461 Posted By bud

O.k.

I read you. Maybe you misread me; or what? I don't think it was the book that did it. I think it will do someone some good. Forum: Cities and Places 2006-09-13, 12:39 PM Replies: 20 Pittsburgh has fever for downtown living Views: 1,407 Posted By bud Incentive taxation

I understand downtown Pittsburg keeps the tax on buildings low and high on land; this two rate tax system serves to encourage development - it is also known as site value taxation. It is one of only... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-09-13, 11:35 AM Replies: 478 Cyburbia Weightfest Thread Views: 12,461 Posted By bud Diets Don't Work

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=diets+don%27t+work&fr=yfp-t-500&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

http://www.amazon.com/Diets-Don-Work-Naturally-Diet-Free/dp/0942540166

My Mother used this book and overcame... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-09-06, 10:38 AM Replies: 9 Benifit of kinetic architecture over conventional architecture Views: 606 Posted By bud Water as art

Art is what distinguishes a building as architecture. Water has always been used to make buildings beautiful (as with pools and fountains); so water in motion could be called, in terms of science,... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-09-05, 10:50 AM Replies: 21 The Homeschooling Discussion Thread spun off from Minnesota High School s Views: 731 Posted By bud Education

No one knew better than Thomas Jefferson the need for education in a democratic republic; yet he said education should not be compulsory. A parent should not be forced to send their child to public... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-08-30, 01:05 PM Replies: 10 Land Use Densities Views: 494 Posted By bud Population Densities

For homework, I suggest that you find the densities of urban areas and other non-rural land and then subtract that from the total land area of Texas. The remainder would be the answer to your... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-30, 12:02 PM Replies: 18 Asphalt roofing shingles in the Northeastern/Midwestern US: why? Views: 2,088 Posted By bud 'thinderbird' style overhangs

How would that be a problem? Wright typically used standing seam copper roofs. I gather your cabin has wide eaves; how wide? - three or four feet, I reckon. And you want to use sheet metal? What is... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-08-30, 11:29 AM Replies: 39 Going to war vs. Slumlords Views: 1,919 Posted By bud Quiet enjoyment

By power of ent Domain reserved to It, the State guarantees property owners Quiet Enjoyment. Noise is at the root of and perhaps the only problem with blighted neighborhoods. Once noise is... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-08-25, 11:25 AM Replies: 59 Do you fully understand and know Economics? Views: 1,302 Posted By bud What?

Apparently you do not know the difference between economics and finance. I guess you mean you sell stocks and bonds as, or for, an investment banker; so your vested interest would be in the money... Forum: Student Lounge 2006-08-23, 11:18 AM Replies: 8 PhD thesis on the history of planning? Views: 606 Posted By bud Research topics

One topic might consider the effects of site value taxation on land use. In Australia I know there is at least one major city (Melbourne?) that uses laissez-faire (site value) taxation - it is an... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-08-22, 12:26 PM Replies: 59 Do you fully understand and know Economics? Views: 1,302 Posted By bud Land, Labor and Capital=Wealth

Start by defining the three factors needed to produce wealth.

What is so confusing is that money is called capital; but money is a measure of wealth. The true definition of capital would be... Forum: Cities and Places 2006-08-18, 12:21 PM Replies: 35 Just What is an Exurb? Views: 3,729 Posted By bud Montecello

That is how I understand it. Thomas Jefferson's Montecello (http://www.monticello.org/) might be an example; the Biltmore Estate (http://www.biltmore.com/) would certainly be.

It might be applied... Forum: Cities and Places 2006-08-17, 11:00 AM Replies: 11 Any Texans... Views: 519 Posted By bud I am from Texas

Crane, in West Texas is my hometown as well as McCamey. I have lived in Odessa (where I still own land) as well as in Ft Worth, Dallas, San Antonio and Austin not to mention College Station where I... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-11, 11:12 AM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Monopoly powers

Quote: Originally posted by bud I apologize if I have offended anyone - my comments are not to be taken personally. Try to be objective.

I am sure FLW would say you are correct; I sure do. It... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-08-09, 01:11 PM Replies: 18 Hello from DC! Views: 276 Posted By bud Greetings

Pleased to meet you. I have spent quite a bit of time in DC. Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-09, 11:00 AM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Professional Standards

Quote: Originally posted by bud One should not go into Architecture to get a living; as in any of the other learned professions. Wright said it would be better to dig ditches for a living than to... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-08, 12:34 PM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Gurdjieff

Olgivanna, who was from Montenegro was a student of Gurdjieff as a young woman. Her book, The Conscious Struggle was based on Gurdjieff's teaching. It was about how to think objectively. It was given... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-08, 10:46 AM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Multi -replies

Usonian houses

There was a piece (rerun?) on CBS, 60 Minutes this Sunday showing how the average size Large home had increased from a previous 4 - 5K SF to 8 12K SF. When I began in the early... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-07, 10:49 AM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Multiple replies

Usonia

Usonia was Wright's name for the United States of America, the only country without a name. He said he got the idea from reading Erewhon by Samuel Butler. He decided to do 40 small low...

FBC 1944 ~ Texas A&M Architecture 1951~ Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice 1958 ~ <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">A.o.Y.</a> 1970 ~ KYMAK 1977 ~ <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07195621&Lat=30.76395408&Alon=-88.07195621&Alat=30.76395408&w=1&opt=0&addr=6+Viaduct+Rd%2c+Mobile%2c+AL+36611&qs=6+viaduct%7cchickasaw%7cal%7c">douglas36601 ~ 1984</a> ...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City">Broadacre City</a>...<a href="http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm">Ethics</a>...<a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32">SVT</a>...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_approach">Objective Approach</a>

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Ethics

That is unethical. One should not go into Architecture to get a living; as in any of the other learned professions. Wright was exemplary of that in his practice along with Sullivan who reinforced it in him but he learned Architecture at home from his Mother who was a teacher; he lived and worked to please her until she died in the 1920's when Sullivan also passed away. That ideal was portrayed in The Fountain Head which was showing when I was in High School and College. The ethic is practically unenforceable but to ignore it will num the psyche, dumb down the intellect or drive one to drink if one has any conscience in the matter. FLW called such competitors, inebriate criminals (see The Natural House). Wright said it would be better to dig ditches for a living than to pros titute your self in Architecture. On Ethics see The Future of Architecture, Lectures at the Chicago Art Institute, "Advice to the young man in Architecture".

FBC 1944 ~ Texas A&M Architecture 1951~ Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice 1958 ~ <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">A.o.Y.</a> 1970 ~ KYMAK 1977 ~ <a href="http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?t=4&s=8&Lon=-88.07195621&Lat=30.76395408&Alon=-88.07195621&Alat=30.76395408&w=1&opt=0&addr=6+Viaduct+Rd%2c+Mobile%2c+AL+36611&qs=6+viaduct%7cchickasaw%7cal%7c">douglas36601 ~ 1984</a> ...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City">Broadacre City</a>...<a href="http://ecoethics.net/smartgrowth/index.htm">Ethics</a>...<a href="http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=365696&postcount=32">SVT</a>...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_approach">Objective Approach</a>

Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-03, 10:56 AM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud List of Houses I see it is on this list but it is not something he would want to take credit for, I am sure. I still question that he did it. List of FLW Houses... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-03, 10:24 AM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Gale House I was not aware of the Thomas H. Gale House (1892) you link to and it does not look like anything Wright ever did even that early in his career. This is the one I had in mind: Mrs. Thomas Gale... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-08-02, 12:55 PM Replies: 26 Frank Lloyd Wright Views: 1,276 Posted By bud Frank Lloyd Wright I came across an article the other day on the internet stating that some of Wright's houses are still un-saleable even though others are worth a fortune. That reminded me of the little Gale House in... fifth page

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Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-08-02, 10:55 AM Replies: 7 Innovative master plans? Views: 688 Posted By bud Broadacre City

Frank Lloyd Wright said of his own Innovative Master Plan, Broadacre City, "Architects as they are educated are not competent even to see it ( see, the London Lectures as recorded in The Future... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-07-28, 12:08 PM Replies: 13,145 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own Views: 302,894 Posted By bud Window dressing

I think most Politicians (mayors, county commissioners, et al) think of themselves as the Architect so they don't really understand what a Planner is for other than that they need them for window... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-07-14, 12:13 PM Replies: 13,145 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own Views: 302,894 Posted By bud

Cooking

The Joy of Cooking was used at Taliesin when I was there - apprentices took turns doing the cooking and kitchen work. I once had a copy of The World's Best Recipes by Charles Beard. I still use from... Forum: Student Lounge 2006-07-12, 02:12 PM Replies: 6 Bartlett's advanced archiectural studies program Views: 540 Posted By bud Existential stuff

Are you refering to this thread? http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=326823&postcount=62

"This frantic interest in expanding the scope of architectural thought clearly indicates that the... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-07-12, 11:02 AM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Art

http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=210969&postcount=1

You misread me. I spoke in terms of art and architecture and meant to show how primitive people living close to nature instinctively... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-07-11, 11:02 AM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Natural beauty.

The Federal Style was based on French and Italian Renaissance and English Palladian that is eclectic architecture, not indigenous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclecticism_in_art

Indigenous is... Forum: Economic and Community Development 2006-07-07, 11:07 AM Replies: 9 Coastal development: carrying capacity? Views: 369 Posted By bud My hunch

I followed my intuition rather than my math which is a little fuzzy. If you meant to say 100 sq km then that would be an overall density of almost 2 per acre.

To correct myself, I should say there... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-07-07, 10:52 AM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Indigenous

Architecture is the Art as well as Science of building. Engineers can design modern structures and buildings but if architects do not make their buildings a work of art they are no different than an... Forum: Economic and Community Development 2006-07-06, 10:41 AM Replies: 9 Coastal development: carrying capacity? Views: 369 Posted By bud Environmental Design

This is a job for an Architect (Environmental Designer). It may be the sites that seem to be un-build-able would be the best place to build. This is to be done in sympathy with nature as good... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-07-05, 12:07 PM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Cost of Money

Wright was ahead of Kahn in that type of structure and ornamentation was integral to FLW buildings. A building can be modern but it should not be called architecture if it doesn't fully employ the... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-30, 10:43 AM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Grammar of Ornament

Re: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0789476460/qid=1040666419/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/002-1605022-7943206?n=283155 and http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/grammar/propositions.html

It has... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-28, 01:36 PM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Peter Behrens

1. I had in mind the Corporate practice of moving people around the country and indiviuals who change jobs for various reasons that result in a lot of real estate exchange - that demands resell... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-28, 12:38 PM Replies: 20 Any non-conformist architectural publications? Views: 638 Posted By bud T F N

http://midglen.com/taliesinfellows/

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=taliesin+fellows+newsletter&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

http://www.steinerag.com/flw/Periodicals/JrnlTaliesinFellows.h... Forum: Student Lounge 2006-06-28, 12:03 PM Replies: 13 High schooler w/ planning&design questions Views: 560 Posted By bud

Home schooling is best

Do a lot of reading on the subject at home or public library or the internet.

Have you considered - http://www.franklloydwright.org/ .

Are you interested more in solving problems or in making... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-28, 10:45 AM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Repose

If the product of Art is Beauty and the effect of beauty is repose as stated in the Propositions in Owen Jones', Grammar of Ornament (referenced above) it may account for the restlessness and high... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-27, 01:22 PM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Decoration, etc.

I never noticed that but I am the same height as FLW. The ceilings were of varying heights as I recall when I was there in 1958. At the doorway it was 6'-4" but inside the ceiling was higher. If you... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-23, 12:38 PM Replies: 65 Distinguishing traditional from modern architecture in one easy step Views: 2,174 Posted By bud Modern

The architecture of Palladio was modern in its time. I am not sure about Frank Gerry.

To be modern a building should be light and airy, it must push technology to its limits even effecting new... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-06-13, 11:41 AM Replies: 19 Frank Gruber -- Who me? Views: 358 Posted By bud Interesting

Greetings. I have friends in Santa Monica. Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-09, 11:29 AM Replies: 65 Poll: What is your attitude toward lawns? Views: 1,601 Posted By bud Idea

I think we (Design Professionals) only have to show them a better way and a reason for it and then convince them of that. The problem of air pollution not to mention noise caused by mowers is one... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-06-08, 11:28 AM Replies: 65 Poll: What is your attitude toward lawns? Views: 1,601 Posted By bud Decoration

Lawns should be small, in strategic locations as a beauty spot or a soft little place to lie on - pools and fountains of water would be a part of this such as a Japanese garden.

Maintenance of large... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-06-01, 01:41 PM Replies: 56 Who is America's top planner? Views: 2,794 Posted By bud Consensus?

http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=319922&postcount=19

That is the general consensus but I would say it is woefully misinformed. His thesis on city planning needs serious study. I would... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-06-01, 01:20 PM Replies: 56 Who is America's top planner? Views: 2,794 Posted By bud Beyond Broadacre City

- http://www..org/forums/showpost.php?p=319890&postcount=10

That is because most architects go (or get steered) into building design generally neglecting their responsibility in city and... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-06-01, 10:56 AM Replies: 56 Who is America's top planner? Views: 2,794 Posted By bud Architects only?

Frank Lloyd said only Architects are trained to plan - I think he meant trained to be able to see into the future (long range) and to understand the principles of good design. Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-24, 12:45 PM Replies: 40 Cavalcade of s Views: 1,067 Posted By bud Nonconformist

How about the word paradoxical or unconventional to describe my study of and findings concerning the problems of city and regional planning? I have come to this forum seeking any evidence that might... Forum: Cities and Places 2006-05-22, 11:47 AM Replies: 20 South Euclid, Ohio: a mid-20th century suburb on the edge Views: 1,308 Posted By bud My Apologies

I understand; but this idea has been well received when presented in person to others, including planning professionals, and is being used by them. It is not easy to communicate without eye contact....

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Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-19, 11:57 AM Replies: 40 Cavalcade of s Views: 1,067 Posted By bud

ACLU v. Christian Right

There is a battle going on between the Political Left and Right. I think the media blitz is due to a backlash from the Neo-Conservative Christian Right trying to maintain traditional values. The ACLU... Forum: Cities and Places 2006-05-18, 11:22 AM Replies: 20 South Euclid, Ohio: a mid-20th century suburb on the edge Views: 1,308 Posted By bud The Plan

I have a plan that covers the entire Country. It is based on a 1500 mile square centered on a certain spot in Independence, Missouri (now a National Historic Site) which was marked in 1831 to be the... Forum: Cities and Places 2006-05-17, 03:40 PM Replies: 20 South Euclid, Ohio: a mid-20th century suburb on the edge Views: 1,308 Posted By bud Regional

The Citizen is King as a matter of law even if not of fact. We can make it real if we know what we are doing - it is clear to me that non-planners and developers do not know what they are doing. We... Forum: Cities and Places 2006-05-17, 02:17 PM Replies: 20 South Euclid, Ohio: a mid-20th century suburb on the edge Views: 1,308 Posted By bud Clear vision

It is a collection or hodgepodge of neatly planned subdivisions without an overall well designed pattern or master plan. It is part of the continuous growth of Cleveland which forms one huge blob -... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-05-12, 11:36 AM Replies: 17 Wave as you fly over Views: 384 Posted By bud Glad to meet you

Let's not blame developers; they are only as good as their architect.

bud...

Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-12, 11:26 AM Replies: 29 The Hitchhikers Guide to... well... Hitchhiking. Views: 600 Posted By bud It is legal

It is lawful if you stay on the edge of the pavement or on the grass out of the normal flow of traffic, that is, "the roadway". Sometimes the police do not know these fine distinctions, confusing the... Forum: Cyburbia Issues and Help 2006-05-09, 12:44 PM Replies: 17 Suspensions and bannings - May 2006 Views: 1,203 Posted By bud My web site

What about this? http://www..org/forums/showthread.php?p=315706#post315706 .

bud...

Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-08, 11:14 AM Replies: 41 Is the government in the United States Dysfunctional? Views: 929 Posted By bud My apologies

Yes. Most of my posts do not give a link to one of my web pages; but I will not give a link back to my website if that is a problem. Thank you for the warning.

I am sure the government has become... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-05, 12:03 PM Replies: 41 Is the government in the United States Dysfunctional? Views: 929 Posted By bud Is government in the United States Dysfunctional?

It is dysfunctional because Local government has not supported our Constitution. That is why they say in Washington, "All politics is local". Local politicians may not know and understand why they... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-04, 11:44 AM Replies: 87 Super List of Planning Jargon Views: 3,771 Posted By bud The roots of jargon

Congress is about 80% Lawyers, now. Jefferson said if there were more than 20% it would be our undoing. It is not to eradicate legalese or Lawyer-speak or other Orwellian signs of social degeneration... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-05-03, 01:11 PM Replies: 27 Favorite skyscraper Views: 1,149 Posted By bud The Mile-high Illinois

I like this one - http://www.delmars.com/wright/flw7a.htm . The 528 floors are cantilevered off of a central core of titanium reinforced concrete. It is a sky city which accommodates a population of... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-03, 12:56 PM Replies: 87 Super List of Planning Jargon Views: 3,771 Posted By bud Lawyer-speak

Then it is legalese or "Lawyer-speak" which is generally the case and the root of the problem. Lawyers have always exercised undue control of society. What is the remedy? YHWH provides -... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-05-03, 10:36 AM Replies: 109 What is the objection to private cities? Views: 3,464 Posted By bud Law

What law do you have in mind and why is it a problem? I find there are some laws or regulations or regulators (lawyers, et al) that tend to go contrary to higher laws; that is a problem - State and... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-02, 02:01 PM Replies: 87 Super List of Planning Jargon Views: 3,771 Posted By bud Ok

But why not say, "If vehicles can only enter this property from X Street, then there is no danger of exiting across traffic."

bud...

Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-05-02, 11:40 AM Replies: 109 What is the objection to private cities? Views: 3,464 Posted By bud Public service

If those in the public sector who are employed to serve the public will always act like servants, rather than masters, then the public i.e., private citizens will at least feel like they own the... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-05-01, 11:14 AM Replies: 40 Jane Jacobs dies - age 89 Views: 1,442 Posted By bud Complex problem

In her Great American Cities she points out the complexity of City Planning and Design, indicating that it is beyond human comprehension. That validates my findings and the logic of the solution I... Forum: Transportation Planning 2006-04-28, 11:24 AM Replies: 26 Progressive Southern transportation planning? Views: 940 Posted By bud New Bus System

Mobile, Alabama has a new system which should attract more riders although it works better in larger cities such as Kansas City, Missouri - http://www.kcata.org/ - where I got the idea and then... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-04-27, 11:20 AM Replies: 109 What is the objection to private cities? Views: 3,464 Posted By bud Laissez-faire

The term, "laissez-faire" was confused by the British economic philosopher Adam Smith in his 1776 (counter-revolutionary?) publication of The Wealth of Nations. Jefferson and the founders of our... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-04-25, 01:52 PM Replies: 40 Jane Jacobs dies - age 89 Views: 1,442 Posted By bud Dark age ahead?

Have you noticed her last book?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400076706/sr=1-1/qid=1145986900/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-4658815-0110556?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books

Dark Age Ahead is a 2004 book by Jane... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-04-25, 12:25 PM Replies: 109 What is the objection to private cities? Views: 3,464 Posted By bud Even private corporations are agents or...

Even private corporations are agents or creatures of the State; everyone in business is an agent of the State or Municipality if they have a business license - this the very definition of... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-04-21, 11:09 AM Replies: 87 Super List of Planning Jargon Views: 3,771 Posted By bud Honesty

Why not simply say entry or "in"? Why use Latin terminology? That was to have ended with Vatican II. The idea is to get rid of pretentiousness so that we can better learn to be perfectly honest in... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-04-14, 12:13 PM Replies: 13,145 Random Thoughts Deserving No Thread Of Their Own Views: 302,894 Posted By bud e=mc^2

I figured this to mean, for example e=1lb x 186000 miles/sec^2 x186000 miles; use feet to get an answer in foot-pounds since energy is the same as work. Actually the equation is e=mad or e=fd where a... Forum: Transportation Planning 2006-04-14, 11:30 AM Replies: 7 Trip generation rates for botanical garden Views: 386 Posted By bud ural zone

In Broadacre City the Arboretum is on the main thorofare across the street from a university.

bud...

Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-04-13, 12:15 PM Replies: 65 Sprawl illustrated: 1950 to 2005 Views: 2,398 Posted By bud Feudalism

It is still all feudalism because it does not give the people freedom from government dependency.

bud...

Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-04-13, 11:04 AM Replies: 21 The influence of corruption on planning and development Views: 1,053 Posted By bud Lassez-faire

Reply: It is a piece of paper that if we believe in we will defend whether with our in war or with whatever it takes in peace - we have to tell them the truth and show them the way; that would...

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Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-04-11, 10:47 AM Replies: 21 The influence of corruption on planning and development Views: 1,053 Posted By bud Lassez-faire

Why not rather preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States in our resonings? Are we to abandon that in order to improve on the situation? I think that is why we are in the... Forum: Make No Small Plans 2006-04-10, 11:25 AM Replies: 21 The influence of corruption on planning and development Views: 1,053 Posted By bud Streamlined planning

Without an orderly and systemmatic plan of development, Disorderly Conduct results; since this is a Crime, political corruption must follow. No city in this Country really has ever implemented such a... Forum: Cyburbia Issues and Help 2006-03-31, 11:59 AM Replies: 44 Post count adjustment Views: 1,407 Posted By bud Unless

Unless... How about giving credit if they relate to planning issues or job related life management problems, eg., "Anger Management"?

bud...

Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-03-31, 11:50 AM Replies: 87 Super List of Planning Jargon Views: 3,771 Posted By bud Plannerspeak

Plannerspeak

We've heard of legalese or Lawyerspeak; have you heard of Archispeak? An article in Architectural Record, October 1999, p.79, "Critique" by Robert Campbell (also see letters to the... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-03-29, 11:43 AM Replies: 2 warming centers for the homeless Views: 254 Posted By bud Day labor office?

That might fit in with a place to go to "catch out" for temporary jobs, like unloading trucks, construction work, landscaping, office work, etc. or whatever they may want to do while they are... Forum: Land Use and Zoning 2006-03-28, 11:33 AM Replies: 24 County wide zoning - good or bad? Views: 1,389 Posted By bud Why not show developers the path of no...

Why not show developers the path of no resistance; so they can go where they are welcome?

Politicians always seem to want to change the law to increase their power. Thomas Jefferson's township... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-03-27, 11:00 AM Replies: 7 Architect Views: 452 Posted By bud I believe I got that from an Encyclopedia or a...

I believe I got that from an Encyclopedia or a book on Banking. Bankers have a vested interest in promoting the welfare of the building industry. Housing was a big social problem at the turn of the... Forum: Friday Afternoon Club 2006-03-24, 10:33 AM Replies: 28 Anger Management Views: 648 Posted By bud It's OK to be angry

It should be OK to be angry, as long as you go by the law.

"Great peace have they which love the law: and nothing shall offend them." - http://bible.cc/psalms/119-165.htm - Psalm 119:165

"Love your... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-03-23, 03:30 PM Replies: 7 Architect Views: 452 Posted By bud Thanks

I see no bias

Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-03-23, 03:01 PM Replies: 7 Architect Views: 452 Posted By bud Someone recently told me I was a natural...

Someone recently told me I was a natural architect but I am more interested in city and regional planning; what do I do now? bud...

I ac cidentally dug up and responded to an old post by Dan as... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-03-22, 12:08 PM Replies: 20 Hi. I'm new here. Views: 408 Posted By bud knowledge of good and evil

George,

I suggest that you be aware of Frank Lloyd Wright's, The Living City in which he explains his Broadacre City concept.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City

And... Forum: Introduce Yourself 2006-03-22, 11:44 AM Replies: 12 Hello, I am new here. Views: 336 Posted By bud Environmental design

While I am not up on William Lucy's 1994 argument that the planning profession "should nurture healthy people in healthy places I have gleaned this much:

Journal of the American Planning... Forum: Career Advice 2006-03-21, 11:54 AM Replies: 14 Do developers hire planners Views: 1,490 Posted By bud That question reminds me of a quote: Neither...

That question reminds me of a quote:

Neither planners or developers plan America; bureaucrats and bankers do. (JAPA, Autumn 1990 , p.498) "the financial community follows a herd instinct bankers... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-03-20, 10:57 AM Replies: 12 Design with efficiency and nature Views: 1,373 Posted By bud Architects

Architects are responsible for coordinating the work of all design professionals in the building process and should relate to the entire built environment. Their training in three dimensional design... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-03-17, 12:15 PM Replies: 12 Design with efficiency and nature Views: 1,373 Posted By bud Natural born architect

NHPlanner,

I found that post and this site in a yahoo search for "natural born architect" after someone recently told me I was a "natural architect" which they describe as one who is an "intuitive... Forum: Design, Space and Place 2006-03-17, 11:11 AM Replies: 12 Design with efficiency and nature Views: 1,373 Posted By bud Natural born architect

Dan, How does one know from their birth that they are born to be an architect, i.e., that they are as you say you are?

Bud... +++++

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This website is about the Cause of Architecture and the problems of City Planning. References to Scripture are purely coincidental to give credit where credit is due. The KYMAK concept of City and Regional planning develops the ure and system of government envisioned by the Founders of our Nation from the first settlers in Virginia in 1609, and Massachusetts in 1620, to our Declaration of Independence in 1776 and our sacred Federal Union by the United States Constitution of 1789 continuing to this day whereby the Law expresses the will of the People. If we will reverence the law, KYMAK shows us how to stop <a href="http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu5eGw8NJWDEAK_BXNyoA?p=urban+sprawl&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501-s"target="new">Urban</a><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/11oct_sprawl.htm"target="new"> Sprawl</a> while assuring rapid growth with the benefits of Beauty - KYMAK strates how to design cities in accordance with the Law which will enable an aesthetic order that would relieve the unrest that causes crime and mental illness. It is in the interest of public health and safety that KYMAK guidelines be adopted as the basis of all Federal funding for Transportation and Urban and Community development. KYMAK's point of beginning (POB) is near the center of population now; therefore, one goal of KYMAK is to relocate the seat of government from Washington, DC to Jackson County, Missouri. Site Selection is the Architect's prerogative, although that has been a lost cause until now. KYMAK makes it very clear, Site Selection is the Architect's prerogative in their role as the coordinators of the building process. It is time to allow Architects to take charge of the building process, beginning with Site Selection. The solution combines the cities described by Ezekiel and the Apostle John in The Bible with the orderly Township Scheme of Thomas Jefferson and the uniquely American Democratic city planning concept of Frank Lloyd Wright; however, The KYMAK concept is not to constrain but to lawfully guide development as a service to and in cooperation with your own architect in accordance with the will of the people as expressed in the law.

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PUBLIC POLICY requires orderly development.&nbsp (The will of the People)

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<a href="http://uscode.house.gov/"target="new">U.S. Law</a>
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Urban Policy
Section 4501
It is the policy of Congress to encourage the rational and orderly <a href="http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm"target="new">(see 13A-11-7)</a> development of our cities, towns and rural areas ...

Section 4502
(b) Existing and future programs must be inter-related and coordinated within a system of orderly development...
(d) The Congress further declares that the national urban policy should - (6) Encourage planned communities. (8) increase coordination among Federal programs...
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Community Development
Section 5301
(b) The Congress further finds and declares that the future welfare of the Nation and the well being of citizens depend on the establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities, and require (1) new centers of population ... (3) Streamlined...
(c) The primary objective is ... (5) ...a better arrangement of residential, commercial, industrial, ...and other needed activity centers.

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Major development is in the outer 96 mile-wide zone between the 6000 mile perimeter (blue line on drawing - click on links below) and the orange line is a trunkline - the main transportation route with processing and distribution centers along the 5280-mile peremeter. The <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/suburbs.jpg"target="new">Broadacres</a> City concept was designed to apply to railroad corridors but this pattern also applies to the suburban zone of the <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/modelcity.jpg"target="new">Mo del </a> <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/municipalunit68.jpg"target="new">City</a>. This will tie all existing transportation routes together in a unified whole.
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/westernstates.jpg"target="new">Western States</a>
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/easternstates.jpg"target="new">Eastern States</a>

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<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/yhwh.html"target="new">YHWH provides</a>

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<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/drawings.gif"target="new">DRAWINGS:</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/profile84.jpg"target="new">Profiles</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/centerregion.jpg"target="new">Center Region</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/pob1831.jpg"target="new">Center Place</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/15_acre_block.jpg"target="new">15 acre block</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/municipalunit68.jpg"target="new">Municipal Unit</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/subdivision.jpg"target="new">Subdivision</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/gazebos.jpg"target="new">Summer Cottages & Gazebos</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/executivecompound.jpg"target="new">Executive Compound</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/tradeoffs.jpg"target="new">Trade-offs</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/southernregion.jpg"target="new"target="new">Southern Region</a>

<a href="southcentralregion.jpg"target="new"target="new">Southern Central Entrance (sketch)</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/modelcity.jpg"target="new">Model City</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/suburbs.jpg"target="new">Suburban Zone</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/chickasaw97.jpg"target="new">Project</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/chickasaw96.jpg"target="new">Detail</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/chickasaw95.jpg"target="new">Detail</a>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Broadacre_City"target="new">Broadacre City</a> <a href="http://www.fba.fh-darmstadt.de/lehrinhalte/Allgemein/Fachgruppen/Darstellung/Geometrie/Plakate/pages/A2%20Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%20-%20Broadacre%20City%201.htm"target="new">1 - </a> <a href="http://www.fba.fh-darmstadt.de/lehrinhalte/Allgemein/Fachgruppen/Darstellung/Geometrie/Plakate/pages/A2%20Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%20-%20Broadacre%20City%202.htm"target="new">2 - </a> <a href="http://www.fba.fh-darmstadt.de/lehrinhalte/Allgemein/Fachgruppen/Darstellung/Geometrie/Plakate/pages/A2%20Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%20-%20Broadacre%20City%203.htm"target="new">3 - </a> <a href="http://www.fba.fh-darmstadt.de/lehrinhalte/Allgemein/Fachgruppen/Darstellung/Geometrie/Plakate/pages/A2%20Frank%20Lloyd%20Wright%20-%20Broadacre%20City%204.htm"target="new">4</a>

<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Formulas.html"target="new">Coordinates</a> of any point may be computed using KYMAK parametric datum transformation <A href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Formulas.html"target="new">formulas</A>. Confirming <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/Formulas2.html"target="new">iterations</a> by US Dept. of Interior USGS c. 1988 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Snyder"target="new">John Snyder</a>. Accuracy of conversion is thus confirmed.

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Design Professionals
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<a href="http://www.aia.org/"target="new">Architects</a>

<a href="http://www.asla.org/"target="new">Landscape Architects</a>

<a href="http://www.planning.org/"target="new">City Planners</a>

<a href="http://www.aag.org/"target="new">Geographers</a>

<a href="http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=%22Regional+Planning+commission%22"target="new">Regional Planning Commission </a>

<a href="http://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=%22area+councils+of+government%22&hc=0&hs=0"target="new">Area Councils of Government</a>

<a href="http://www.sarpc.org/"target="new">SARPC</a>

Facilitators
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<a href="http://nar.realtor.com/"target="new">Realtors</a>

<a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/community.htm"target="new">Federal Reserve Bank</a>

<a href="http://www.apsanet.org/"target="new">Political Scientists</a>

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<a href="http://www.asce.org/"target="new">Civil Engineers</a>

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Model city:
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/modelcity.jpg"target="new">Pattern</a> - <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/municipalunit68.jpg"target="new">Municple Unit</a>

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National:
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/easternstates.jpg"target="new">East</a> - <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/westernstates.jpg"target="new">West</a>

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Regional:
<a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/mobileregion.jpg"target="new">Local</a> - <a href="http://www.geocities.ws/douglas36601/centerregion.jpg"target="new">Central (POB)</a>
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BACK-UP COPIES
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Private lnk508002NNote 508002 Center Place (Point of Begining (POB 1831))- Independence, MO
Private lnk687660NNote 687660 15 acre block at POB 1831
Private lnk687630NNote 687630 Center Region - POB 1831 in Jackson County, MO
Private lnk666184NNote 666184 WEST AND EAST 1500 MILE-SQUARE
Private lnk666193NNote 666193 Southern Region 1500 mi-sq
Private lnk687709NNote 687709 Southern Central Entrance (sketch)
Private lnk666201NNote 666201 Mobile Region
Private lnk666202NNote 666202 Trade-offs
Private lnk666195NNote 666195 Profiles
Private lnk666200NNote 666200 City (Ezek 48)
Private lnk687677NNote 687677 Executive Compound
Private lnk687680NNote 687680 Municipal Unit
Private lnk666199NNote 666199 880 ft-sq (17.777ac) Subdivision of Municipal Unit
Private lnk687685NNote 687685 Summer Cottages and Gazebos - Subdivision part
Private lnk687695NNote 687695 Suburban Zone (compare Broadacre City)
Private lnk687703NNote 687703 Project - suburban zone with details

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