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Category Archives: Bike Friday tikit
Goodbye, N + 1
N + 1 is the formula to calculate the number of bicycles one should own. Have one bicycle? The right number to own is two. Have 15 bicycles? The right number is 16. There are at least three reasons why … Continue reading
Coffee first
Everyone’s inside today, but the only thing I need to add to my work clothes is a light jacket–and a double Americano. Came too late for a cookie, though.
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Tagged coffee, leaves-n-beans, Peoria heights, Rock Island Greenway
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Day 19.2. 30 Days of Biking
The gentleman on the right is Rusty Dunn, former mayor of Pekin, Illinois. Lincoln and the guy holding either the Gettysburg Address or the lunch specials from Chili’s are traveling statues currently installed behind Peoria’s Riverfront Museum. Many thanks to … Continue reading
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Tagged explore Peoria, Lincoln, Pekin Mayor
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Day 19. 30 Days of Biking
The idea was simple. Use other people’s money to erect two buildings on stilts in the floodplain and encourage out-of-town restaurants to set up shop. And when that didn’t work, city leaders finally decided the buildings had to go. Better … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, city planning, demolition, Illinois River, peoria illinois, trail
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Day 4. 30 Days of Biking
In a country of oligopolies–and in this country, more people are employed by large businesses than small ones, despite the politician’s cheap, unexamined praise of Mom and Pop stores–big things take up a lot of space, both physical and mental. … Continue reading
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