The Gardner Company’s $70 million City Center Plaza (or is it City Centre Plaza?) broke ground today in a ceremony that I unfortunately was unable to attend. While I enjoy my work in Seattle, it’s a real pain trying to…
I’m going to put commentary on a slight hiatus for the summer; shifting the focus instead on posting news, maintaining the Development Index and building the framework of the website. Boisetopia is still new. It’s the first blog I’ve ever…
As a kind-of extension to last week’s topic, I was playing around with comparing Boise’s urban footprint–that is to say, the amount of physical land that the Boise urban area (including Nampa, Meridian, Caldwell, etc.) has “eaten up” with buildings…
Busy day for aviation news, two new additions in just 24 hours. In addition to the United news, Alaska Airlines is adding an additional daily nonstop flight between Boise and Seattle, WA, to be operated by Horizon Air, beginning March, 2015. The…
United Airlines is adding a 3rd daily nonstop flight between Boise and Los Angeles, CA, to be operated by United Express (SkyWest Airlines), beginning September 21st, 2014 and ending on October 24th, 2014. The flight is now bookable through united.com, with…
Am I the only one who sees this?
Gernika, Spain. Heart of the Basque Country. Boise’s sister city. Please join me: take a stroll around a few city blocks on Google’s Street View. Soak in the charming streets, human-scaled buildings, and the abundance of greenspace and people on…
Today, with ample brouhaha it was announced that Boise State’s famous Bronco Stadium is officially hereforth known as “Albertsons Stadium” courtesy of Albertsons, LLC and a 15-year naming rights deal worth $12.5 million. Awesome. Not only is this an instant,…
Finals. Are. OVER! Welcome to Part III! Ruminations: Part I Ruminations: Part II Again, my apologies for the delay. The end of classes and finals week is always a hectic time. Coupled with a move to Seattle and the start…
Vision for a Creationist Natural History Museum in Boise
Here’s a new one I hadn’t seen until today: Link: Northwest Science Museum Northwest Science Museum will present a ―Natural History museum from both Biblical and Naturalistic (evolutionary) points of view. The Museum will display similar exhibits as other well…