Michele Reeves
@rethinkplaces.bsky.social
Misc musings of urban strategist…land use, retail, transpo, lighting(!), placemaking, real estate development, and people… with a few random acts of photography thrown in! (Finally making the move from Twitter… starting from scratch again!) views=my own
I’m always on the lookout for “Show, Don’t Tell” signage. This little neon tooth blade sign for 2nd floor dentist — sign A+
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m always on the lookout for “Show, Don’t Tell” signage. This little neon tooth blade sign for 2nd floor dentist — sign A+
Hey look every North American city with extensive skywalk systems… when you make ground floor life active, people hang out and eat outside even when it’s below freezing.
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey look every North American city with extensive skywalk systems… when you make ground floor life active, people hang out and eat outside even when it’s below freezing.
Festive holiday door! (Old building + bright door = awesome — “historic color” standards are stupid)
December 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Festive holiday door! (Old building + bright door = awesome — “historic color” standards are stupid)
Geometry in the city!
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Geometry in the city!
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
(Also, love how the kelvin range of various interior lights serves to make the building shapes dynamic against the night sky.)
Exterior lighting is super important in the north, where it gets dark before 4!
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Exterior lighting is super important in the north, where it gets dark before 4!
Plants in coffee shops!
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Plants in coffee shops!
I love taking urban photos in twilight (especially nautical twilight)! These are all great examples of welcoming & dramatic light.
Please note… bulbs in the 3000 k and lower range are yummy at this time of light. Blue-green high lumen/high kelvin monster bulbs are the opposite of what you want!
Please note… bulbs in the 3000 k and lower range are yummy at this time of light. Blue-green high lumen/high kelvin monster bulbs are the opposite of what you want!
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I love taking urban photos in twilight (especially nautical twilight)! These are all great examples of welcoming & dramatic light.
Please note… bulbs in the 3000 k and lower range are yummy at this time of light. Blue-green high lumen/high kelvin monster bulbs are the opposite of what you want!
Please note… bulbs in the 3000 k and lower range are yummy at this time of light. Blue-green high lumen/high kelvin monster bulbs are the opposite of what you want!
This weather always feels like home!!! Misty rainy winter day with the sound of drops hitting the window and spray flying off car tires in #Portland. #BridgeCity #Rain
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This weather always feels like home!!! Misty rainy winter day with the sound of drops hitting the window and spray flying off car tires in #Portland. #BridgeCity #Rain
Yum!!! Just gorgeous.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Yum!!! Just gorgeous.
I’m sorry… what is this leftover cranberry sauce of which you speak?
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m sorry… what is this leftover cranberry sauce of which you speak?
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#LakeSuperior #Duluth #Winter #Snow
A light dusting of snow coming down on the Lake Walk earlier today.
A light dusting of snow coming down on the Lake Walk earlier today.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
#LakeSuperior #Duluth #Winter #Snow
A light dusting of snow coming down on the Lake Walk earlier today.
A light dusting of snow coming down on the Lake Walk earlier today.
1 & 2) #CraftDistrict #Duluth was a mob of shoppers during snow storm, no skywalks in site! Very festive, communal and fun.
3) #DowntownDuluth in snow in the #skywalk area, not a lot of shoppers on the sidewalk.
4) #DowntownDuluth in snow, #HARTDistrict (no skywalk), better storefronts.
3) #DowntownDuluth in snow in the #skywalk area, not a lot of shoppers on the sidewalk.
4) #DowntownDuluth in snow, #HARTDistrict (no skywalk), better storefronts.
November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1 & 2) #CraftDistrict #Duluth was a mob of shoppers during snow storm, no skywalks in site! Very festive, communal and fun.
3) #DowntownDuluth in snow in the #skywalk area, not a lot of shoppers on the sidewalk.
4) #DowntownDuluth in snow, #HARTDistrict (no skywalk), better storefronts.
3) #DowntownDuluth in snow in the #skywalk area, not a lot of shoppers on the sidewalk.
4) #DowntownDuluth in snow, #HARTDistrict (no skywalk), better storefronts.
Whipped cream close up! Is there such a thing as too much pumpkin pie!?!
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Whipped cream close up! Is there such a thing as too much pumpkin pie!?!
When your truck looks insane and huge, even in a Costco parking lot, then you know vehicle size is out of control. Also, not surprising that these folks taking a tank to grocery shop park like absolute jerks.
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When your truck looks insane and huge, even in a Costco parking lot, then you know vehicle size is out of control. Also, not surprising that these folks taking a tank to grocery shop park like absolute jerks.
Happy bring out things you only cook with once a year holiday people! (Ricer in this house)
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Happy bring out things you only cook with once a year holiday people! (Ricer in this house)
Madly working on night before Tgiving cooking! Cranberry sauce, check. Parcooked stuffing ready to bake, check. Cranberry shrub flavor marinating check. Pie shell par bake underway! Whew. Gotta get this pie done and then bed for me.
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Madly working on night before Tgiving cooking! Cranberry sauce, check. Parcooked stuffing ready to bake, check. Cranberry shrub flavor marinating check. Pie shell par bake underway! Whew. Gotta get this pie done and then bed for me.
OH at Duluth coffee shop downtown:
Woman 1: “OH MY GOD, did you walk here?”
Woman 2: “Yah, I did, but I shouldn’t have…it was really slick.”
If you are a snow city and you train people to NOT walk downtown 5 months out of year, they won’t walk downtown 12 months of the year. #snowmanagement
Woman 1: “OH MY GOD, did you walk here?”
Woman 2: “Yah, I did, but I shouldn’t have…it was really slick.”
If you are a snow city and you train people to NOT walk downtown 5 months out of year, they won’t walk downtown 12 months of the year. #snowmanagement
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
OH at Duluth coffee shop downtown:
Woman 1: “OH MY GOD, did you walk here?”
Woman 2: “Yah, I did, but I shouldn’t have…it was really slick.”
If you are a snow city and you train people to NOT walk downtown 5 months out of year, they won’t walk downtown 12 months of the year. #snowmanagement
Woman 1: “OH MY GOD, did you walk here?”
Woman 2: “Yah, I did, but I shouldn’t have…it was really slick.”
If you are a snow city and you train people to NOT walk downtown 5 months out of year, they won’t walk downtown 12 months of the year. #snowmanagement
6 pm and 10:30 pm!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
6 pm and 10:30 pm!
There was more connection btwn inside & outside, so layering up and walking/streetcar-ing to a corner grocery store not a big deal. Now, we go from our airtight warm house to our airtight warm car, the walkable infrastructure is mostly gone (in #Duluth #MN), and many are winter walking weenies!
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Have been thinking about this after a winter in #Duluth. In general, we were heartier about being outside, b/c there wasn’t as much difference between inside and outside. I mean, OG house, little insulation, single paned window in -10 degrees! It’s fucking cold anywhere near a window…
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Have been thinking about this after a winter in #Duluth. In general, we were heartier about being outside, b/c there wasn’t as much difference between inside and outside. I mean, OG house, little insulation, single paned window in -10 degrees! It’s fucking cold anywhere near a window…
In my downtown revitalization work, I get a lot of … “b/c weather” excuses.
We need to require awnings b/c rain, people can’t walk downtown in winter b/c snow, we have to have our storefront windows tinted pitch black so downtown looks like Mordor b/c sun, we can’t sit outside b/c too hot/cold…
We need to require awnings b/c rain, people can’t walk downtown in winter b/c snow, we have to have our storefront windows tinted pitch black so downtown looks like Mordor b/c sun, we can’t sit outside b/c too hot/cold…
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In my downtown revitalization work, I get a lot of … “b/c weather” excuses.
We need to require awnings b/c rain, people can’t walk downtown in winter b/c snow, we have to have our storefront windows tinted pitch black so downtown looks like Mordor b/c sun, we can’t sit outside b/c too hot/cold…
We need to require awnings b/c rain, people can’t walk downtown in winter b/c snow, we have to have our storefront windows tinted pitch black so downtown looks like Mordor b/c sun, we can’t sit outside b/c too hot/cold…
Why I hate nuclear: humans are ding dongs and have wars, hide problems to avoid accountability, are only profit motivated, etc.
At local coffee shop reading Nuclear Watch Quarterly (as one does) and read these two gems: 1) pile of waste near MSP in Mississippi flood plain; 2) 200,000 barrels… +
At local coffee shop reading Nuclear Watch Quarterly (as one does) and read these two gems: 1) pile of waste near MSP in Mississippi flood plain; 2) 200,000 barrels… +
November 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Why I hate nuclear: humans are ding dongs and have wars, hide problems to avoid accountability, are only profit motivated, etc.
At local coffee shop reading Nuclear Watch Quarterly (as one does) and read these two gems: 1) pile of waste near MSP in Mississippi flood plain; 2) 200,000 barrels… +
At local coffee shop reading Nuclear Watch Quarterly (as one does) and read these two gems: 1) pile of waste near MSP in Mississippi flood plain; 2) 200,000 barrels… +