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The City
Everyone relies on the city and all of the public services that it contains. If we have concluded rightly, from what the philosophers say, that cities owe their origin and their existence to their...
View ArticleNew Traditionalist
Much of my professional work would be labeled as New Traditional. Through out the architectural and planning design process, I am not creating. I believe that the ultimate design challenge is to...
View ArticleAngry Urbanists
Believe it or not, there are many angry urbanists out there. You in fact may be one yourself. These are the people are more then just the typical urbanist. These are the ones go beyond that turning...
View ArticleEPA Leaving Kansas City
Like many of you, I was very upset with EPA decision to leave Downtown Kansas City for the suburbs. I wrote a letter to the EPA explaining my concerns with a Federal Agency that is responsible for...
View ArticleLost of Art of Urbanism: North Adams
Through the restless search for Urbanism, there are moments that highlight the lost art of urban design. North Adams, Massachusetts, has an amazing Main Street. However half of the street was...
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Jane Jacobs
There are only a few urban design texts that are truly timeless. Recently, I was asked for a recommendation for the best “Urban Design” book to read. My mind flipped through the hundreds of texts from...
View ArticleLooking for My Tribe: What has Happened?
I am in search for my Urbanist Tribe. For the past few months, my urbanist friends seem to have lost their way, and have become scattered across the changing landscape. This once strong group of...
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Every Little Inch
Conventional development codes use acres and feet as the measurement for all performance standards. However, urban development is required to be measured at a much smaller increment. Urban development...
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Permission Giving Urbanism
The best loved places, are filled with permission giving activities. This bottom up approach to placemaking and urbanism, starts at the smallest increment of development. I come across these moments...
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50-ish New Urbanists Walk Into A City….
Last week, I boarded a buss with 51 other restless and talented urbanists on a 3 day, 2 night tour with the City Building Exchange Express. It will take me weeks to unpack everything I experienced,...
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