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Roberta Brandes Gratz, author of some excellent books on cities, has a provocative recent piece over at the Atlantic, called, “What Cities Looking to Shrink can Learn from New Orleans.” This particular topic is in focus because a number of cities, notably Detroit, have been grappling in recent years with how [...]
I love how the internet has democratized information. With the advent of blog and social media tools, any person or group who has a passion can advance causes or ideas in a thorough, professional manner.
One of the absolute best examples of this is the Envision Baltimore newsletter that I receive every week [...]
When I was a kid, I used to sketch out designs for futuristic cities in my notebooks. Complete with domed arenas, skyscrapers and fantastic highway intersections, they looked a lot like, well, a lot like this:
This is current-day downtown Atlanta, as seen from a hotel in Midtown.
Atlanta, like so many [...]
For years, many of us in the planning and real estate world have been talking about the mismatch between supply and demand in housing. That is, we’ve been building a very limited type of housing for decades (single family houses on a medium to large lot) well in excess of what the demand actually is [...]
Rules are made to be broken, but it’s also true they are good to live by. The good ones can keep us from some of our worst impulses. For example, a good rule of thumb is don’t ever ask someone out on a date by text message. If you care enough to do it, the [...]
Today’s quick interlude comes from an info graphic at fastcodesign.com. The info and piece focuses mostly on how much money (as a percentage of income) that Americans spend on food relative to other countries. For me, the more interesting information is a comparison of the average caloric intake of Americans vs other countries. You see, [...]
EXT: A NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORE
A lively setting: people walking, talking. Store owners chat with customers on the sidewalk.
EXT: A NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORE
20 years later, same location. A lonely street: buildings boarded up or turned into low-rent uses. Few people seen walking around. Generally dismal.
It’s a common theme or scene in so [...]
