Archive | March, 2011

Saying Goodbye to Borders

Share For many of you, your neighborhood Borders is just another part of the sprawburbia that has eaten our landscape alive in the past few years. However, for my neighborhood and I, Borders is more than a crappy overpriced bookstore and wannabe music store, it’s a gathering place, our true third space. Just like our [...]

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Statement of Support for the Renaissance Co-Op

ShareThis evening (May 7, 2013) the Greensboro City Council will vote on the future of their stake of ownership of [...]

Reflections on Downtown Greensboro, As The Community Addresses Its Future

ShareOn Tuesday April 30, I spent a good bit of time thinking about downtown with a bunch of dignitaries and [...]

Coming Back to the Streets, Coming Back to Action

Doing my part to create better blocks in my two hometowns.

Reconciling Education Reform and New Urbanism

ShareI once read an article in the News and Observer that illustrates the true effect of the modern neighborhood school. [...]

The Creative Class: Off the Record and On the Money

How the “Creative Class” Is Not Really About the Concerns of Artists

The City and Tragedy

A reflection on the pains of places.

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