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Archive | June, 2012
Greensboro, Issues and Ideas June 13, 2012

The Real Failure of the Creative Class Is the Fear of Failure

Share Seeing Richard Florida speak at CNU 20 last month, all I could think about was one thing and one thing only: He rated Greensboro, which in addition to being my current city is my hometown, 41 of 49 in his original list of large creative class cities. No, it’s not the bottom of the [...]

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Greensboro, Issues and Ideas, tips for urbanist living June 6, 2012

Does PseudoSuburbanist Equal Hipster?

Share As we all browsed Emily Badger’s Atlantic Cities post on her own civic inferiority complex last week, the question above was in quite a few heads, namely my own. Now, I attempt to sort through all the good and bad things that this idea provokes. First, a primer to this discussion. Take a look [...]

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Family and Place May 7, 2013

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 [...]

creative placemaking May 3, 2013

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 [...]

Cities April 30, 2013

Coming Back to the Streets, Coming Back to Action

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

Greensboro April 23, 2013

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. [...]

creative class April 18, 2013

The Creative Class: Off the Record and On the Money

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

Boston April 16, 2013

The City and Tragedy

A reflection on the pains of places.

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