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Archive | November, 2012
Cities, Family and Place, Issues and Ideas, Politics of Place, Transportation November 26, 2012

Suburbs of Self-Hate?

People move to the suburbs for different reasons. Let’s make sure it’s not because you hate your neighbors, neighbors who are more like you than you care to realize.

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Family and Place, Food, Greensboro, Rural, Traveling as An Urbanist November 22, 2012

Gratitude for a Country Road (And All of You!)

What I’m thankful for on Thanksgiving Day 2012.

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Chicago, Cities, Food, Transportation, Traveling as An Urbanist, What is urban planning? November 21, 2012

Traveling as an Urbanist: Chicago

ShareChicago,is the home of the Burnham Plan (one of the first urban plans in the country) and the 1893 World’s Fair. Chicago also invented the skyscraper. Chicago is an example of what you should and shouldn’t do in city government. There are suburban parking lots incorporated into an urban street grid. Yes, that means that [...]

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creative placemaking May 24, 2013

Reconciling Design and Social Justice in the Place

Design is not just for the developer. Social justice is not just for the downtrodden. Place needs both to be.

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

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