An Ecological Approach to Placemaking, Part 4About this blog series: This is Part 4 in a series that explores the notion that people are creatures like any other, and there are basic…Oct 18, 2022Oct 18, 2022
Putting Soul into Planning and DesignWhen we move into a new home, what’s the first thing we do?May 17, 2022May 17, 2022
Welcoming Locals with the Civic Park Groundbreaking!At long last San Antonio’s new Civic Park broke ground on January 26, 2022. This public-private project will create downtown’s most…Feb 1, 2022Feb 1, 2022
Realizing the Promise of Knowledge CommunitiesI visited the University of Texas, Austin recently, and was elated to see how alive and abundant campus life was, centered on a fairly new…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
The Monoculture of Midtown ManhattanThis article was originally published on URBANET.Jun 15, 2021Jun 15, 2021
Delhi received record rainfall on Wednesday due to the impact of Cyclone Tauktae. (PTI)The heavy rainfall on Wednesday combined with the consecutive lockdowns has significantly brought down the pollution level in Delhi. Delhi…May 26, 2021May 26, 2021
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential…The number of Election Day polling places in largely Democratic parts of major Texas countieswould fall dramatically under a Republican…May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
Creating Great Streets: A Different Approach to Urban DesignA great street has many variables, and occasionally planners and designers are given a chance to have an effect on those variables — when…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Urban Development as Hardware and SoftwareI find the comparison between hardware and software very useful when thinking and talking about public realm projects and urban…Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
The Trouble with Master PlansMaster planning is a funny thing. It’s a necessary step for a complex project, but in many cases we pretend that a visionary master plan…Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Vision-Driven Retail Districts Will Lead the Way ForwardIt’s hard to find the right words to describe how bad things are for retail and restaurants. The shake-up that’s going on is a clarion…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
America will be…The last year has forced an examination of how democracy and demagoguery show up in public space, in both the digital and physical realms…Jan 20, 2021Jan 20, 2021
Stop Building Projects and Start Building CommunitiesOK so we all have a lot of work to do to bring our country together. The sickening attack on the US Capitol has taken a front burner issue…Jan 14, 2021Jan 14, 2021
It’s time to renew the pact between placemaking and urban developmentIt’s the first week of 2021… a good time to think big picture, and maybe even high-minded. I believe the real estate sector is ready to…Jan 6, 2021Jan 6, 2021
