Much-Maligned Atlanta’s New Urban Magnets
For Release Friday, August 7, 2009 Citiwire.net Criticism of Atlanta’s traffic congestion and sprawling consumption of land are well-deserved. Severe air pollution has threatened to choke the city....
View ArticleFailing the Density Test: Our Biggest Goblin
For Release Friday, October 30, 2009 Citiwire.net Halloween’s ghouls and goblins make for a spooky night in our cities and towns. But nothing fills me with more fright than missing the opportunity to...
View ArticleRx For Attracting Companies: Tailored Strategies Essential
For Release Sunday, May 16, 2010 Citiwire.net The slogan – “Keep Austin Weird,” launched by Austin’s Independent Business Alliance — has caught on as a way to celebrate the Texas capital’s artistic,...
View ArticleNimbyism on the Apartment Front: Danger Signals for Us All
For Release Sunday, August 1, 2010 Citiwire.net “That site is going to sit vacant for a decade.” That was the comment made to me by a frustrated developer as we left a public hearing after the city...
View ArticlePedaling and Paddling in City and Wilderness
For Release Thursday, August 25, 2011 Citiwire.net What is the best way to experience and be a part of your surroundings? In city or countryside, this urbanist knows being on foot is tough to beat, but...
View ArticleArrested Urban Development
For Release Friday, August 24, 2012 Citiwire.net Almost everywhere you look, it seems, you’re stumbling over studies or journalists saying cities are in demand, and suburbs on the outs. And that may,...
View ArticleFreedom’s just another word? Not for a Jeep-driving urbanist
For Release Friday, December 21, 2012 Citiwire.net I celebrated Election Day last month by taking a drive in my gas-guzzling Jeep Liberty. It had been freshly topped off with a full tank of gas, so,...
View ArticleTactical Urbanism Builds Better Blocks and Streets
For Release Friday, June 21, 2013 Citiwire.net Tactical urbanism is blossoming in the United States, bringing the opportunity to change how we look at our neighborhoods and cities, and most important,...
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