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Today’s “Eco-Warriors”: Giving Them Something Worth Fighting For
This week I’d like to share a few thoughts on infill and sustainability that coalesced while preparing this week for another Pecha Kucha presentation on Retrofitting Suburbia. I’ll begin with a little… more →
PlaceShakers and NewsMakers
2013 Placemaking Conference Set for April 3rd
wrote 2 months ago: The University of Oklahoma’s Institute for Quality Communities will host the 2013 Placemaking Confer … more →
Project Rising Development
wrote 11 months ago: BILTMORE QUARTER Sears + Roades Center Retrofit Project Rising: Phoenix CONCEPT During a nine month … more →
Project Rising Pitch
wrote 11 months ago: BILTMORE QUARTER Sears + Roades Center Retrofit CSBA Investigation Existing Conditions Competitive C … more →
Space, The First But Not Final Frontier: Analyzing Space, Uses, and Transportation.
wrote 1 year ago: When I chose this breakout session, I didn’t really fully understand the title, but I was conf … more →
Retrofitting at the Scale of the Block
wrote 1 year ago: Retrofitting Suburbia is an interesting discussion that has been widely discussed in the architectur … more →
The Hope for Suburbia.
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve always been a fan of Ellen Dunham-Jones’ concept of retrofitting suburbia and I … more →
Retrofitting Suburbia
wrote 1 year ago: Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs by Ellen Dunham-Jones,June Wil … more →
Winter Greens
wrote 1 year ago: Winter Vegetable Gardening: Defeat the snails and you’ll be enjoying fresh steamed greens Most plant … more →
Paint the Fire Engine Green
wrote 1 year ago: How fire smart landscaping and sustainable design share a philosophy (but with one key difference) F … more →
Bishop Ranch rezone defeated
wrote 1 year ago: On September 20, the Goleta City Council refused to rezone Bishop Ranch. The Council Chambers were o … more →
The New Economy 1 of 3
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wrote 2 years ago: So what is the “new economy?” The phrase has become main stream since the light bulb went off for th … more →
Recommended Reading: Retrofitting Suburbia
wrote 2 years ago: In the “briefings” section on page five of PM3, we mentioned Ellen Dunham-Jones’ T … more →
Today's "Eco-Warriors": Giving Them Something Worth Fighting For
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wrote 2 years ago: This week I’d like to share a few thoughts on infill and sustainability that coalesced while prepari … more →
Retail Redemption: Skivvies Uncovered, then Promptly Covered
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wrote 2 years ago: A couple months ago I rambled on here about my inability to purchase a particularly critical item of … more →
Fat-tastic! Can Small Thinking Solve Our Super-Sized Problems?
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wrote 2 years ago: According to a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — mor … more →
Confessions of a Former Sprawl Addict: Speed Humps on the Road to Recovery
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wrote 2 years ago: Hi. I’m Hazel and I was a Sprawlaholic. If you’ve been reading awhile you may recall tha … more →
The Suburbs: Arcade Fire, Childhood Memory, and the Future of Growth
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wrote 2 years ago: I’m in my 40s. I grew up in the suburbs. It was awesome. And then it wasn’t. Never before and, perha … more →
Third Places
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wrote 2 years ago: Catch this video that talks about redesigning third places, retrofitting the suburbs. Interesting fa … more →
Back to the Farm (And to the Bunker)
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wrote 2 years ago: Just when reporters were beginning to buy into the hopefulness of “sprawl repair” and “ag is the new … more →
