Blogs about: The Next City
A Town Square - On the Move
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aandh wrote 1 month ago: Hecker and Decker are on the move – to Rochester, NY. Here’s a look at our new neighborh … more →
Sneak Peek
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aandh wrote 4 months ago: Since we began posting here at A Town Square, in November of 2007, it has always been with an eye to … more →
What Does Growth Really Mean?
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aandh wrote 5 months ago: I’ll make this short. I am very cranky this afternoon, and I admit it. The lead from the AP wi … more →
Getting Off the Grids III - Local Utility
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aandh wrote 5 months ago: I have speculated here repeatedly about taking a single existing urban block off the grids. I have c … more →
Want a Surprise?
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aandh wrote 5 months ago: We went for a stroll this morning, in lovely Capitol Hill. And to my complete delight, we discovered … more →
A Little and a Lot
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aandh wrote 5 months ago: The largest city on earth – Tokyo. Image by Altus. I have often found myself reflecting here o … more →
Getting Off the Grids, Part II
aandh wrote 5 months ago: In April (April 12th, to be exact) I wrote a piece that explored how to find a way to disconnect fro … more →
Once We Get Through This....
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aandh wrote 6 months ago: Photo by Toby Melville, REUTERS. Heard on the streets of the city this afternoon, a gaggle of folks … more →
The Shapes of Cities, Once and Again
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aandh wrote 6 months ago: Amsterdam, painted by Jan Micker in 1652, 350 years before Google Earth. Lately I have been provoked … more →
Earth Week Reflections
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aandh wrote 7 months ago: What a week. Never have we heard so many say so much (and so little) about greenness. We conclude th … more →
Speed of Light
aandh wrote 7 months ago: Edison’s first lamp, by Robert Farrow. I am not a luddite, but I do have a very healthy skepti … more →
Getting Off the Grids
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aandh wrote 7 months ago: I want to talk about scale and size in our urban infrastructure, but it will take me a few minutes. … more →
Cities, Scale and Economics
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aandh wrote 7 months ago: We hear every day now about the staggering sums of money being thrown at this and that sinking secto … more →
Let Us Build Us a City, Part II
aandh wrote 8 months ago: Shenzen, China. When I decried a dozen generations of dead-end urbanism recently, what exactly did I … more →
Let Us Build Us a City
aandh wrote 8 months ago: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Tower of Babel, 1563. We humans never seem to tire of imagining and co … more →
More on Increased Urban Density
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aandh wrote 8 months ago: Life in a 19th century New York Tenement. I am getting a bit roughed up here on issues related to t … more →
Other Options: Alleys and Driveways
aandh wrote 8 months ago: Let’s say that you live in an urban neighborhood that has less than 15 or 20 dwellings per acr … more →
Density for a Next City
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aandh wrote 9 months ago: And now, with one single image, I will annoy whole cadres of folks, even more than I usually do. I a … more →
Looks can be Deceiving
aandh wrote 9 months ago: What does urban density look like? When we hear the “D” word, our first thoughts are oft … more →
