Yes, this is my autographed copy of the High Cost of Free Parking! I had the pleasure of serving on[Read More...]
Promised Lands: 5 Examples of Housing Developments in Haiti (part 2 of 2)
April 27, 2013 By
In Part 1 of this series, we explored the context that made greenfield or exurban sites attractive for post-earthquake recovery[Read More...]
Promised Lands: 5 Examples of Housing Developments in Haiti (part 1 of 2)
April 24, 2013 By
A good friend and colleague of mine, and a very talented architect, always insisted that with respect to social housing,[Read More...]
APA Conference: Lessons from Chicago
April 22, 2013 By
I was just in Chicago, one of my favorite cities, for the American Planning Association (APA)’s National Planning Conference.
10 Rules for Smarter Smart Growth
April 16, 2013 By
These days, a lot of projects are crashing through the gates of community plans and dashing existing neighborhood character under[Read More...]
The ravines of Port-au-Prince (part 2)
March 26, 2013 By
There is no away On some philosophical level, most of us recognize the truth in this adage which has gained[Read More...]
Urban Design Centers and Healthier Communities
March 19, 2013 By
About a year and a half ago I left California to come to Texas. After spending over 25 years as[Read More...]
Demolition of Historic Building for Parking Lot Continues
March 18, 2013 By
San Diego, 741 F Street, demolition continues on this historic warehouse to make room for surface parking.
The ravines of Port-au-Prince (part 1)
March 12, 2013 By
The ravines of Port-au-Prince represent for me a perfect distillation of adjectives about this city.
The Balboa Park Plaza de Panama Centennial Project is Dead: So Now What?
February 8, 2013 By
On February 4, 2013, a San Diego Superior Court judge rejected the City’s plans to vacate traffic from Balboa Park,[Read More...]
Land Use Law & Order
February 4, 2013 By
On January 18, 2013, I attended UCLA Extension’s annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference which covered a wide range[Read More...]
San Diego’s Parking Lot Blight; Requiem for Redevelopment
January 18, 2013 By
An ugly side of redevelopment (RIP), a side rarely mentioned in all the self-laudatory hype, is the demolition. Too often[Read More...]
Images, Instagram, and City Planning
December 28, 2012 By
It takes vision to plan and implement creative ideas to improve our communities. Vision as used here refers to a[Read More...]
Los Angeles as a Museums Capital
November 28, 2012 By
Have you ever considered Los Angeles to be a cultural capital? Or do you think that our city is still[Read More...]
New Downtown San Diego Arts & Entertainment District Proposed
November 18, 2012 By
An arts & entertainment district is being proposed for San Diego’s downtown for the area North of Broadway, South of[Read More...]
Any Idiot Can Plan?
November 9, 2012 By
“Any idiot can plan!” That is the response I have heard some critics and cynics give when asked what AICP[Read More...]
Teaching Planning and Policy: a First-Timer’s Perspective
November 5, 2012 By
In his book The Skillful Teacher (2006), Dr. Stephen D. Brookfield states: “Teaching is about making some kind of dent[Read More...]
What Hurricane Sandy teaches us about our built environment
October 30, 2012 By
The profession of Design is about to drastically change. If you’re an architect, engineer, planner or builder, the way you[Read More...]
A new challenge at Fort Point
October 28, 2012 By
The new challenge for the city of Boston is named Street Seats Design Challenge. It is promoted by Boston Design[Read More...]
Visioning San Diego Lunch Forum
September 25, 2012 By
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 26th, during lunch hour, there will be a panel discussion on the Downtown Public Open Space Implementation[Read More...]