A seemingly unrelated book relative to planning and designingsmall cities and towns; however, not so fast. The “uncertainty principle” presents […]
Brad Feld’s book offers a succinct, insightful and readableview into the world of entrepreneurs, the people that start, or co-found,
HISTORICAL ROLE OF LIBRARIES. Libraries have always served as repositories for a wide range of knowledge. From the Greeks of
Stetson Kennedy, who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan six decades ago and exposed its secrets but was criticized for possibly
A “PLUG” FOR PLANNING. Amazingly, not everyone believes planning is a useful activity. There are the old “communism” cries that
FIRE ~ Judy Brown What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much
Three Views of Governance in the 21st Century: The three books, written before the Great Recession, resonate today. Messrs. Fukuyama,
LEVERAGE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. City Hall must be on or near main street to get the full impact of its influence.
Jan Gehl has put together an extended career doing urban workfocused on the human scale of cities…designing urban places
THE PLACE WHERE COMMERCIAL, CIVIC AND RESIDENTIAL LIVES CONVERGE. Downtown’s focus is main street; the street with the commercial, office