Monthly Archive:: October 2007
The ‘little urban experiences’ of Buenos Aires: Looking for a little ‘hands on’ inspiration for a cool town? Venture
“If you were to rebuild your city from scratch…”: A sampling of the emerging consciousness for better cities… So what are
Green building 201: Water: Green buildings to the people reading this website is like buildings with
Small town green micro-village: “I never leave the courtyard,” says one of the tenants of the
Cool towns need a Linus Torvalds/Steve Jobs combo (2 of 2): To recap the previous entry, Linus Torvalds galvanized an army of people
Cool towns need a Linus Torvalds/Steve Jobs combo (1 of 2): I am speaking on a panel today at the Urban Land Institute’s
The creative class, Richard Florida, cooltowns and Joe Namath: Some people have been wondering how the creative class relates to cooltowns
Having fun connecting with people over food, play and making an impact: There are many of us who feel that food, play and contributing
Delaware seeks some creative identity: The name ‘Delaware’ doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue when naming places
A design guru speaks on architecture: Continuing a look at world-changing design from the annual Fast Company series,
The keys to successful coworking spaces: A quick refresher on what coworking is: “the social gathering of a
Design your own office space: From an interview with Architect Magazine, I stated how the next generation
A plan to recruit businesses to your retail district: Managing a town center/main street of local, independent businesses can sometimes be
The four sizes of urban retail-entertainment districts: When people talk about a retail entertainment district they either have in
Magic Johnson presents ‘design-your-own’ lofts: There’s more interesting twists to this story than you may first think.
U.S. mayors following the European lead on bicycling: Inspired by the huge political, social and economic success of Paris’ bike
Krakow, Poland’s Old Town Square: If the town square is the stage, then there’s no bigger ‘ongoing
First beta community meets in New Orleans: A few weeks ago we profiled a group of young urban rebuilding
It doesn’t get more authentic than New Orleans: You hear the crazy post-Katrina talk about people who say New Orleans
It’s a bicyclist’s world once a month: Starting out 15 years ago on September 25, 1992 in San Francisco
Manhattan loses an intersection, gains a plaza: A year ago we profiled a neighborhood effort in Manhattan’s tony Meatpacking