Conversations Surrounding Our Urban Environments
We expect businesses to innovate, restaurants to create flashy new vibes and menus, and smartphones to have the most novel tech. So why do we resist innovation and change in our communities?
Walk Audits, or purposeful strolls around a community, can be the easiest and most important tool that an individual or group can utilize to identify the strengths and challenges in their community.
Wrigley Field in Chicago was built before the automobile was king, and thus has virtually no parking. It is a reminder of how dense urban living and quality urban form can breed something special and unique.
A short extension of Buffalo’s NFTA Metro Rail signals an investment in the future of the city’s connectivity
How meaningful design and socially conscious programming turned a seedy park into an shining example of what public space can be
Buffalo’s light rail/subway punches above its weight
NYC’s West Side Highway project is an example for highway removal projects across the state
5 years post-COVID, Amtrak is setting ridership records
We can create the greatest spaces in our city, but programming them can be the difference between their undeniable success and their horrifying under-appreciation
A recent trip to a small town bowling alley invigorated my sense of how important the third space really is to a community
Freedom and minimalist government intervention are often the product of those who inherently benefit the most from privilege in our communities
Why do we vacation in one reality and live in another?
How our commutes are eroding out sense of community
My first full day in San Francisco was truly epic.
The last leg of my bucket list train trip
