Complete Streets – Spanish Style – families bike riding, kids playing, elders sitting and talking, bike share, strollers and yes...
Catalyzing Change 
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Sasaki’s new report on ‘What Makes a Great City’ supports some of the same conclusions, in a different way, as my UrbanGreen Index 14.1 and Preservation Green Lab’s ‘Older, Smaller, Better’. Its a quick read with great info graphics. Nice work!
Groundbreaking research that begins to provide real data for what we knew intuitively – fine grained, diverse neighborhoods are better.
The good, bad and ugly of social media
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The good, bad and ugly of social media
I’m a big fan of the power of disruptive technologies like Uber and AirBnB. I marvel daily at how the...
3 programs, 12 months, 24 mixed use projects
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3 programs, 12 months, 24 mixed use projects
Last month I completed my ULI ‘trifecta’, leading the third Mixed Use Development Course in 12 months. Over the past...
The Changing Face of Regional Planning
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The Changing Face of Regional Planning
On a recent Seattle trip, I went to MOHAI –Seattle’s new Museum of History and Industry. While exploring a temporary...
Fighting the Good Fight
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Fighting the Good Fight
For years I’ve been asked by clients and conference attendees ‘what’s the one thing we can do to create a...
Mixing it up in Los Angeles: Part I
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Mixing it up in Los Angeles: Part I
After ten years of teaching the Urban Land Institute’s ‘Advanced Residential Development’ Course, 2013 ushered in a new era as...
Virtual is Reality
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Virtual is Reality
More by default than by grand design, I woke up one day with the realization that I had made the...
Creating Connections vs. Leasing Real Estate Square Footage
Two weeks ago I returned from the Spring ULI Forum where the tone was much more upbeat than in recent...
Phixing Phoenix
I made my semi-annual trek to Phoenix over Spring Break to see family and friends. Phoenix is one of those...
Urban Acupuncture and Other Lessons from New Orleans
I was in Louisiana last week to lead instruction of a new program I’m doing with ULI for Entrepreneurial Developers,...
