Infill

Infill Projects Set To Connect Cities, Transform Region

22 April 2008 - 5:00am
Charleston Business Journal

Urban infill developments are slated to transform the vast industrial land between Charleston and North Charleston, South Carolina, known as "the Neck" area, into live-work communities that stitch the two cities together.

The Unintended Consequences Of Stormwater Regulation

11 April 2008 - 6:00am
California Planning & Development Report

California water quality regulators continue to levy ever-tougher standards for stormwater runoff. But the standards could impact development and cities in a way that is not best for the environment at large.

The Reality Of Infill

7 April 2008 - 11:00am
The Oregonian

While planners generally sell plans with "integrated infill" and "elegant density" that pairs new development with public amenities, the reality of what gets built in neighborhoods isn't always what's promised.

Redirecting Sprawl

1 March 2008 - 10:00am
The Hartford Courant

Reining sprawl may require "redirecting" it.

Europe's Glory, America's Opportunity

17 July 2007 - 10:52pm

WROCLAW, Poland--I have been swanning about Eastern Europe for the better part of two months, wandering the streets of cities large and small, famous and obscure. As should be apparent to anyone short of Toby Keith or James Inhofe, even the most undistinguished European city could teach any American city a thing or two about charm, walkability, and gracious living.

Hipness a Heavy Hitter in Philly's NoLI

7 April 2007 - 3:28pm

The corner café on North Second Street in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia aspires to Euro-style café culture though it lines a little-trafficked street of row houses showing every year of their century and a half of existence, and faces a vast empty, chain-linked block where a brewery once stood.