Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Who Decides What Happens At Ground Zero?
As downtown Manhattan is being reconfigured, there seems to be chorus of voices. But who is in charge of planning?
Biggest Real Estate Boom In The PostWar Era
Despite terrorism and recession, home sales in urban areas has remained remarkably strong.
Friday Funny: Longest Place Names
The world's longest place name -- from Thailand -- comes in at 162 characters. Try these tongue twisters...
Seven Principles For Cultivating Communities Of Practice
While this Harvard Business School article addresses "communities of practice", many of the lessons are applicable to physical community-building.
Sprawl Vs. The Arizona Desert
This is not the usual Western standoff over land and water.