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.
Kmart, The Big Box, And The Role Of Planning In American Cities
Kmart's recent announcement will make communities cope with more vacant storefronts, and should prompt planners to rethink big box retail.
Annexation: The New Growth Strategy
Corporations have mergers and acquisitions. Cities have annexation. Annexation can be far more brutal.
A New Breed Of Sprawl: The Future Of Tract Homes?
New Mexico's Las Maravillas is an example of everything that is wrong with the way Americans plan communities.
Los Angeles Renewal Requires Leadership
Pundits and analysts have underestimated the resilience and diversity of the L.A. economy.
Is Paris A Model For Boston?
The Boston Globe offers the first in a series of articles about how U.S. cities can learn from urban design abroad.