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.
Lessons From America's Most Ambitious Infrastructure Project
<p>The City Journal examines lessons from Boston's 35-year, $14.8 billion Big Dig project and asks how can American invest in infrastructure -- and do it intelligently?</p>
Paradise Lost In Shangri-La
<p>Officially named in 2001, this small town in China's Yunnan Province is struggling to cope with over 2 million visitors a year. It's becoming a "high altitude hell."</p>
Friday Funny: How Real Estate Deals Work In LA
<p>A Los Angeles City Planning Department employee accidentally leaves a message intended for the developer on the answering machine of a project opponent: The project will be approved "no matter what."</p>
What Happens When 250 Million Children Grow Up With Urban Planning?
<p><img src="/files/u4/xo.png" alt="XO-1 computer" title="XO-1 computer" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="252" height="242" align="right" />Here at Planetizen and Urban Insight, many of our efforts to serve the planning community take place on Windows and Mac computers that would, much like your own computers at your home and office (or even your sparkly new iPhone), dwarf even the most powerful machines of a generation ago. We use these computers to build websites, create maps, share data, <a href="http://www.urbaninsight.com/virtual/2ndlife0307.html">explore 3D environments</a>, design, organize databases, and lots of other tasks that can bring new worlds to life without shoveling an ounce of dirt.</p>
Can The St. Joe Co. Remake The Florida Peninsula?
<p>The St. Joe Company appears to be streamlining its real estate operations as work begins on a new regional airport that could open up the The Florida Peninsula.</p>