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.
Developing A City The Second Time Around
When it comes to developing a city, the second time around is not easier.
The Historic Teardown Syndrome
Increasingly, people are paying millions for beautiful, historic homes -- and then try to demolish them.
Anatomy Of A Dallas Development
A blighted area of downtown Dallas is being transformed -- inch by dogged inch -- into an upscale urban neighborhood by Dallas-based Hillwood Development.
Southern Nevada's Desert Land Rush
The search for new developable land pushes out beyond the Las Vegas Valley.
State Questions Deal For Hearst Ranch
The $95-million deal to preserve an 18-mile stretch of coastal land that surround Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, is being questioned as too generous to Hearst Ranch.