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.
When Historic Tax Incentives Are Misused
Columnist Steve Duin of The Oregonian follows the case of seemingly misused historic tax breaks in Portland.
PBS Airs Chicago: City Of The Century
City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century.
The Myth Of The American Heartland
Most of that land in the US is not where the people are, or are headed. Cities on the coasts are overcrowded; rural heartland communities are dying.
The Future Of Urban Design: Reconstructivism
Last month's World Trade Center reconstruction proposals reveal that the architecture profession is hopelessly mired in a failed past.
The Professional Achievement Award That Never Was
Professional Builder Magazine gives, then withdraws, award to APA for its Growing Smart Project.