Pocket Neigborhoods
Dan Burden of Walkable and Livable Communities recently spoke to a group of citizens in Martin County, Florida. In this segment, he speaks about Pocket Neighborhoods. The idea is simple, and has...
View ArticleLocal School Removes Sidewalk
School Board orders removal of community sidewalk due to the risk it posed to local students. Teachers have been complaining about the sidewalk for the past several months, explained school board...
View ArticleSimple Solutions: Use Tables
div style=”font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;”span style=”letter-spacing: 0.0px;”Many times the use tables contradict the zoning codes, older layers exist which makes it very...
View ArticleCarter Park Neighborhood
Indiantown’s Booker Park is getting two new streets of affordable housing, a 20,000 square foot community center, innovative storm water management and a signature public park. nbsp;Learn more from a...
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Great Streets: Eustis, Florida
I want to share with all of you a great street in Eustis, Florida. View Larger Map Rarely do I stumble across a great new street in an old neighborhood. Yes, this is a very old right of way, where the...
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Abolishing Mixed-Use Development
Mixed-Use has been so poorly executed over the last 25 years of its reemergence into our communities, that is no do more harm then good. We need to abolish Mixed-Use Development, and there are several...
View ArticleBuilding Recognition Software
I recently downloaded photos from my camera to the computer, and was introduced to a new feature in IPhoto: Faces. This feature allows you to assign a name from your contacts to your photos. This is...
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Incremental Urbanism Through Repaving
Welcome to summer and orange barrel season. Orange barrels can be a sign to more then just more asphalt, they can be a sign to something better. These round soldiers may be alerting you to an...
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Building an Empire
From the Fullerton College Library Throughout history, the Military has been the lead for urbanization. The military is the backbone that not only destroys civilizations, they are responsible for...
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Planners are Developing the Wrong Plans
Planners enjoy working on unrealistic grand visions. I want to continue to discuss the Myths of Development and Planning. In my previous post, I shared the two myths that are commonly at the core of...
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Urban Details
The devil is in the details. Our work in urban environments require us to work in inches and and feet. When we lose track of the little details, terrible things can happen. Here is a picture I took...
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Get in Early and Get in Often
A successful design requires the collaboration, participation, and consensus of many. In the public sector you have to get in early and get in often when working with development teams. These early...
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Every Little Inch
Conventional development codes use acres and feet as the measurement for all performance standards. However, urban development is required to be measured at a much smaller increment. Urban development...
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