Re-realizing 1st Ring American Suburbs
1st ring suburbs can be hard to define. They’re a little bit city. They’re a little bit suburb. Here’s my teaser line: I pose the thought that, maybe, just maybe, first-ring suburbs aren’t actually as bad as we urbanists frequently make them out to be. On one hand, these places are comprised nearly exclusively of single-family … Read more
Take it easy with the signs
I’m going to concentrate some efforts next weekend on tackling the issue of signage; or how we’ve been getting it all wrong. I’m doing some photo collecting this weekend. The premise is simple: Roads and parking lots are flooded with signs and information geared toward drivers that are ugly, redundant, confusing and make us less … Read more
