• Apple Park(ing) and the high cost of corporate greenwash

    It’s a pity that Apple chose a 20th Century model for construction of its headquarters. Our collective attention spans are short in 2022, and Apple’s massive office building landed like a spaceship in the sprawl of Silicon Valley more than four years ago—but we shouldn’t forget its cost. “Apple's...Read more

  • Solving the congestion problem

    This cartoon by Jean Wei for Transportation for America perfectly depicts what happened to so many American downtowns and main streets in the latter half of the 20 th Century. Older cities and towns faced many problems at the time, not the least of which was streets rebuilt by DOTs to accommodate...Read more

  • When bad things happen in new urban places

    New Urbanist places sometimes get the reputation of looking like movie sets , especially some of the well-known developments like Celebration (built by Disney), and Seaside, which did serve as a set for the 1998 film The Truman Show (the filmmakers built fake buildings and landscaping to complement...Read more

  • A parking lot and a plaza

    The Memphis Medical District is a 2.6-square-mile area that has gained plenty of jobs, but has lost most of its population in the last 50 years. The area has loads of institutional buildings and surface parking lots, and many underutilized blocks. The city and the institutions are trying to...Read more