RECENT ARTICLES – 2016

The redevelopment of a suburban commercial strip area across from UConn has made Mansfield, Connecticut, a better place.

Strong economic, demographic and household trends reveal a tremendous pent-up demand to use homes for employment, pressuring the marketplace to accommodate all types of live-work units.

Beach density and climate action zones offer a proven, two-tier approach to fitting housing comfortably within our current lifestyle.

A older American Dream, that of town, neighborhood, and city living, was submerged by the suburban American Dream—which controlled the regulations, finance, and investment after World War II.

As revitalization of cities moves forward, urbanists are partway through a multiphase process that is changing America.

Nuture unique historic character in walkable formats and don’t build leasable space that you can’t lease. For downtown to have a critical mass, the goal is to capture 20 percent of the retail market share.

Detroit has captivated the nation in its decline, bankruptcy, and booming downtown rebirth, but there is more to urbanism in Southeastern Michigan than the Motor City.

The current economic conditions in Latin America, as well as a newly found awareness, are slowly opening doors to good city making. But there is work yet to be done.