Creating a More Liveable City – Pecha Kucha Presentation

September 4, 2009

How can a city become more creative? Providence is rebranding itself as the Creative Capital. Sure there are quite a few artists and creative people here already, but shouldn’t this campaign be more then just graphics and websites? Shouldn’t the city be investing in the creation of quality public spaces that attract even more creative people? If [...]

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Change the Rules – Paul Romer’s radical idea: Charter cities

August 29, 2009
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How Can Your City Support Extreme Sports?

August 21, 2009

With Bill on his way up the eastern sea board, there is a buzz of activity taking place in preparation for some potentially epic surf & kiting. Having talked with a half dozen friends this afternoon about the best spots, times and equipment needed to enjoy the most Bill has to offer I came to [...]

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Crafting a Vision for Providence in 2030

August 17, 2009

The Providence Foundation convened a group of the city’s young leaders to draft a 2030 vision for Downtown. I was happy to present the first draft of this vision to the Trustees of the Foundation on July 15, 2009 with the help of Mary-Kim Arnold and Matt Grigsby. We are shooting to publish the final [...]

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Vote for the Urban Sprawl Repair Kit

August 14, 2009

Vote here today! Now that the sprawl development is over, have you ever wondered what will happen to all the strip centers, gas station and fast food buildings that fill the suburban landscape? Galina Tahchieva, a friend and colleague, at DPZ as some ideas for these outdated building types. Help these ideas win the ReBurbia [...]

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Image of Last Weekend’s Woolly Fair in Providence

July 31, 2009

Last weekend was the annual Woolly Fair in Providence. The above shot is by my friend Steph Ewens. It captures the spirit of this urban block party quite well. Ever neighborhood should transform itself at least once a year to keep the spirits up.

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Transit Integration

July 18, 2009
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James Howard Kunstler on the Congress for the New Urbanism

July 10, 2009

“To put it bluntly, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is perhaps the only surviving collective intelligence left in the United States that is producing ideas consistent with the reality.  They recognize that our survival depends on down-scaling and re-localization. They recognize the crisis we will soon face in food production, and the desperate [...]

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An Essay on Civic Beauty

July 7, 2009

I published an essay on Civic Beauty and Placemaking over on the Living Urbanism blog. The idea for this essay came from the last year or so of experience working on Great Kennedy Plaza in Providence. During this project, I have had the pleasure of interacting with Fred and Ethan Kent from Project for Public [...]

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Volume 2 of Living Urbanism Just Published

July 3, 2009

We just posted the 2nd volume of Living Urbanism to the web. The print edition will hopefully be available next week. Check out the essays here. A big thanks needs to be given to all the contributors. It has been a real pleasure working with them over the past year. The publication would not be possible [...]

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