Cities | The Black Urbanist – Page 15

Share Like this luggage, sometimes I linger in the sunset at the crossroads of whether or not it’s worth picking up the baggage and moving on. (Credit: Flickr user: C.M. Keiner) Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about my post graduate school place of residence. There are days that I would like to spend that […]

Share Image Credit: flickr user steven.y As much as we hate them, I still do believe there is life in our traditional enclosed shopping malls and strip shopping centers. When these facilities opened, they were bright, shiny, air-conditioned and convenient. Supermarkets offered everything imaginable under one roof. Some even had lounges for spouses and kids, […]

ShareI know many of my readers are like myself. They can’t draw buildings or maps. However, they may have the time and money to go out and organize the community.  The  passion for the city is still there, but in a different way. So how can these people contribute to urban planning? Here are five […]

Urbanism should be second nature, not bound by jargon or complex activities.

ShareDuring a conversation at the recent Streetsblog training in Kansas City, I mentioned again the story of why the site […]

It shoudln’t be, but sadly, in many cities, it is.

Graham Sheridan, masters candidate in public administration at Brown University, takes my civic-infereiorty complex to task and demands that a city can and should have it all.

Because it happens just enough to both enchant us and drive us crazy.

Let’s not fall into the trap that mixed-use is only a building code or type.