The new FPSE-Medical Center bridge shines well at night and more than one person has commented to me about the …
Yearly Archives: 2009
Evolve or Die: A Warning for The Galleria
The Galleria is holding on to a dying model for suburban malls. The foodcourt is no more than 1,500 feet …
Housing woes change shockingly little in Southwest Florida: 19,500 new...
{an image of Lehigh Acres}
Just east of Fort Myers, FL is Lehigh Acres. From 1950-2000 15,216 homes were built …
A Crosswalk Sting for St. Louis?
The LAPD recently set up a crosswalk sting at a dangerous intersection in Los Angeles. Plainclothes officers acted as pedestrians …
What our streets should be:
Excellent before and after example of our options for streets. Not every element works in every location, but it is …
St. Louis Streets Are Morbidly Obese
{it’s Oklahoma City, but it might as well be Tucker or Market}
St. Louis streets are fat, obese, HUGE! They …
LEED Follows Suburban Sprawl
In 2005 Alberici Corporation received Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its new headquarters in Overland, …
Where does “urban design” fit as a discipline?
A good read regarding the status and direction of urban design as a discipline:
Being Urban Minded: Three Current Debates …
Design your own St. Louis streetcar line
The Saint Louis Urban Workshop is taking a page from Urban Milwaukee where a new streetcar line has found 60% …
Mass Transit for All v. One New Intersection
St. Louis County has decided to install a “Michigan Left” intersection at Manchester and Hanley Roads. The price tag? $50M.
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Suburban Malls Jump the Shark (almost literally)
Here is further evidence that suburban malls are well past their prime. The newest effort to create a “destination” shopping …