Tag: Rob Steuteville
Community Ties in the Era of Isolation
Scott Doyon 
August 8, 2015
August 8, 2015
Looking back over my years of writing for Placeshakers, I notice two themes that keep surfacing: First, we’re better off taking an active role in shaping the forces of community change than we are pretending that immunity to change is a legitimate or viable option; and second, connected communities are far better positioned... Continue Reading
Category Community Development, Resilience
Chicken or the Egg: Who takes the lead on incremental suburban retrofitting?
Scott Doyon October 10, 2012
October 10, 2012
A proposed Trader Joe’s in Boulder, Colorado, brought up an interesting question this week in a spirited exchange on the Pro-Urb urban issues listserv: In auto-centric places where streets and infrastructure lack any sense of meaningful pedestrian amenity, who should take the lead on turning things around?
That... Continue Reading
The Next Urbanism
Howard Blackson December 12, 2011
December 12, 2011
'Tis the season to rejoice and enjoy the brotherhood of all mankind, as well as that of our in-laws...
As we ease into 2012, I am officially announcing a New Urbanism victory across North America, as we recently witnessed the end of building suburbia and its physically isolated, segregated lifestyle. Proof? Just this... Continue Reading
Category Planning and Design