Social Justice and Urban Planning: A Mixtape
As city planners we are not unaware of the links between the urban environment and discrepancies or inequalities in economic, social, education, and health. In fact, many of us became […]
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Somewhat Relevant TV and Movie Recs for Winter Break!
Remember in high school when we just got to watch movies about things we were supposed to be learning? During my Junior year English class, l recall spending two days reading […]
Main Street Musings: History and Innovation
I recently read a blog posting, through Planetizen, by Kaid Benfield called “Are Main Streets a Thing of the Past? Is that OK?” He discusses Main Streets and their appeal […]
Price Students take on the Local Government Case Challenge
Forty-eight hours. No, not Eddie Murphy’s grossly underrated eighties classic. That’s how much time teams had to research, strategize, and assemble presentations for USC’s Local Government Case Challenge. The evening […]
An Urban Design Critique of Pershing Square
In Who’s Your City, urban economist Richard Florida notes a significant result of his Place and Happiness Survey; of five major categories that had a correlation with one’s satisfaction with […]
The Rise of Telework and What It Means
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted here. Congratulations to Jeff for his published work! Teleworking (also known as telecommuting) has taken flight as a global trend. During July of 2002, […]
Plazas, Nature, and Libraries: A quick look at finding precedent projects for inspiration.
Admittedly, I am a nerd. In my spare time, I type key words into ArchDaily and find interesting projects, partially to add them to a running catalog of precedent projects I […]
Get involved with Give a Voice LA!
Give A Voice LA is a social media campaign to build community driven after school programs in healthy living and the arts. Give A Voice LA seeks to encourage dialogue among […]
Planning for Athletic Facilities
A huge topic of conversation in LA these days is the plan for Farmers Field, a state-of-the-art football stadium proposed for downtown, adjacent to LA Live and the Convention Center. […]
Greenbuild Conference 2012 San Francisco
Did anyone else attend USGBC’s annual conference this year? I was impressed by the overarching themes of ecological systems thinking throughout many of the topics–including sessions about biomimicry, biophilia and […]
