Thoroughly modern

In an excellent post on his blog, Landscape + Urbanism, Jason King recalls his work with an AIA SDAT recently addressing this recurring theme in these posts on the “Detroit dilemma.” The initial report of the team, continuing themes from the 1994 Mayor’s Land Use Task Force, is worth a review. It’s available on the…

A pothole in Obama’s stimulus plan?

I have a feeling that this type of post is emerging in many places across the country—expressions of deep concern over the “use it or lose it” provision of Obama’s economic stimulus plan that seems to take out all of the greening of America vision and potential for change that seemed to be at the…