Jun 27 2008

My Suburban to Urban Evolution

Earlier this week, I sold the 1997 Dodge Ram gas guzzler that I had been driving for the last 9 years.  The transaction left me with a strange realization that I had reached another of those transitional points in my life.

I’m talking about one of those points when you come to terms with the [...]

Apr 27 2008

Coming Soon: Suburban Blight

In the 60’s and 70’s a vast number of cities across the US were plagued by a phenomenon called
Urban Blight. A few weeks ago I read in 2 stories from separate news sources about
Youngstown Ohio, which is a former steel mill town just southeast of Cleveland that has been hit hard by the closing of [...]

Mar 3 2008

Next on the Endangered Species List: Your Public Library

While I could easily make this article an all out rant about the
dumbing down of America, I will spare you my thoughts (for now) about how our education system is putting America’s youth and the idea of not just the American dream, but the notion of a lucrative and prosperous lifestyle for many young Americans [...]

Feb 20 2008

McMansions Giving Way to New Urbanism

McMansion is a term which first came into use in the United States during the 1980s as a description of a particular style of housing that is constructed in an assembly line fashion similar style of production of food at McDonald’s fast food restaurants. So-called “McMansions” often have a large footprint, cookie-cutter designs, similar architectural [...]

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