Bogotá, Colombia Hooked on a New Kind of Crack
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Jaime Lerner, the former mayor of Curitiba, Brasil, and governor of Paraná. I had heard many good things about Curitiba, like how he had helped to turn the city around with a superb bus rapid transit system and high density development along transit corridors. His presentations were fantastic. Then, I saw a presentation on Bogotá, Colombia...
Read MoreThe Chicago White Sox Need A Cellville
The 2005 statistics are astounding: The Chicago Cubs, with the 19th best record in baseball at 79-83, averaged 38,753 fans per home game this year – a whopping 98% of capacity. The crosstown-rival White Sox were the World Series champions, had the 2nd best record in baseball at 99-63, and yet fell far behind the attendance levels of the Cubs – only averaging 28,923 fans per home...
Read MoreChicago White Sox, Partying, and… Walkability?
Yes, I can find a way to correlate anything to walkability, even my favorite baseball team’s first World Championship in 88 years. Congratulations to the Chicago White Sox and to the City of Chicago, it has been a long and painful wait. As I sat back in my state of euphoria thinking about the win last night, I thought to myself that it would be wild to be in Chicago right now. But then it...
Read MoreMore Urban Living Lofts Planned for Revitalizing Detroit
Detroit may not be the ideal place to live in America. The metropolitan area faces a super-divide, with some of the richest suburbs and poorest inner-city neighborhoods in the country. But, downtown Detroit is slowly starting to turn the corner. I had the chance to walk around downtown about two years ago and was actually impressed by what I saw. They are really trying to revitalize the...
Read MoreReviving Downtown Reno, Nevada
I have visited Reno, Nevada before and I must say that it is not one of my favorite places. The area surrounding Reno is very beautiful, perhaps one of the most beautiful locations in the United States. It is located among the Sierra Nevada mountains and is very close to Lake Tahoe. But the beauty does not extend to downtown Reno, unless you like outdated casino architecture. Who knew that the...
Read MoreMecca in the Cornfields? Champaign, IL Transforming into a Walkable City
Maybe the title is a bit drastic. Nonetheless, Champaign has undergone some significant transformations in the last few years. Champaign is a city of about 70,000 located in flat, desolate Central Illinois. The city is bordered by Urbana, home to around 40,000 people. Champaign-Urbana is also home to the University of Illinois, a Big Ten school with a student population of around 36,000. The U...
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