Origins of the Street Grid
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: If you walk through most North American cities you’ll find yourself on that very familiar grid of streets — usually intersecting at 90 degree angles. Indeed, until landscape architect…
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Take the Stairs … for Health
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: How often do you use the stairs when there’s an elevator available? Some public health advocates and architects are starting to give more attention to the value of stairs…
Wrestling a Yankee
Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont, along the Connecticut River. by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Brattleboro, Vermont No, no, I’m not encouraging Red Sox fans to take down Derek Jeter or…
Free Online Course on Technology for Cities
From PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: we received this announcement which, we think, will be of interest to a number of planning commissioners. I’ve met Jennifer Evans-Cowley and have also heard her speak. Based on that…
SLW-ability Yields Stronger Local Economies
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting on the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York In keeping with the flood of acronyms I heard at the AMPO conference the past two…
Jane Jacobs & Robert Moses
From PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: The first video below is about two individuals who, arguably, have had more of an impact on the course of urban planning in North America than any others — Robert…
The Two Faces of Cooperstown
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Cooperstown, New York Cooperstown looks at you with two faces. There’s the baseball Cooperstown, with its dignified National…
Please Be Seated!
From PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: We do it dozens of times a day. During nice weather, we often do it in the park. And we’re careful where we do it, often scouting out a location…
Let’s Meet at the Wayzata Bar and Grill
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: Spotted this agenda for last night’s meeting of the Wayzata, Minnesota, Planning Commission — note the area I’ve highlighted in yellow. Does your community’s planning commission get together after…
A “Utility Player” Among Planners
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Otsego County, New York Terry Bliss is a “utility player” among planners. Just like baseballs’ utility fielders, Bliss is called on to play all sorts of roles on…
Dealing With Contentious Public Hearings
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Read first of twelve sections of the article: One of the toughest…
Piano Stairs
Note from PCJ Editor Wayne Senville: You might have noticed that we previously posted a note about the health benefits of using stairs. Then we came across a video that shows how using stairs can…
Punching Through the Walls
by PCJ Editor Wayne Senville, reporting from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania “It took some convincing,” says Jim Brozena, but the Corps of Engineers agreed to punch two large “portals” through the massive flood control levee that separates…
