…street in Hoboken. Photo by James “JR” Ronczy. Hoboken is a compact blue-collar city of 50,000 people. It is characterized by blocks of brownstones and riverfront high-rises, packed into just under 1.75 square miles directly…
…of how one small city in the New York metro area is taking steps to better prepare itself for sea level rise. James ‘JR’ Ronczy is a licensed architect with over 30 years of experience…
Governor James Oglethorpe‘s 1733 plan for Savannah — America’s first regional plan — set a framework for growth by providing for development by planned neighborhood units, focused on public squares, and edged by through streets….
Colonial Americans were well versed in what we would today call sustainability. As noted in R is for Regional Planning, sustainable development was at the heart of James Oglethorpe’s 1733 plan for Savannah. At Savannah,…
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. In 1982, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that 87% of America’s urban…
…than wide streets. But one thing the Swift study did not look at was the relationship between street width and increased vehicle speed. In 1997, James Daisa and John Peers, both professional engineers, published a…
…regard. In fact, throughout history, some of the America’s most famous and revered figures have been developers. Thomas Jefferson, William Penn, James Oglethorpe and Jim Rouse to name just a few. The University of Virginia,…
…You might also want to take a look at an article we published a number of years ago in the Planning Commissioners Journal: Community Noise: Dealing With A Growing Problem by James P. Cowan Noise…
…the 20th Century, local governments extended and inflated dimensional standards to the point of creating an enforced no-man’s land between buildings, a spatial geography that inspired the title of James Howard Kunstler’s book, The Geography…
…the initial reaction may well be deep skepticism. Yet, is it possible to tap into the knowledge of a large and diverse group of people? Back in 2004, James Suroweicki wrote a book called The…
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. Planning and zoning officials have powerful influence over the future shape and…
Read an excerpt from this article below. You can download the full article by using the link at the end of the excerpt. In 1979, Metuchen, New Jersey commissioned the Rutgers University urban design studio…
…this, with both U.S. and international examples. There were especially fascinating presentations by two mayors — Ralph Becker of Salt Lake City, Utah, and James Brainard of Carmel, Indiana (a rapidly growing suburb of Indianapolis)….
