by John W. Olson | Jun 7, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Often, our cities are measured on how many skyscrapers that they have. The theory is that if a city has a beautiful skyline of large skyscrapers, it is a successful place and a successful downtown. There is some merit to this theory, a successful city and downtown...
by John W. Olson | Jun 5, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Thursday evening of this past week, I gave a presentation on new urbanism at Colorado College. The following is the prepared presentation: CNU-Colorado Presentation PDF Good evening, my name is John Olson. I am the Treasurer and Co-Founder of CNU Colorado. In...
by John W. Olson | Jun 2, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Earlier today, South Main Co. released a new blog titled “Live from South Main”. South Main is a fantastic traditional neighborhood with beautiful architecture and a fantastic setting. The following is an article I wrote for the Colorado Urbanist in...
