by John W. Olson | Jun 14, 2011 | Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Are you a victim of the misconception that Green Practices are always more expensive? Many are victims of this due to the effect of businesses constantly trying to sell something to you. Companies capitalize on encouraging consumers to purchase something to go...
by John W. Olson | Jun 9, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
The City of Madison, Wisconsin was a magnificent host city for the Annual Congress of the CNU, or Congress for the New Urbanism. Although admittedly I visited only a portion of the City that is the most urban, downtown, it had an amazing pedestrian presence. Downtown...
by John W. Olson | Jun 6, 2011 | Events, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
This past Saturday evening, I attended a much-anticipated discussion about landscape urbanism, sometimes referred to as ecological urbanism, at the annual Congress organized by the CNU, or Congress for the New Urbanism, in Madison, Wisconsin. The Landscape...
by John W. Olson | Jun 5, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Events, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
The following is an compilation of tweets from the CNU19 Congress in Madison, WI this past week that were either originally tweeted by me, or retweeted by me. You can follow me on twitter at @JO_Urbanist (JO_Urbanist) RT @mschartley: “you can’t have a...