by John W. Olson | Jun 17, 2012 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design
Today is Father’s Day, so this post will be brief. After spending some time with the girls this morning at the park, we went to see “The Lorax” at the theater. It was a fantastic movie, I highly recommend it. The point of this post though was a line...
by John W. Olson | Jun 9, 2012 | Events, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Several advocates in Colorado Springs met on June 7 to begin the conversation of a Better Block in Colorado Springs.(For more information on what a Better Block is, see BetterBlock.org or a local example near Downtown Denver, Better Block Jefferson Park). The decision...
by John W. Olson | Mar 27, 2012 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design
Today, I am prepared (if I see that it is needed) to address the Colorado Springs City Council regarding the removal of an extra regulatory hoop in the path of progress. Approximately three years ago, Downtown Stakeholders rallied around Colorado Springs Planners Ryan...
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 | Apr 2, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design
Tuesday of this week, the Colorado Springs Business Journal reported on the feasibility study for high-speed rail in Colorado (http://csbj.com/2010/03/30/best-route-for-high-speed-rail-bypass-downtown-springs/). A portion of the article was positive in that...
