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...
by John W. Olson | Mar 19, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Events, Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
My involvement with CNU Colorado (Congress for the New Urbanism, Colorado) over the past five years has allowed me the opportunity to assemble and coordinate many events. This winter/spring, I am coordinating together the biggest and best of the events that I have...
by John W. Olson | Feb 7, 2011 | Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes
The selection of an urban tree is much more complex than the typical tree. There are many factors that are involved in successfully choosing which tree works best in the urban fabric. The following are some of the factors in selecting the appropriate tree in an...
by John W. Olson | Jan 13, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design
This past recession has shown us, as a country, that perhaps we were too optimistic in terms of our liberal practices of commercial zoning. Commercial property has been zoned at nearly every major intersection in our cities which generally extends outward into our...
