by John W. Olson | Oct 4, 2021 | Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
It’s hard to believe that it has been a decade since our Labor Day visit to South Main. This Labor Day (2021), we did it again. My kids have certainly grown since the last visit and my son, Grant, was born between visits. Similarly, the neighborhood has also...
by John W. Olson | Sep 12, 2011 | Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Over Labor Day weekend of 2011, my family met up with my parents in the beautiful neighborhood setting of South Main in Buena Vista, Colorado. South Main has been referenced in prior blog posts however for new readers, it is an evolving neighborhood built upon the...
by John W. Olson | Jun 17, 2011 | Landscape Architecture, Streetscapes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
The allure of the residence fronting on to a park setting has been a popular planning methodology over the past 20 years. Often, homes with a quality park setting are the first to sell in a neighborhood. These residences have their place in the market and in a...
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...
