by John W. Olson | Oct 16, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design
Road maintenance is a major line item that frustrates city budgets across the United States. It is also an item that is extremely noticeable to the general public and visitors of a city. As an example, it was stated in the 2011 Quality of Life Indicators report for...
by John W. Olson | Nov 28, 2010 | Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
I was prompted today by a Colorado Springs Gazette article titled For Springs’ two indoor malls, “the jury is still out”. The article referenced Colorado Springs’ two indoor malls, The Citadel and Chapel Hills Mall. Both malls have seen better days, though the...
by John W. Olson | Aug 13, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
This is a quick post about a trip through time for one of the many success stories in Colorado New Urbanism, Belmar. The following are aerial images of what is today known as “Belmar.” I found this feature out today through Google Earth from a colleague...
by John W. Olson | Aug 5, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Earlier this week, I was in the Denver for business and decided to enjoy a lunch at Belmar, a new urban destination retail neighborhood in suburban Lakewood. For those who are not familiar with Belmar, it is a redeveloped village that today occupies the land of the...
by John W. Olson | Apr 25, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal
In today’s Gazette, there is an article on the Centennial Commons Shopping Center that is now vacant. I along with many other new urbanists, have been projecting this to occur to aging shopping centers across the country. It is not only based on the inventory...