by John W. Olson | Jan 27, 2013 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal
The question came up over the weekend regarding retrofitting suburbia, due to the anticipated arrival of speaker, author and urbanist, Ellen Dunham Jones. My friend and colleague asked where in Colorado Springs would be the places that Ellen describes in her TED Talk....
by John W. Olson | Feb 28, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design
There are far too many suburban shopping centers built as single-use developments. These shopping centers have short lives leaving a blighted greyfield behind after the 30-year or so vitality is gone. The image above is a suburban retrofit of one of the greyfields...