by John W. Olson | Aug 15, 2011 | Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
The front porch may be one of the greatest gifts from the architecture profession. The benefits of the front porch continue to amaze me. If you are a devout reader of this blog, you may recall that I wrote about the front porch over a year ago, see The Front Porch and...
by John W. Olson | Jun 2, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Earlier today, South Main Co. released a new blog titled “Live from South Main”. South Main is a fantastic traditional neighborhood with beautiful architecture and a fantastic setting. The following is an article I wrote for the Colorado Urbanist in...
by John W. Olson | May 24, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Safe Routes To School is a government initiative created in 2006 that “assists communities in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bike to school.” There are very good reasons for this initiative because for most schools, children walking...
by John W. Olson | May 20, 2010 | Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Many will categorize subdivisions and neighborhoods as the same, but what is most often built today (at least before our current Development depression that we are in)are subdivisions. “Neighborhood” has a warm connotation that feels good and sounds like...
by John W. Olson | May 6, 2010 | Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
In all neighborhoods, it is important to include a variety, or mixture, of land use opportunities. Religious institutions provide many great opportunities for a neighborhood. The most obvious asset provided is the accessibility and convenience of getting to and...