by John W. Olson | Jul 21, 2022 | Business, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Urban Landscapes, LLC is inching closer to being three years old. Given that this is my Sixth (gulp) company since 2010, I am careful with how everything transpires (read further about my path here). This includes the hiring processes, the type of work that we do and...
by John W. Olson | Nov 20, 2021 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Streetscapes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
Old Colorado CIty (OCC) boasts wonderful brick buildings along Colorado Avenue and has the City’s highest concentration of Victorian Homes. It is a neighborhood in Colorado Springs rich with history. “Colorado City,” as it was once known, actually...
by John W. Olson | Mar 7, 2011 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Landscape Architecture, Sustainability, Town Planning, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Olson Planning & Urban Landscapes celebrated one year of business this past week. It has been a tremendous year and great strides have been made in building a foundation of business for several years to come. I have been asked over this past year on a few...
by John W. Olson | Aug 19, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Renewal, Urbanism
As you may have previously read in my other blog post Academy Boulevard: Imagine the Possibilities or in a previous Dream City Illustration, I have been advocating for Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs to consider a multi-way boulevard as an alternative. I...
by John W. Olson | Apr 27, 2010 | Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Design, Urbanism
Landscape Urbanism sounds like a great name that really mesh together a lot of what I believe in and do as a professional. So much that I had considered a company name of “Olson Planning & Landscape Urbanism”, until I did some research about what is...
