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...
by John W. Olson | Apr 19, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design
Too often, written documents, or master plans tend to accumulate dust without being implemented. This can be a very frustrating process for the both the governing entity who commissions the master plan process and for the consultant who writes the master plan. I have...
by John W. Olson | Apr 14, 2010 | Comprehensive Planning and Codes, Urban Planning and Design
Parking is always a necessary evil for any successful development. Whether it is a shopping center or a neighborhood. Someone always has a problem with parking. Sometimes there is far too much parking, sometimes there is not nearly enough. Most...
by John W. Olson | Apr 3, 2010 | Landscape Architecture
This is a birdseye view of the community garden and the proposed location. The center rectangle is for a future structure to hold necessary tools and possibly some benches.