A major battle going on in placemaking circles is that of sports teams and sports venues. How should they be financed? Should they be in open fields or should they take up blocks of downtown districts? What happens to the displaced homeowners and renters? What happens when they fall into disrepair? Who should pay… Continue reading Five Ways to Do Urban Stadiums and Arenas Right
Month: March 2015
How to Make a Men’s NCAA Basketball Bracket, if You Are a Tobacco Road Urbanist
Sports build community. From pride-of-their-suburb Little League teams, to pulse-of-their-city World Series pendant holders to that proud handful of farmhouses who raised that NASCAR driver, sports makes a community. I grew up in a pre-Carolina Panthers, original Charlotte Hornets, retiring Richard Petty, saying hello to Stormy, but never to a Major League Baseball team of… Continue reading How to Make a Men’s NCAA Basketball Bracket, if You Are a Tobacco Road Urbanist
The Game of Life Plans (and City Planning)
Lately I’ve been playing a ton of board games and doing puzzles. Granted, who hasn’t received a note from a friend asking them to play some sort of online puzzle game on Facebook. And yes, you can politely say no. Unless you see some benefit, like I did back a few years ago when I… Continue reading The Game of Life Plans (and City Planning)