Tweet Check out the articles I’ve written recently on other sites: On Firefly Living: Jane’s Walk Phoenix On Downtown Phoenix Journal: 2011 Urban Land Institute Real Estate Summit Starts Today On Vanishing Phoenix: Michael Levine to Michael Crow – A Question About Tearing Down Buildings
Tweet Gennaro’s mural on Calle 16, photo from Arte + Gennaro A few months ago Yuri Artibise, urbanist and Arizona state coordinator of Jane’s Walk, a series of free neighborhood walking tours, asked me if I would help organize a Jane’s Walk on Calle 16. Of course I was delighted and said yes because Calle 16 is MY neighborhood. But I was also a little sad because part of the reason Yuri asked for my help was because he was moving from Phoenix to Vancouver. Yuri and his wife Linda left last weekend and have reached their destination safely. We…
Tweet Today’s post is by Sean Sweat who’s posted on Blooming Rock before making a case for a dog park in downtown at the former location of the Ramada Inn. After a disappointing result from a City of Phoenix public hearing approving a vast asphalt parking lot there instead, Sean has come up with an exciting new idea for a dog park in Downtown. Sean Sweat, aka @PhxDowntowner, is the Treasurer of St Croix Villas in the heart of downtown and an MIT-trained transportation professional. His professional focus is supply chain & logistics. His personal focus is pedestrianism, public transit, and…
Tweet The 2nd Annual Jane’s Walk Phoenix Saturday May 1, 2010 9:00am Starting at AmenZone 106 E. Buchanan St. What is it? From Sunset Magazine‘s profile of last year’s Jane’s Walk Phoenix This is an annual walk put on by urbanist Yuri Artibise in honor of Jane Jacobs who was a community activist, amateur urbanist and advocate of walkable neighborhoods. There are several Jane’s Walks that occur throughout different cities in the US but Yuri brought it to Phoenix, a place that is in dire need of the ideals espoused by Jane Jacobs. Find out more about this remarkable woman…
