Award-winning journalist and urban critic, lecturer and author.
General Articles
(partial list)
Livingston Street Battle Frames Debate On Landmarks (Jan 8, 2012)
Community-Based Progress in Post-Katrina New Orleans(Planetizen, November 25, 2008)
Urban Virtues(Metropolis Magazine, March, 2008)
The Vacant Building Syndrome(The Next American City, Spring, 2007)
Robert Moses Reconsidered: Blight is in the Eye of the Beholder(City Limits, April 2, 2007)
Robert Moses Reconsidered: Power and Process Right Now(City Limit, March 12, 2007)
Robert Moses Reconsidered: Mostly Right The First Time(City Limits, February 12, 2007)
Downtown parking: It is not as bad as it seems(Downtown Idea Exchange, December 15, 2006)
The Best Laid Plans(Urbanite, May, 2006)
Against the Tide(Urbanite, April, 2006)
From Hell to High Water(The New York Times, Febuary 22, 2006)
In New Orleans’ Mud, A Ward Determined Not To Slip Away(Michigan Land Use Institute, November 1, 2005)
An Ode to Olmsted in Orange(Michigan Land Use Institute, March 9, 2005)
In the Park With Christo(The Nation, March 28, 2005)
Suburban Retailers Say Hello to Downtown(Michigan Land Use Institute, November 22, 2004)
The Big Box on Your Block(The New York Times, October 17, 2004)
Density without Disruption(Places, Spring 2004)
Downtowns Grow One Step at a Time(Planning Commissioners Journal, Winter 2003)
Marooned on Culture Island(New York Times, June 4, 2003)
Anthems In The Architecture(Michigan Land Use Institute, May 1, 2003)
The Enduring Power of the Old Urbanism(Metropolis, February, 2002)
A Window Into the Heart of America(Michigan Land Use Institute, December 21, 2001)
After Calamity, New Yorkers Sought Traditional, Intimate Public Places(Michigan Land Use Institute, October 24, 2001)
To Market, To Market(Planning Commissioners Journal, Spring 2001)
Preserving the Urban Dynamic(The Nation, April 23, 2001)
A Frog, A Wooden House, A Stream and a Trail(Rockefeller Brother’s Fund, March, 2001)
So many buses, so little space(New York Daily News, June 7, 2000)
The Center Holds: Old Black Communities Revived(The Wall Street Journal, August 15, 1995)
Each Town Its Own Face(The Wall Street Journal, September 8, 1994)
Demolition Doesn’t Rebuild Neighborhoods(New York Newsday, December 15, 1992)
Malling the Northeast(New York Times Magazine, April 1, 1990)
