If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed.In 1961 Jane Jacobs wrote a book called The Death and Life of Great American Cities. I know many of you have read her work and already know just how revolutionary her ideas were. But I want to point out something that comes [...]
Entries Tagged as 'urban design'
Jane Jacobs Got It Right
August 13th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Tags: architecture · author: levi · goals · housing · neighborhoods · sacramento · suburban sprawl · urban design
The List…Top 10 Urban Projects
August 6th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Top 10 urban projects
Tags: architecture · author: levi · community · design · housing · sacramento · urban design
Time For Some Serious Changes
July 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHr8OzaloLM
Tags: author: levi · energy sources · green living · transportation · urban design · video
Urban Gardening On Vacant Land
July 9th, 2008 · 9 Comments
I am very excited about this solution for vacant urban land. We have often talked about what to do with land that both we and others in our area own and have turned down the idea of a community garden because there are so many stories of gardens that once put in are “permanent”. And [...]
Tags: author: levi · community · conservation · creativity · design · food · green living · neighborhoods · resources · sacramento · urban design
Are You Ready For Some Good?
July 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments
I sort of start talking fast when I talk about things that I am passionate about and the Good project is definitely one of those things. Here is a video we made about the Good project. We are going to have an open house on Wednesday from 11 - 3 and again Saturday from 12-4.
The [...]
Tags: architecture · author: levi · blankblank · community · dream big. live small. do good. · eco-urban · eco-urban 101 dinner · green living · housing · interview · neighborhoods · our blog · the good project · trees · urban design · video · west sacramento
The Wall Street Journal Digs Sacramento
July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I was very happy to open up the Wall Street Journal today and see the article about urban development in Sacramento that Anna Campoy worked on for so long finally made it to print. And it made it square in the middle of the front page! I am a little sad I must admit that [...]
Tags: author: levi · cities · green industry · housing · interview · oil · press coverage · sacramento · suburban sprawl · transportation · urban design
I Love This House
June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Sorry its not letting me drag pictures into my post here so you just have to go over and see it for your self… Its really really freakin awesome. Update: I figured it out!
Tags: architecture · author: levi · design · housing · los angeles · urban design
In Praise Of Density
June 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Sometimes I get so wrapped up in defending well designed density that I forget some of the basic reasons for it. It was refreshing to see this post from a conference in Israel - where land is much scarcer and fought over than here. I liked this quote - “Transit, culture, creativity [...]
Tags: author: steve · cities · community · creativity · eco-urban · environmental preservation · green living · housing · quotes · suburban sprawl · urban design
The Myth Of Quantity Over Quality
June 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments
I dream of a time when society abandons the myth that bigger is better, and begins to embrace the genius of small.
I dream of better places for people to live, places that offer true quality of life not just the illusion of material things making life better.
I dream of a time [...]
Tags: author: levi · children · cities · community · creativity · goals · neighborhoods · suburban sprawl · urban design
Metropolis
June 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I just got the new Metropolis Magazine today and there is an article in there that is very cool. I have been hearing about Jamie Lerner for a while now and am very interested to learn more about all the innovative things he has put into action as Mayor or Curitiba, Brazil. Here [...]
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