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December 1, 2014

THE PROMISED CITY

The American landscape is covered with once great cities of every size. Even as the appeal of an urban lifestyle grows and the demand for diverse, stimulating and walkable urban environments increases year by year, there is no clear path forward to revitalize these tremendous cultural and economic assets. The American approach and policies for urban communities seem tailored for two extremes, cities for the rich or cities for the poor, mimicking our national shortcomings rather than building on our strengths and better nature.

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May 14, 2013

HOLYOKE 2030

HOLYOKE 2030:  20,000 new residents in Holyoke by the year 2030.

This is my plan for Holyoke to become a thriving and prosperous 21st century city. It starts with the basic premise . . . people, lots of people.

  • People = urban housing = jobs
  • People = vibrant & safe streets = more people
  • People need . . . places to eat, shop, mingle, learn = new businesses =  jobs
  • People want to live and work where there are . . . see above = more people, more businesses, more jobs

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April 23, 2013

The Wonderful World of Antonio Gaudí

On our recent visit to Barcelona, we happened upon a few works by Antonio Gaudi . . . ok seeing his work was one reason to go to Spain . . . ok a big reason . . . yes, yes he is one of my FAVORITE ARCHITECTS. Hopefully these pictures will give you an idea why. Another reason?  He designed his buildings upside down by hanging weights on strings, took a picture and then figured out how to build it by flipping the picture up side down. The catenary arches/forms created are in perfect tension and when flipped are then in perfect compression, just what you want for masonry construction.

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April 16, 2013

Bicycle Rack Design

I have been playing around with bike rack designs for a while. What better project is there than one that matches an environmentally friendly urban function, public service and design?  This series is inspired by my memories of a massive wrench from Open Square, about 2 feet long and 50 lbs, that was used by workers for the over sized nuts and bolts of the original mill machinery and also from musician and urban rider David Byrne. I’m going to try to have one fabricated in this summer. If you like em, let me know which one you would like to see first!

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