Posts in Urban Design Category

Urbanized. A documentary film by Gary Hustwit

May 9th, 2012  | Tags: , , ,
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Lott3Metz along with Nederveld, Inc., The Rapid, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, and Wondergem are hosting movie night on May 31st, 2012 at The Wealthy Theater! Read the rest of this entry »

FSFM: Self-fulfilling Prophecy

November 14th, 2011  | Tags: , ,
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Audrey and I made our weekly trip to the Fulton Street Farmers Market this past Saturday morning. As we were having our ongoing dialog about what we needed to get and what we would be having for dinner over the next few days, Audrey asked if we could have Pesto for our Sunday dinner. Read the rest of this entry »

I Love Minneapolis

September 6th, 2011  | Tags: ,
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Inevitably, in the well worn “…Grand Rapids needs to be more like Chicago” discussion – sometime between my first weary sigh and my ultimate request for the check – I’m asked to suggest a better aspirational metropolis. My answer is always the same: Minneapolis. Read the rest of this entry »

The Child Discovery Center @ Vandenberg School

March 17th, 2011  | Tags: , , ,
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The beginning of almost every year is typically quiet around the Lott3Metz clubhouse: holiday overload and heavy snows have even the busiest of clients bedded down for long winter’s naps. 2011 has been no different. Read the rest of this entry »

The Park @ Division & Cherry

November 5th, 2010  | Tags: , ,
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Chris Knape’s piece on the recently completed park at the corner of division & cherry in the Heartside District of downtown Grand Rapids sent me digging through my file cabinet for the December 2000 report from Dan Burden’s Walkable Communities where the idea of aligning the West side of Cherry Street with its slightly offset eastern leg first saw the light of day. Read the rest of this entry »

65 Monroe

October 14th, 2010  | Tags: ,
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This project highlights the urban design and planning talents of Lott3Metz Architecture.   Read the rest of this entry »