Posts tagged with Urban Planning

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 »

FSFM: Pomp & Circumstance

November 10th, 2011  | Tags: , , ,
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Last Wednesday morning there was a little party to celebrate the start of construction for the Fulton Street Farmers Market. Read the rest of this entry »

MDOT’s Five Lanes of Division

July 20th, 2011  | Tags: , ,
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I’ve been thinking back and looking ahead in recent weeks; inspired by my new friends at Bike Friendly Grand Rapids – Josh Leffingwell and Tyler Doornbos – and their earnest, but frustrating, efforts at positively affecting the recent and ongoing Revision Division ‘road diet’ in downtown Grand Rapids. Read the rest of this entry »

Urban Edits

April 19th, 2011  | Tags: , , , ,
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We are excited to announce the release of our new monograph Urban Edits. 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 »

The Belknap ASP

July 29th, 2010  | Tags:
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The Belknap Neighborhood Area Specific Plan, completed in September of 2009 and adopted by the the City of Grand Rapids in February of 2010, is the closest that we’ve come in our partnership in urban planning with Nederveld, Inc to Policy Planning.  Read the rest of this entry »

2010, The Wall Street Journal, & Jane Jacobs

July 1st, 2010  | Tags:
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Ha! The WSJ hates Jane? I can’t believe it!

I love it when developers blame her for lack of affordability in Manhattan.  Especially when comparing her with Robert Moses: NYC’s champion of economic diversity – you’ve finished The Power Broker, right? Read the rest of this entry »

Hate is Such a Strong Word…

June 10th, 2010  | Tags:
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It takes no small amount of vanity for one of the High Priests of New Urbanism to write about the perceived hatred of New Urbanists by architects – in Architect Magazine no less. But credit where it’s due: Jeff Speck has a very high opinion of himself and of his crusade. While I admire his conviction, I don’t share it. Read the rest of this entry »

The Brikyaat ASP

January 10th, 2010  | Tags: ,
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The plan is the culmination of a joint venture between Lott3Metz and Nederveld, Inc and 18 months of public design with the Midtown Neighborhood Association that weaves new commercial activities with varying housing typologies to stimulate growth in an inner-city Grand Rapids neighborhood. Read the rest of this entry »