“streets for people”–the watercolor

If watercolors had graced Bernard Rudofsky’s 1969 book, Streets for People, perhaps this Middle East representation would have appeared in the chapter, “The Street is Where the Action Is”. PS: For those wanting to move beyond Jane Jacobs, Rudofsky is a must-read.

remembering an urban space from a dream, part 2

In Otranto, the most southeastern point in Italy, a captivating urban space awakens in moonlight.


what if Thoreau had received a demolition order?

The pending cottage reconstruction at the edge of Seattle’s Madrona Woods evokes the question.


five postcards of pedestrian primacy

Forever ageless, they own the streets and byways around the world.





what is trespass in the city?

When should legal systems allow individuals to sit, wait, or interact in public or private spaces? The answer may be hidden in provocative imagery from afar…