What We're Up To
Joe Minicozzi, AICP
McHarg Revisited

In preparing for his talk at the 2015 GeoDesign Summit Joe reread Design With Nature by Ian McHarg. In doing so he found new inspiration from McHarg's insights. To Joe's excitement over Design With Nature I can personally attest given his daily emails sharing a new quote. In this post he shares some of McHarg's most striking observations and points out how he was either a man before his time, or how we in the present are still stuggling to catch up. 

McHarg Revisited
Trivia and Exploration
Joshua McCarty
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NC has an abundance of transplants from upstate NY. They tell stories about the awful winters up north but I suspect they are secretly homesick. A rare snow-day in NC seemed like a good excuse to revisit my fascination with the City of Buffalo. Join me as I delve into topics such as snow-envy, transit, demographics, and breakfast cereal. 

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Austin, Texas: Funky and Financially Potent

Austin, Texas: Funky and Financially Potent

Austin, Texas is one of the country's most unique cities. With an incredible music and food scene, its not a surprise that over 100 people move to Austin every day.  Downtown Austin is the heart of why the region is booming. No just because of the cultural amenities and employment centered around Downtown, but also because Downtown Austin produces enormous wealth to the city, county and entire Central Texas region.