Sustaining Place

Revisiting the Urbanism of Experience

For many years, I’ve stressed the importance of the urbanism of experience, finding layered examples that show how people relate to the built and sociocultural…

Focal Point: People, Place, and Profit

I suggest a patient and mindful perception about what we sense, particularly for those of us fortunate enough to see. Which is the focal point…

A Book Cover and Pride of Place

Throughout the past few months, it has been harder than ever to understand ideas and experiences of place, and the forces that contribute to their…

Biking a Crescent Curve

A St. Margaret’s Corner

From Twickenham Riverside

Across the Thames

Adaptation and the Pub Lives On

Change is Relative

This Too Shall Pass

In Urbanism Without Effort, I wrote that storefronts have always made the city. One reason is the messages they communicate, which is why blank walls…