Temporal Rhythms & Neighborhood Life
2025-05-23
I recently finished the book ‘The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet’ by Carlos Moreno. As a person who spent many yearsContinue Reading
Popping Out To The Bakery
2025-05-06
There are approximately 4 bakeries within an average of a 2-minute walk from my apartment building. This morning, as everyone in my family bustled to prepare for theContinue Reading
What is an ordinary, well-planned city to you?
2025-04-17
What do you consider an ‘ordinary’, well-planned city? I’m still teasing out my own thoughts on this, but perceive a well-planned and ‘ordinary’ city as one withContinue Reading
Call for Submissions: Special Issue ‘Spatial, Environmental & Social Dimensions of the 15-Minute City’
2025-04-17
Submit a Manuscript to the Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability for Special Issue ‘Spatial, Environmental & Social Dimensions of the 15-Minute City’Continue Reading
A Philly Memory on Spatial Equity & Proximity to Basic needs
2025-04-10
I was aware of issues of food inequity from a young age but it wasn’t until living in Philadelphia in 2008 that I could connect dots onContinue Reading
A 5 to 15-minute Neighborhood Lifestyle
2025-03-20
?️? Two years ago began a new and exhilarating chapter in our ‘big city’ living experience here in Warsaw. ? When we first moved to Warsaw, IContinue Reading
15-MINUTE CITY, GREEN SPACE & PLAY
2025-03-05
In my first urban lab approach, which consisted of multiple workshops and ‘walking labs’, I did an exercise asking participants to ‘time travel’ not so long inContinue Reading
When did you experience proximity in urban living for the first time?
2025-02-17
❓ When did you first experience proximity to diverse local amenities, services and spaces as a value in your urban lifestyle? ? I experienced glimpses of thisContinue Reading
Hyperproximity, Residential Narrative & Efficiency
2025-02-06
As part of my dissertation fieldwork, I extensively surveyed and interviewed many local experts as well as residents of the city. In one of my case study neighborhoods,Continue Reading
The network of city parks
2025-02-02
One of my obsessions is the ‘humble neighborhood park’. I’m a huge loving fan of the ‘grand dames’ of parks- those sprawling, majestic are famous parks thatContinue Reading