Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
Wright's Last Usonian House Could Be Demolished
A prospective buyer of what is possibly Wright's last Usonian house, in Bannockburn, Ill., wants to tear it down.
Commuting In Context
If trying to reorganize society in more compact arrangements were ever a good idea, now is not the time to do it.
Mormon Temple Vs. Land Use
Utah's Supreme Court rules that a temple's soaring steeple can be built, despite zoning regulations and public protests.
The Midwest's Largest Toxic Amusement Park?
A California developer has proposed a $860 million amusement park on top of a highly-toxic ammunition dump site in Kansas.
Financing Progressive Development
Conventional financing techniques impede investment in "smart growth" or "new urbanism" projects.