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.
The Iconic And Historic... Ranch House?
The ranch house has come to symbolize residential architecture in American between 1945 and 1970. And the ranch house is hip again.
Is Las Vegas Light Rail A Boondoggle In The Making?
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing a study by Randal O'Toole, calls the proposed multi-billion-dollar light rail line from Henderson to North Las Vegas a 'white elephant'.
Massive System Failures In Levees Found
Investigators find a series of flaws at every level in the 'conception, design, construction and maintenance' of New Orleans' levee system.
Luxury Lofts Meet Skid Row
In the last of his five-part series, columnist Steve Lopez examines the jarring juxtaposition of rapidly-gentrifying luxury lofts that overlook prostitutes, drug dealers and homeless on LA's skid row.
Satellite Images Reveal Amazon Forest Shrinking Faster
New methods detect twice as much logging as previously estimated.