Author Archive
July 24, 2016 by Kevin
From the Archives: Maple Ash Neighborhood – Tempe, Arizona
Through the years of the consulting business we compiled a lot of photos, so part of this site will be to provide a venue for pulling those out of the archives. Here is a handful of photos produced for a project studying the Maple Ash neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona. Maple Ash is the oldest remaining neighborhood […]
December 5, 2015 by Kevin
Dry Country
An art project of sorts.
October 17, 2015 by Kevin
Bayshore Interchanges – What Might Have Been
Doing some web research, I came across a web page with series of sketches showing concepts for interchanges along the Bayshore Highway in San Mateo County. They appear to be from 1940, in the early days of freeway design when the concept of using bridges to separate traffic for uninterrupted traffic flow was new. There […]
July 25, 2015 by Kevin
SOMA
For a time I had two parallel careers: city planning consulting and real estate agent. Though I’d studied city planning, I’d also long had a real estate license so I could help out in my partner’s business on the weekends. In 2005 with the strong local property market I went full time into real estate […]
July 11, 2015 by Kevin
From the Archives: San Carlos, California
Through the years of the consulting business we compiled a lot of photos, so part of this site will be to provide a venue for pulling those out of the archives. Here is a handful of photos produced for two different proposals for San Carlos, California in 2007 and 2010:
March 13, 2015 by Kevin
From the Archives: More from Scottsdale, Arizona
From 2007-09 we worked on the Downtown Plan for Scottsdale, Arizona. This was a particularly special project since I’d grown up in Scottsdale, twenty years earlier. The downtown was going through a resurgence and people were excited to work on the plan. Like the rest of our projects, there were lots of photos. This second set […]
January 18, 2015 by Kevin
From the Archives: Foster City Neighborhoods 3 & 4
In 2010-2011 we assisted the City of Foster City with the existing conditions analysis for the Land Use & Circulation Element of its General Plan. This involved lots of photos. Foster City is a master-planned “new town” founded in the 1960s on engineered landfill in the marshes of the San Francisco Bay. The city was named after […]
January 14, 2015 by Kevin
Post Office
Went to the post office today to mail a birthday card to my sister, and realized this may be the last time I visit this venerable building in its current use. It’s scheduled to close January 17th and move retail operations to a smaller space down the street. Somewhat ironically, the self-serve machine was out […]
December 22, 2014 by Kevin
From the Archives: Jasper, Indiana
Through the years of the consulting business we compiled a lot of photos, so part of this site will be to provide a venue for pulling those out of the archives. Here is a handful of photos produced for a proposal for Jasper, Indiana taken in the fall of 2008: Jasper is located in southern Indiana, […]
October 5, 2014 by Kevin
