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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 T. Jack […]
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. The weather was not great the day the […]
October 5, 2014 by Kevin
“Unique” Oasis Park in Scottsdale, Arizona
When we were working on the Scottsdale Downtown Plan and renting an apartment in Downtown Scottsdale, we’d often drive down Thomas Road on our treks into Phoenix. On our way we’d pass by an unusual mobile home park featuring mobile homes flanked by permanently-built structures. After driving by countless times, we pulled over one day and took these photos. It’s […]
September 1, 2014 by Kevin
From the Archives: 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 first set was […]
August 31, 2014 by Kevin
Corn
Earlier this month I uploaded photos taken on a summer evening by our staff for the Comprehensive Plan in Logansport, Indiana. Here are a few more, taken the same evening, of corn fields outside town. Photos by Amber Eisan and Mishayla Binkerd.
August 30, 2014 by Kevin
Attefallshus
Ever been to IKEA and seen those micro-home displays, where an entire household is fitted out in half the space of a two-car garage? Scandinavians are known for their skilled use of space, but apparently starting this past July Sweden has been allowing landowners to build tiny rental cottages in their gardens without need for planning permission. […]
August 21, 2014 by Kevin
From the Archives: Foster City Neighborhoods 1 & 2
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 […]
August 17, 2014 by Kevin
Summer evening
In 2008-09 we assisted the City of Logansport, Indiana with a new Comprehensive Plan. One of the best decisions we made was to include two local college students from Logansport on our team, Amber and Mishayla. They helped us facilitate workshops, wrote and edited documents, and took lots and lots of photos. Over the course of the […]
August 14, 2014 by Kevin
