Mar 09, 2009
Rypkema Testimony at European Parliament Hearing
On March 5th I had the honor of being the first witness at a hearing in Brussels of the European Parliament. The hearing was called by Spanish Member of Parliament Cristina Gutierrez-Cortines. For a discussion of the hearing see the blog that follows this one. My ...
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Feb 09, 2009
The Internet is Weird and Google Analytics
The internet is one weird place. Some months ago I read about Google Analytics. If on the odd chance you’ve never heard of it, Google Analytics keeps track of what’s happening on one’s website. It tracks such things as number of visitors, percentage of those ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Steve Mouzon and the Original Green
I don’t usually write a blog that is simply a link to someone else’s blog. But today I’m making an exception. Steve Mouzon established an organization called Original Green. His four characteristics of sustainable places (Nourishing, Accessible, Serviceable and Secure) and four characteristics of sustainable ...
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Feb 09, 2009
PLT, Black history, and Heritage Tourism
About Us Services Rightsizing Incentives Resources In the News Blog HOME / TOURISM / PLT, BLACK HISTORY, AND HERITAGE TOURISM PLT, Black history, and Heritage Tourism I have written before about PLT (July 3, 2008). PLT stands for Preservation Leadership Training, and is one of ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Nature Conservancy, Anonymous Posts and Demolition
One of the first posts I made to this blog (May 2, 2008) was about the Indianapolis chapter of the Nature Conservancy building their new state headquarters. A newspaper story at the time quoted the state director as saying. “We’re an international conservation organization. If ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Small town, small college and NORCs
I spent Thursday driving about an hour and a half from where I live in downtown Washington to Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Shepherdstown is West Virginia’s oldest community having been established by Thomas Shepherd in 1734. Today, 275 years later, there are still members of the ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Not only are the French smarter, so are the Norwegians
Earlier this week I wrote about the incorporation of $132 million a year for the next four years for the restoration of historic buildings in France. That was a specific part of President Sarkozy’s economic stimulus plan for France. Like the US, France is suffering its ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Mortgages for Big Macs
OK, this is the last one about the stimulus plan. It’s going to pass in some version this week so it’s too late for anyone I know to make any difference. What the hell, I’m not going to live long enough to have to pay ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Why the French are Smarter than us Americans
Yeah, we have to have a stimulus plan. And one will pass this week. The latest iteration is the one crafted by a moderate Republican (Susan Collins of Maine) and a moderate Democrat (Ben Nelson of Nebraska). And as a militant moderate myself, I have ...
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Feb 09, 2009
Notre Dame, New Urbanists, and List Servs
I wrote it in the first blog entry I made and I’ll write it again — I have by far the best job in America. I get to do all kinds of cool things. And this week was one of them. The School of Architecture ...
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