Ideas For St Mike’s by Beverly Spears

Spears Architects envisioned a pedestrian/bicycle friendly “frontage lane” with parallel parking separated from thru traffic by a tree filled median… Bicycle and Pedestrian friendly “side streets” separated from thru traffic with tree filled median Lanes Reasonably narrow lanes to naturally slow traffic to posted speed limit. Stoplights to be in median, pole mounted without arms. Curbs to have tight radius corners for slower …

Gussing of the Southwest: Rising to the Challenge and Reaping the Benefits by Brian Skeele

Santa Fe could be the Gussing of the Southwest.  Renewable energy, local jobs, and ecotourism, oh my! Wood gasifing operation. Today there are 27 decentralized power plants within the Güssing county, all powered by sustainable forest management. Gussing Austria has become one of the world’s living examples of a renewable energy community. Here’s how a little agricultural town of 4,000 …

St Mike’s below, Train above by Lloyd & Associates Architects

Lloyd & Associates proposed a large, circular shaped park surrounding a train station, with the mainline of St Michael’s running underneath the train station.  “Frontage side streets” would serve local traffic while thru traffic traveled the length of St. Mike’s… Lloyd & Associates Architects took a bold approach to a future St. Michael’s Boulevard Lloyd & Associates Architects (Santa Fe) …

Imagining a Sustainable Urban Village by Stephanie Hiller

Our world is changing radically, yet we struggle to stay the same. We face multiple threats to our continuance: dwindling supplies of oil, gas, and various metals; diminishing access to pure drinking water; strange weather and rising temperatures; spreading pollution and the ever present threat of nuclear war. How can we respond to these overwhelming challenges, and survive? Avoidance will …

St Michael Drive the New Creative and Cultural Corridor? by Kris Swedin

Could this new creative and cultural corridor become a vibrant neighborhood and not just a place to drive through after picking up groceries? Kris Swedin calls for participation in the discussions and the sharing of your ideas… “What? The center of the city is St. Mikes?” Imagine a vibrant and innovative community stretching along St. Michael’s Drive in the center of …

St Michael’s Boulevard: Visions of the Future

In May of 2009, the City of Santa Fe presented St Michael’s Drive “Visions of the Future”.  Six urban design firms and a City of Santa Fe staff planner participated in the project by providing plans/designs showing their visions of a revamped St. Michael’s Drive, the “St Michael’s Boulevard”. St Michael’s Boulevard pedestrian-friendly side street illust by Lisa Flynn, courtesy Spears Archtects Could this …

Special Zoning District for St Michael’s by Al Moore

Al Moore envisioned a Special Zoning District for Contemporary Architecture, Arts, Education and Creative Conciousness… Al Moore envisioned a Special Zoning District for Contemporary Architecture, Arts, Education and Creative Conciousness… Special Zoning District for Contemporary Architecture, Arts, Education, and Creative Consciousness.  CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES The most serious constraint inhibiting Santa Fe from achieving a sustainable urban system is its insistence …

Milla Real “The Royal Mile” by Richard Macpherson

Santa Fe City Planner,  Richard Macpherson’s water color inspired by Barcelona’s La Rambla,  features a tree lined promenade… Designed for cars and pedestrians-a place for all ages to enjoy, stroll along, have a conversation, shop, have lunch or dinner… My future vision of St. Michael’s Drive is a roadway which is not only designed for cars, but is equally designed …

The Ecology of Community Networking by Richard Lowenberg

Santa Fe collectively pays $100 million per year on aggregated telecommunications services (phone, cable,wireless, satelllite, Internet). Richard Lowenberg points to community economic benefits that would accrue if 1% were re-allocated to community technology services. … The Ecology of Community Networking As a best practice, the way we think about and pursue our network connected lives should be considered, along with all other aspects of community-building, …