Steve Price: Urban Advantage, presented a “time lapse photography”, showing the evolution of St. Mike’s in four steps… Images courtesy of Steve Price, Urban Advantage, Inc For the last fifty years the dominant street form for commercial environments in America has been the auto-oriented strip arterial. These are places where the car is king, where formal planning is almost exclusively …
Envisioning a Sustainable Urban Village: A Puzzle of 1000 Pieces by Brian Skeele
Sustainability is a Puzzle of 1000 Pieces. As we rearrange the pieces to design a Sustainable Urban Village (SUV), Green Fire Times quest associate editor Brian Skeele (yours truly) got to ask the paradigm shifting questions…What would make a SUV such a great place, you’d move in?! What are the best practices emerging in your field, and how can we rearrange these puzzle pieces for maximum affordability and beauty?… Some …
Vibrant, Alive, Affordable + Living Lightly Locally= Sustainable Neighborhoods
5 Planets! How are we, the US of A, going to be a serious leader if our lifestyle requires 5 planets of resources?? How are we going to look our grandchildren in the eye and say with pride “All this is yours!”?? The good news is we are innovative. So, my fellow Americans, let’s roll up our sleeves and seize …
Earthship Village Design with Michael Reynolds by Brian Skeele
By Brian, on September 6th, 2011 Michael Reynolds points out how “Pockets of Freedom” are essential for innovation. His latest Earthship Village design redefines the neighborhood corner market. By connecting Earthships along a commons bike path/ food jungle, he integrates sewage treatment, water catchment, the growing of fruit and vegetables, fish and chickens all together in a year round tempered climate. … Water catchment, food production, …
September’s Green Fire Times: Envisioning a Sustainable Urban Village
By Brian, on September 6th, 2011 Sustainability is a Puzzle of 1000 Pieces. As we rearrange the pieces to design a Sustainable Urban Village (SUV), Green Fire Times asked the paradigm shifting questions… “What would make a SUV such a great place, you’d move in?! What are the best practices emerging in your field, and how can we rearrange these puzzle pieces for maximum affordability and beauty?” …
St Michael Drive the New Creative and Cultural Corridor? by Kris Swedin
By Brian, on September 6th, 2011 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. …
St Mike’s below, Train above by Lloyd & Associates Architects
By Brian, on September 6th, 2011 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 …
Your Invited! What would make a Sustainable Urban Village in Santa Fe, such a great place, you’d move in?!
By Brian, on July 26th, 2011 The September issue of the Green Fire Times is a compilation of ideas and visions on Sustainable Urban Villages. How do we make sustainable real? How do we have a high quality lifestyle and yet lower our impact on the planet? How do we grow our economy and yet lower our consumption? Our proposed answer is in …
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