I’m a regular contributor to The Boston Globe, Bloomberg CityLab, and Land Lines magazine, among other publications; and host of the Land Matters podcast.
Land Matters Podcast: Innovations in Affordability Land Lines | April 17, 2024
Mayor’s Desk: Seeing New Opportunity in Scranton Land Lines | February 13, 2024
The next generation of urban mechanics Public Square | February 8, 2024
Land Matters Podcast: COP28 and the Future of the Planet Land Lines | February 6, 2024
The Most Influential Role in Politics Isn’t the One You’re Thinking About Next City | January 30, 2024
The Mayors Who Aren’t Burning Out Bloomberg CityLab | January 18, 2024
Land Matters podcast: Paige Cognetti and the Reinvention of Scranton Land Lines |December 12, 2023
Land Matters podcast: Water in the West Land Lines |October 31, 2023
Mayor’s Desk: A New Deal in Delhi Land Lines |September 19, 2023
Land Matters podcast: Summer of Smoke and Swelter Land Lines | August 3, 2023
Gridlocked: How Land Use Battles Are Hindering the Clean Energy Transition Land Lines | June 12, 2023
Much Ado about Mining Land Lines | June 12, 2023
Land Matters podcast: Keeping Calm and Planning On Land Lines | June 7, 2023
Boston’s Beloved Triple-Deckers are First-Order Affordable Housing | Bloomberg CityLab | May 17, 2023
Mayor’s Desk: Housing and Hope in Cincinnati Land Lines| May 15, 2023
Land Matters Podcast: How Costa Rica Became a Model for Climate Action Land Lines | April 17, 2023
Mayor’s Desk: A Second Time Around in Seoul Land Lines | March 29, 2023
Land Matters Podcast: For Mayor Aftab Pureval, Newfound Popularity Needs Managing Land Lines |March 17, 2023
Land Matters Podcast: Orchestrating Impact: Retiring Scholars Reflect on the Lincoln Institute Land Lines | February 3, 2023
The State of Local Zoning: Reforming a Century-Old Approach to Land Use Land Lines | December 23, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: Confronting Extreme Heat in Africa Land Lines | December 12, 2022
Mayor’s Desk: Cultivating Climate Resilience in Sierra Leone Land Lines | November 10, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: The Quest for Zoning Zen: How Land Use Rules Are Poised for Reform Land Lines | October 28, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: A Booming Bay Area City Confronts an Affordability Crisis Land Lines | September 26, 2022
Mayors Desk: Tackling Affordability in Berkeley Land Lines | September 26, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: Journalists Consider the Land-Climate Connection Land Lines | August 25, 2022
Mayor’s Desk: Burlington, VT Aims for Net Zero Land Lines | July 25, 2022
Return on Investment: Research Links Climate Action with Land and Property Value Increases Land Lines | July 21, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: A Force of Nature on Chicago’s South Side: Rev. Otis Moss III Land Lines | June 21, 2022
As Boston Builds Climate Infrastructure, Developers Are Helping to Pay for It Planning magazine | June 14, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: Miro Weinberger on the Fossil Fuel-Free Future of Burlington, VT Land Lines | May 18, 2022
Staid Boston Gets an Architectural Wake-Up Call Bloomberg CityLab |April 26, 2022
Mayor’s Desk: Generating Change in Birmingham Land Lines | April 15, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and the Realities of Revitalization Land Lines | March 15, 2022
Land Matters Podcast: Kara Swisher on What Tech Can Do for Climate Land Lines | February 3, 2022
A Climate of Conservation: The Critical Role of Land in Addressing Our Existential Crisis Land Lines | January 19, 2022
Land Matters podcast: Elizabeth Kolbert Explains how a Toad Might Guide a Better Climate Future Land Lines | December 21, 2021
In Bogota, a New Era of Sustainability Land Lines | December 15, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Bogota Mayor Claudia Lopez, Breaking New Ground Land Lines | November 24, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Bruce Babbitt on the Climate Crisis Land Lines | November 1, 2021
I Got a Rare Condition after a J&J shot. I Still Think Everyone Should Get Vaccinated The Boston Globe | October 20, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Addressing Structural Racism in Urban Planning Land Lines | September 29, 2021
Reflecting on Equity and Regeneration in Cleveland Land Lines | September 7, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Land’s Crucial Role in Fighting Climate Change Land Lines | August 16, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson Reflects on Equity and Regeneration Land Lines | May 28, 2021
Boston Takes on Climate Change Planning magazine | May 27, 2021
Expanding Affordability and Equity in Cambridge Land Lines | April 26, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui on Fast-tracking Affordability Land Lines | April 16, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Lincoln Institute Leaders Reflect on a Remarkable Journey Land Lines | March 31, 2021
Life of an Idea: An Interactive Timeline Lincoln Institute | March 8, 2021
Triple-deckers can rise again for the 21st century The Boston Globe | March 4, 2021
Land Matters podcast: Rising rents, families on the edge Land Lines | February 26, 2021
Is this high-speed train the first megaproject of the Biden era? Bloomberg CityLab | February 17, 2021
Land Matters podcast: An interview with Bill McKibben Land Lines | January 22, 2021
The Life of an Idea: The Origins and Impact of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Land Lines | January 12, 2021
5 ways a bad year could better our cityscape The Boston Globe | December 23, 2020
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego talks sustainability and urban form Land Lines | November 18, 2020
Land Matters podcast: Reflections on a changing southwest Land Lines | November 13, 2020
Post Office Square skyscraper transforms while workers aren’t looking The Boston Globe | November 8, 2020
Land Matters podcast: Confronting the COVID recession Land Lines | October 14, 2020
Zoning and land use rules – key to affordability New Cities | September 18, 2020
Signs of the Times The Boston Globe | September 17, 2020
Land Matters podcast: Housing’s racial history Land Lines | September 8, 2020
A Capital Reckoning in Washington DC Land Lines | September 2, 2020
Land Matters podcast: Housing at a time of crisis Land Lines | July 9, 2020
Walk this Way: Celebrating Boston’s Pedestrian Bridges The Boston Globe | June 29, 2020
The Destiny of Density Land Lines | June 24, 2020
Identifying Opportunity in Oakland Land Lines | June 3, 2020
Land Matters podcast: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf seeks silver lining to COVID-19 Land Lines | June 2, 2020
Land Matters podcast: Helping cities through COVID-19 Land Lines | April 30, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic makes a case for megaregions CityLab | April 22, 2020
Stability and sustainability in Athens, Greece Land Lines | April 14, 2020
Social distancing revives America’s suburban instincts The Boston Globe | March 16, 2020
As construction booms, Boston works to slow down wind tunnels The Boston Globe | March 1, 2020
Land Matters Podcast: Plotting the planet’s future at World Urban Forum 10 Land Lines | February 28, 2020
What Abu Dhabi’s Future Looks Like Now CityLab | February 15, 2020
Land Matters Podcast: In Praise of Global Agreements Land Lines | January 31, 2020
The Riches of Resilience Land Lines | January 13, 2020
The Downtown Highway That Could Drive Hartford’s Comeback CityLab | December 23, 2019
Land Matters Podcast: Hartford, Ready for a Reboot Land Lines | December 19, 2019
Land Matters Podcast: Designing the Future City Land Lines | November 20, 2019
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on the Urgency of Climate Action Land Lines November 8, 2019
Land Matters Podcast: The (Late) Great Climate Mobilization Land Lines | October 25, 2019
Land Matters Podcast: How One Midwestern City is Trying to Stay Affordable Land Lines | September 30, 2019
On Leading a Post-Industrial City in a Post-National World Land Lines | September 12, 2019
Land Matters Podcast: Solutions in Slums Land Lines | August 30, 2019
Tired of waiting, a buzzing hive of climate resilience innovators is at work The Boston Globe | August 8, 2019
Letting a thousand flowers bloom: innovations in climate resilience The Boston Globe | August 8, 2019
Land Matters Podcast: Water Meets Land Land Lines | July 23, 2019
To-do list for cities 20 years from now Meeting of the Minds | July 18, 2019
Learning to love the world’s ugliest building The Boston Globe | July 1 2019
Land Matters Podcast: Yes in My Backyard Land Lines | June 19, 2019
In MA, a “paper wall” blocks housing CityLab | June 19, 2019
A New Podcast: Let’s Talk TIF Land Lines | May 28, 2019
Land Use Decisions Could Make or Break the River that Serves 1 in 9 Americans Land Lines | May 3, 2019
We’re redesigning the streetscape — but what if we’re getting it wrong? The Boston Globe | April 22, 2019
Santa Monica goes all-in on green Land Lines | March 5, 2019
The new Stowe brings some West to the East The Boston Globe | March 3, 2019
Backyard Brouhaha: Could Inclusionary Housing Break the YIMBY Deadlock? Land Lines | February 26, 2019
Unbuilt Boston The Boston Globe | December 9 2018
Hotel in sync with Pittsfield’s regeneration The Boston Globe | December 2 2018
The Hidden Costs of TIF Land Lines | October 29, 2018
Leading Warsaw to Prosperity, One Bike Lane at a Time Land Lines | October 29, 2018
Saving Grand Central, Forty Years On: A Cautionary Tale CityLab | October 17,2018
Boost for Bimini: More polish, more places to stay The Boston Globe | October 4 2018
Virtues of the Tiny House TEDXBeaconStreet | September 18, 2018
Seeking Sustainability in Lima’s Financial District Land Lines | July 2018
In the lap of luxury in Lenox, at the reborn Blantyre The Boston Globe | June 6, 2018
Tom Wolfe on 5 Cities CityLab | June 1, 2018
Otherworldly splurge: beach polo at Ocean House The Boston Globe | May 16, 2018
Boston wants residents to build tiny houses in their yards CityLab | May 11, 2018
Standup comedy is serious business The Boston Globe | May 4, 2018
Kelo goes to Hollywood CityLab | April 27, 2018
Syracuse Endorses the Value of its Legacy Land Lines | April 2018
How value capture can save NYC’s subways City & State New York | March 11, 2018
Letting slum residents control their own destiny CityLab | February 23, 2018
Uber and Lyft should pay for the streets CityLab | November 28, 2017
The Galapagos with kids — a bucket list item they never knew they had The Boston Globe | November 3, 2017
Sometimes even a thrifty Yankee environmentalist has to buy a new car The Boston Globe | September 11, 2017
Life is a kids’ soccer game (or is it the other way around?) The Boston Globe | June 16, 2017
Infrastructure’s Big Moment is Coming CityLab | May 8, 2017
It all starts here Commonwealth Magazine | December 21, 2016
How to Start Thinking About What a Trump Presidency Means for Cities City Lab | November 9, 2016
At Habitat III, a rethinking of the urban development paradigm CityLab | October 21, 2016
New biography looks at Jane Jacobs, who taught urban planners about community The Boston Globe | September 16, 2016
And now, Habitat III, the Olympics of urbanization CityLab | August 26, 2016
The driverless car revolution is coming CityMinded | August 9, 2016
Tim Kaine’s urbanist bona fides CityLab | July 24, 2016
How one Colorado city instantly created affordable housing CityLab | May 17, 2016
Architecture tourism in the south of France, at Cap Moderne The Boston Globe | May 13, 2016
Are Innovation Districts right for every city? CityLab | April 29, 2016
The Land-Use Reinvention of Cape Canaveral CityLab | March 16, 2016
Landmarks of Boston, In Trouble CityLab | February 1, 2016
The Fights Against the Lower Manhattan Expressway |CityLab | Febuary 21, 2016
10 Years Later, did the Big Dig Deliver? The Boston Globe | December 29, 2015
What NASA Can Teach Urban Planners CityLab | November 12, 2015
Making the Case for Symmetrical Cities CityLab | October 8, 2015
America’s Great Infrastructure Stagnation CityLab | August 27, 2015
To save world heritage sites from destruction, bring back the Monuments Men GlobalPost | August 20, 2015
Restoring Eileen Gray’s Villa E-1027 Architect magazine | August 13, 2015
Is Urban Planning Having an Identity Crisis? CityLab | July 17, 2015
An Audacious Plan for Baltimore’s Vacant Industrial Spaces CityLab | June 18, 2015
Can Regenerative Design Save the Planet? CityLab | May 19, 2015
How urban planners see America’s growing affordability crisis CityLab | April 22, 2015
Medellín, a city on the rise The Boston Globe | April 12, 2015
If you go to Medellín, Colombia The Boston Globe | April 12, 2015
The Precedent-Setting Possibilities of the New Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston CityLab | March 30, 2015
25 Years Later, a Renewed Campaign to Solve Boston’s Greatest Art Heist CityLab | March 18, 2015
Le Corbusier and the Biology of Beauty in Design CityLab | March 17, 2015
What I Learned From A Poverty Simulation CityLab | February 5, 2015
Infrastructure investment in the time of few compromises CityLab | Febuary 21, 2015
Breakers Palm Beach puts top-notch spin on fitness The Boston Globe | Febuary 18, 2015
The Tragic Comedy of Small Business Permitting CityLab | December 31, 2014
Building the New Harvard Art Museums Was a Story of Many, Many Constraints CityLab | December 16, 2014
At MoMA, How ‘Tactical Urbanism” Can Preserve the Future of Cities CityLab | December 9, 2014
Ushering in the era of concrete deconstruction CityLab | November 18, 2014
The Hazardous Business of Celebrating Le Corbusier CityLab | November 11, 2014
Following in the Footsteps of Le Corbusier The Boston Globe | November 2, 2014
If You Go The Boston Globe | November 2, 2014
As Asian Cities Grow, so Do Public Health Concerns CityLab | October 21, 2014
Why Is Italy’s ‘National Mall’ so Unwelcoming? CityLab | October 20, 2014
Wait Your Turn for the Swings at Boston’s Adult Playground CityLab | September 17, 2014
When Neighborhood Re-Branding Celebrates What’s Disappearing CityLab | September 8, 2014
Beachfront in the Time of Climate Change CityLab | August 29, 2014
A Failed Public-Housing Project Could Be a Key to St. Louis’ Future CityLab | August 25, 2014
Braving the New World of Performance-Based Zoning CityLab | August 12, 2014
Discovering Cape Cod’s Modernist Legacy Metropolis | July 28, 2014
Restaurants Really Can Determine the Fate of Cities and Neighborhoods CityLab | July 22, 2014
Who Really Owns Public Spaces? CityLab | June 30, 2014
Olmsted the Hero, Moses the Villain CityLab | June 20, 2014
Why the ‘Garden City’ Is Making an Unlikely Comeback The Atlantic Cities | May 28, 2014
What Millennials Want—And Why Cities Are Right to Pay Them So Much Attention The Atlantic Cities | May 5, 2014
When Taking Back the City Means Returning to the Scene of the Crime The Atlantic Cities | April 18, 2014
Is There a Medellín Hype Machine? The Atlantic Cities | April 11 2014
Why Andrés Duany Is So Focused on Making ‘Lean Urbanism’ a Thing The Atlantic Cities | March 14, 2014
The ‘New Old’ Way We Market American Real Estate The Atlantic Cities | February 27, 2014
Why It Makes Sense for Long Island to Rethink the Parking Garage The Atlantic Cities | Febuary 28, 2014
Could the College Campus Go the Way of the Bookstore? The Atlantic Cities | Febuary 13, 2014
How We Hate on Architecture Now The Atlantic Cities | December 4, 2013
Year in Review 2013 Metropolis Magazine | December 2013
The Evolution of How We Build Airports The Atlantic Cities | November 20, 2013
The Lido, Bellagio, Italy The Boston Globe | November 3, 2013
Paris by Wheelchair: A Seemingly Impossible Challenge The Atlantic Cities | October 31, 2013
For Second-Tier European Cities, It’s a Race to Go Greener, Faster The Atlantic Cities | October 3, 2013
Deconstructing Le Corbusier The American Library in Paris Blog | September 30, 2013
Are Mega-Projects Really As Bad As Everyone Says? The Atlantic Cities | September 18, 2013
On Oprah and the Swiss Culture of Small Sacrifices The Atlantic Cities | August 13, 2013
Chandigarh, India, a city designed by Le Corbusier The Boston Globe | July 28, 2013
If You Go/Chandigarh The Boston Globe | July 28, 2013
Le Corbusier exhibit at MoMA The Boston Globe | July 28, 2013
How the Supreme Court Made It Harder to Prepare for Climate Change The Atlantic Cities | June 28, 2013
Gandolfini as Robert Moses: The Dream Role He Never Got to Play The New Republic | June 21, 2013
The Boston Globe: How New England Resorts Compare with the Breakers The Boston Globe | June 15, 2013
MoMA Pays Tribute to the Terrifying Beauty of Le Corbusier The Atlantic Cities | June 14, 2013
China’s Eco-Cities: Substantive and Skimpy at the Same Time The Atlantic Cities | May 31, 2013
The Potential Perils of Rapid-Fire Urbanization The Atlantic Cities | May 4, 2013
How Cities Can Lead the Fight Against Trash The Atlantic Cities | April 26, 2013
Why the Boston Marathon Is an Especially Sinister Target for Terror The Atlantic Cities | April 16, 2013
Farewell to embodied energy as an argument for preservation? The Atlantic Cities | March 29, 2013
Menino’s best skill? Staying out of the way of progress Boston.com | March 28, 2013
Why We Just Might Want to Build Skyscrapers Out of Wood The Atlantic Cities | March 15, 2013
Housing the Coming Billions in Cities TEDxBeaconStreet | February 14, 2013
Cities With Too Many Men The Atlantic Cities | Febuary 22, 2013
Will Sandy’s Legacy Loom As Large As it Should Past 2012? The Atlantic Cities | December 27, 2012
There’s More Than History at Stake for NYC’s First Pre-Fab High-Rise The Atlantic Cities | December 18, 2012
Beyond Density: The Art and Science of Walkable Neighborhoods Citiwire | December 14, 2012
A Contagion of Good Ideas Architecture Boston | November 2012
The Next Workplace Revolution The Atlantic Cities | November 15, 2012
Lessons From a Reinvented Military Base The Atlantic Cities | October 26, 2012
How should we celebrate our architects? The Atlantic Cities | October 11, 2012
The Next Big Financial Crisis That Could Cripple Cities The Atlantic Cities | September 28, 2012
In Aiding Struggling Megacities, Can Any Conference Solve These Problems? The Atlantic Cities | September 13, 2012
Why Mitt Romney Should Love France’s Approach to Infrastructure Funding The Atlantic Cities | August 30, 2012
Trees vs. Power Lines: Will We Have to Choose? The Atlantic Cities | August 07, 2012
Planet of Cities Citiwire | July 29, 2012
Writing the Rules for Smart Cities The Atlantic Cities | July 23, 2012
Reinventing public art, thousands of LEDs at a time The Atlantic Cities | July 5, 2012
The secret conservative war on zoning The Atlantic Cities | June 26, 2012
The Risky Business of Parking Lot Creation The Atlantic Cities | June 1, 2012
At the 20th Congress for the New Urbanism, a Movement Feels its Age The Atlantic Cities | May 10, 2012
Boston’s Highway That Went Nowhere: Lessons from the Inner Belt Fight, 40 Years Later The Atlantic Cities | May 1, 2012
As Fenway Park Turns 100, Remember That It Almost Didn’t Make It The Atlantic Cities | April 13, 2012
What Mumbai and Beijing Can Learn from New York The Atlantic Cities | March 16, 2012
How the 2012 TED Prize, The City 2.0, Aims to Crowdsource the Future The Atlantic Cities | March 1, 2012
The Greening of Houston The Atlantic Cities | February 3, 2012
A Boston Museum’s Deft Attempt at Balancing Old and New The Atlantic Cities | Febuary 13, 2012
The Tricky Second Wave of Urban Highway Removals The Atlantic Cities | Febuary 9, 2012
How the Tea Party Is Upending Urban Planning The Atlantic Cities | December 14, 2011
Jane Jacobs and the book that inspired a revolution Grist | November 15, 2011
An urban legacy in need of renewal The Boston Globe | November 12, 2011
Biting the Bullet (Train): Moving Forward with “HSR” Citiwire | October 14, 2011
Can High Speed Rail Be Saved? The Infrastructurist | October 6, 2011
Deval Patrick — Tea Party champion? The Angle/Boston Globe | September 8, 2011
The cycle of life: how bike-sharing might tame Boston’s notorious drivers The Angle/Boston Globe | July 22, 2011
To help towns combat sprawl, rewrite of state zoning law is overdue The Angle/Boston Globe | May 24, 2011
Worcester’s Next Steps This Land/Boston Globe | April 29, 2011
Space frontiers This Land/Boston Globe | April 24, 2011
Processing process This Land/Boston Globe | April 14, 2011
Design Research and Harvard Square: Modern living, back in the day This Land/Boston Globe | March 14, 2011
Paying the right price for parking This Land/Boston Globe | March 14, 2011
Zombie subdivisions and post-bust detritus This Land/Boston Globe | February 10, 2011
Smart growth’s past, present, and future Planning magazine | Febuary 15, 2011
10 reasons to be nice to pedestrians in 2011 This Land/Boston Globe | December 29, 2010
Atlanta property taxes: Making tweaks Atlanta Journal Constitution | December 26, 2010
All climate politics is local This Land/Boston Globe | December 13, 2010
In Quest for Revenue, Cities Turning to PILOTs Citiwire | December 05, 2010
Processing Urban Renewal Architecture Boston | November 2010
Red light, green light — how about nothing at all? This Land/Boston Globe | October 14, 2010
Preserving modernism in Boston: making the case This Land/Boston Globe | July 22, 2010
After battle, park at Harvard site manages to please This Land/Boston Globe | June 30, 2010
Improving slums, one step at a time GlobalPost | March 31, 2010
Chickens in the City Next American City | March 11, 2010
Filling in the gaps in the city The Boston Globe | December 17, 2009
Talk at The Skyscraper Museum New York City | October 1, 2009
Getting to green: smaller, denser, walkable living The Boston Globe | November 18, 2009
Arrested Development The Boston Globe | September 6, 2009
In 2 visions, a blueprint to a livable city The Boston Globe | August 20, 2009
A Government Retrofit: Federal Coordination Citiwire | May 17, 2009
Wright’s Fallingwater appeals to many senses The Boston Globe | April 19, 2009
Getting Down to Business In Sustainability 2.0 Citiwire | March 13, 2009
A President for Cities, But Where’s the Money? Citiwire | November 16, 2008
Climate Change Challenge: Collaborating to Adapt Citiwire | August 2, 2008
Forward to Suburban Transformations Princeton Architectural Press | 2008
We are not alone Architecture Boston | March, 2007
No time to leave downtown Boston The Hartford Courant | Febuary 21, 2007
Agencies working togetherThe Boston Globe | December 19, 2006
Urbanism is good for the planet | Natick Bulletin & Tab | October 27, 2006
Mitigating Circumstances Architecture Boston
The Big Problem The Hartford Courant
Back to Connecticut The Hartford Courant | July 9 2006
Zoning out Perspectives essay in Boston Globe Sunday Magazine | June 4 2006
Connecting the dots on high gas prices PLANetizen op-ed essay | May 15 2006
Boston Globe Big Dig Series June 2004
Boston Globe series on the impact of terrorism July 2002