All About the Bike

A couple weeks ago I finally pushed go on purchasing a new road bike. I bought a Trek Madone back in 2008 but since 2011 I’ve been living in ...

New O/S

Every couple of years I get an alert on my iPhone that lets me know it’s time to upgrade my operating system. The new iOS inevitably comes with ...

Roots and Boundaries

Never build a wall in February. Specifics: never build a retaining wall in Atlanta in February. What began as a simple three-day project has ...

Safe Streets Now

Dear Atlanta City Council: Bicycling requires resilience in this city. It’s a resilience born from aspiration; the same aspiration that urges ...

On Choosing to Develop

“Property development is just a series of lists.” Gene Kansas makes it sound so simple: how the city rises around us. I reached out to Gene at ...

Light of the World

We often speak of rulers and leaders in the same breath. Stories are told that chronicle their birth, alliances, and opportunities that ushered ...

The Hidden City

Every once in a while – if you’re lucky and paying attention – you catch a glimpse of life beyond the known world. What you see may ignite a ...

Place of Power

When I trace back through the moments that led me to Zurich (coincidentally during the 500th anniversary of the Reformation) it feels very much ...

Language and Cities

B’reishit bara Elohim. In the beginning of… [1] Language is everything. It informs the way we think, create, and order our world. When we ...