Archives

    May 4, 2008 12:00 AM
    [The continued rise of the home office] [Q&A: How do you initiate a beta community?] [The 'creative treehouse'] ['Workforce housing' and why local businesses want it] [Carbon footprint per passenger mile]

    April 27, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Urban square spontaneous: Mass-created fountain] [Urban square spontaneous: Roman pillow fight] [Being authentically green goes beyond 'gizmo green'] [Paris' version of coworking - with cafe] [Moving streetcar nightclub]

    April 20, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Crowdsourcing a music festival] [Portland striving to be the U.S. bike capital] [Sign of things to come: Carfree conference comes to the U.S.] [Crowdsourcing + viral loop networks = natural cultural districts] [What do 'viral loops' have to do with communities worth billions?]

    April 13, 2008 12:00 AM
    [The next gen of Central Parks are on their way] [Creative lessons from a green greenfield village] [Check out those street lamps!] [Attract more creatives with 'anchored coworking']

    April 6, 2008 12:00 AM
    [The medical value of social interaction, social places] [La Rambla - one of the world's greatest pedestrian streets] [NYC 'Taking Back the Streets'] [Bike sharing finally making it to the U.S.] [At last, a site guide to this website's categories!] [A shift from mass branding to individual stories]

    March 30, 2008 12:00 AM
    [The ultimate small apartment design guide] [Third place coffeehouses as economic development] [The best city-wide creative social events are sourced by individuals] [Crowdsource a tool to support local indie retail districts] [Pub on wheels]

    March 23, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Austin looks to keep their 'Live Music Capital of the World' reputation] [How do you crowdsource the evolution of a retail district?] [Crowdsourced placemaking illustrated] [Reader experience: Each cup 'made from scratch' coffeehouse] [How local indies can compete with national chains]

    March 16, 2008 12:00 AM
    ['Third places' for bicycle commuters] [London's three public markets in one] [PPS's checklist for making great cities] ['We Are Smarter Than Me'] ['Pull your own pint' - a bar within a bar]

    March 9, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Is establishing a creative community like herding cats?] [Happiness best reflected by the beauty of place] [Why the personality of your place matters] [The growing economic impact of the creative class] [Richard Florida's new book, Who's Your City?]

    March 2, 2008 12:00 AM
    [The CoolTown visual guide to crowdsourced placemaking] [Austin music event brings in $95 million] [Profile of a future VIBE] [Small town absorbing growth in the center] [Finally, a one-stop-shop for green building materials]

    February 24, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Microhousing affordable to buyers, profitable to developers] [A 'Google Maps for pedestrians'] [CNU's placemaking 2008 'Charter Awards' announced] [What do clocks and clouds have to do with enlivening cities?] [Remixing Cities - a must read]

    February 17, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Gen Xers get credit for rise of walkable urbanism] [Pecha Kucha Night - 'Speed art & chit chat' for creatives] ['Crashed Ice' brings cultural identity to northern cities] [Establishing a music scene 101] ['The 50 Greenest Cities in the U.S.']

    February 10, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Does your city enhance work-life balance?] [enRoute: 'The Happy City'] [Beach in the city] [Zero carbon, zero car city in Abu Dhabi] [What does CoolTown do?]

    February 3, 2008 12:00 AM
    [What is crowdsourced placemaking? Why? How?] [Library 2008] [Developer sets benchmark for change in Milwaukee] [Visual map of the beta community process in action] [Third places, events and scenes oh my...]

    January 27, 2008 12:00 AM
    [Car free 'natural cultural districts' in the U.S.] [Expect blog entries to appear first thing in the morning] [The definitive list of car free places] [This isn't your father's light rail] ['Cool spots' - Identifying low carbon neighborhoods] [Highest density of creative class members]

    January 20, 2008 12:00 AM
    [The hidden 'indoor' outdoor patios of Key West] [Bikes come first in Key West] [The hidden public courtyards of Buenos Aires] [Crowdsourcing a local, indie brand for creatives, by creatives: A green restaurant] [State of Vermont gets in on creative cities]

    January 13, 2008 12:00 AM
    [How cities can invest in cool places, and why they often don't] [Global cities a guide for global-minded neighborhoods] [Metropolitan areas with the most 'walkable urban places' per capita] [Crowdsourcing an eco-company, 'places' next] [Pedestrian walk in NYC? 'Hey, let's try it']

    January 6, 2008 12:00 AM
    [A treatise on building vibrant cultural quarters] [Cultural Quarters: Necessary Conditions and Success Factors checklist] [The four types of cultural quarters, progressively speaking] [How do you know you're in a natural cultural district?] [The impact of 'natural cultural districts']

    December 30, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Crowdsourcing a NOLA network to a team to a building to a coffeehouse...] ["Affordable housing doesn't have to be ugly"] [Music scenes a sign of economic rise]

    December 16, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Grocery stores for 'locavores'] [Cincy's new 'Q' for contemporary urban living] [Cubicleless in Seattle: Going creative (2 of 2)] [Cubicleless in Seattle - The beginnings (1 of 2)] [London's car-free shopping day a huge hit]

    December 9, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Beta community update Q4 2007] ['How To Be Creative' - from Gapingvoid, (3 of 3)] ['How To Be Creative' - from Gapingvoid, (2 of 3)] ['How To Be Creative' - from 'Gapingvoid' (1 of 3)] ['Subways: The New Urban Status Symbol']

    December 2, 2007 12:00 AM
    ['The party that everyone attends'... on the highway] ['Live art' among living streets] [The mother of Sunday street closings] [Evidence in favor of TODs (transit-oriented development)] ['Augmented reality' - Experiencing future places... live]

    November 25, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Trending 2008 into cool towns] [Apartment Therapy's Fall Colors 2007 winner] [When you can't get enough outdoor dining] [The neighborhood center for creatives in 'Baires'] [The rise of design in Buenos Aires]

    November 18, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Monocle Magazine's international cool cities guide] [The outdoor cinemas of Greece] [Germany's #1 third place]

    November 11, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Picturesque infill] [The Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year is 'locavore'] [The first community-oriented crowdfunding tool hits the market] [The most bike-friendly cities in the world] [The world's first 'bike lift']

    November 4, 2007 12:00 AM
    [A model within a model of sustainability] [Self expression at its residential best] [The stackable city car - revisited] [Don't have a coworking site? Adopt a cafe] [Ani DiFranco and her church-turned-concert hall]

    October 28, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The creatives: Rengen, Cultural Creatives, Creative Class] [Make way for the second Renaissance] [The 'little urban experiences' of Buenos Aires] [“If you were to rebuild your city from scratch..."] [Green building 201: Water]

    October 21, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Small town green micro-village] [Cool towns need a Linus Torvalds/Steve Jobs combo (2 of 2)] [Cool towns need a Linus Torvalds/Steve Jobs combo] [The creative class, Richard Florida, cooltowns and Joe Namath] [Having fun connecting with people over food, play and making an impact]

    October 14, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Delaware seeks some creative identity] [A design guru speaks on architecture] [The power of 'design' - 2007] [The keys to successful coworking spaces] [Design your own office space]

    October 7, 2007 12:00 AM
    [A plan to recruit businesses to your retail district] [The four sizes of urban retail-entertainment districts] [Magic Johnson presents 'design-your-own' lofts] [U.S. mayors following the European lead on bicycling]

    September 30, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Krakow, Poland's Old Town Square] [First beta community meets in New Orleans] [It doesn't get more authentic than New Orleans] [It's a bicyclist's world once a month] [Manhattan loses an intersection, gains a plaza]

    September 23, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The atrium lofts that helped transform a city] [Urban Splash - hard to imagine a cooler developer] [The sounds of high urban quality of life] [Innovation happens at the edge of chaos] [How does your city stack up among 'America's Most Romantic'?]

    September 16, 2007 12:00 AM
    [A third place to spark community a small town] [Stockholm, Sweden's eco-city] [The first beta community meeting in Syracuse] [A vision becomes reality in Pasadena] [Crowdsourcing temporary third places on Park(ing) Day]

    September 9, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Lessons on how to spark an indie rock scene] [New film 'Contested Streets' a must-see] [Real estate investment of the future = Crowdfunding?] ['The happiest people in the world'] [Cities making efforts to promote people over cars]

    September 2, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The quintessential internet city? Tallinn, Estonia] [One of the only authentic trendy stores you'll find] [Celebrating the microbreweries] [Beer - Going local]

    August 26, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Apartment renting takes a page from online dating] [Barcelona is creatively stacked] ['An Inside Look at Europe's Coolest Cities'] [Will Liverpool create musical history again?] [A hotel expressive of the people who stay there]

    August 19, 2007 12:00 AM
    [How'd you like to work in an office like this?] [Beta communities seeding in many cities (Part 2)] [Beta Communities seeding in many cities] [Growing small businesses with the wind] [KC creatives get what they want - attainable downtown lofts]

    August 12, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Parking garage transformed into residential complex] [Portland OR proves green is profitable (and delicious)] [AZ's university research center aims at innovation] [The eat.shop guides to creative destinations] [New Orleans creatives take the initiative to rebuild]

    August 5, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Spontaneous social excursioning like never before] [The feminine touch a growing trend in city development] [When building community, focus on the content, not the process] [What's your 'Walk Score'?] [The Adams Morgan video]

    July 29, 2007 12:00 AM
    [An interview with the Syracuse artist/musician developer] [An artist/musician 'community in a building', Syracuse, NY] [An alternative story to opening an alternative restaurant] [Oh thank heaven, it's not 7-11] [Paris being remixed for the next generation]

    July 22, 2007 12:00 AM
    [New terms for pedestrian-only streets (2 of 2)] [New set of terms needed for pedestrian-only streets] ["How can I keep chains out of my neighborhood?"] [Paris launches largest bike sharing system to date] [Companies now contributing to the bike share movement]

    July 15, 2007 12:00 AM
    [How South Beach became popular (before it became too popular)] [The preeminent event for art and technology] [Film, music, writing, fine arts, fashion, photography, architecture, design...] ['Best (big) cities for young professionals'] [Neighbors form their own development firm to do it right]

    July 8, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Time for indie tenants to meet real estate investors halfway] [Time for real estate investment to catch up to the market] [NY follows France's lead with bike sharing] [Using wikinomics to enliven your neighborhood] [Rise of the wiki community]

    July 1, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Attainable urban live-work flex housing] [Pittsburgh's Cool Space Awards 2007] [What makes a 'Fast City'?] ['The 30 Fastest Cities to Work, Live and Play']

    June 24, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Pike Place Market - most successful in the U.S.] [Portland Public Market - design isn't enough] [Triple bottom line retail] [What does the triple bottom line have to do with cool places?] [Reader Q&A: Beta communities and economic integration]

    June 17, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The Beta Community Challenge!] [Reader log: Having the market come to you instead] [How 'community' is driving the trend toward 'local'] [How 'status' is driving the trend toward 'local'] [Social responsibility a boon to local neighborhoods]

    June 10, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Community vs money? Is it really that simple?] [Vienna, Austria - The origin of 'coffee culture'] [WSJ: 'TODs' are hot] [Top 10 ways to build a modern sense of community] [Pasadena's urban village a result of city's vision]

    June 3, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The kind of developer every cool city needs...] [A rarity: Human proportions in new development] [CoolTown Studios featured in Architect Magazine] [How the creative class relates to the economy] [Rockville, MD really laying on the urban fabric]

    May 27, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Torpedo factory turned artist community] [The first, and only, green mall] [China, Great Britan making creative class waves] [How green is your neighborhood?]

    May 20, 2007 12:00 AM
    ['Smallest coolest apartments 2007'] ['Transparency tyranny' will result in better places] [Key to attainable housing? Combining multiple elements] [Land trusts preserving attainable housing as well as wilderness] [Main streets go virtual to serve local community]

    May 13, 2007 12:00 AM
    [You can 'co-own' a sports team, a band, a movie... and soon buildings] [Beatnik-inspired housing: The Jack Kerouac Lofts] [Reinventing the 'burbs, sort of] [WSJ - 'Animal House Meets the Empty Nest'] [DC mayor proclaims shared workplace with its own day]

    May 6, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Going for the gold in green development] [Cities celebrating pedestrians in a big way each week] [Durham turns the corner from industrial to information economy] [How a French town modernized and kept its heritage] [Beta community to own profit-based shares]

    April 29, 2007 12:00 AM
    [KC revitalizing its historic music district with some jazzy style] [Development industry says, "Building green is here to stay"] [Face-face social networking on the rise in condos] [A national model for arts as economic development] [Young developers focus on 'workforce' housing]

    April 22, 2007 12:00 AM
    [So you want to stay in the heart of London for $50 a night...] [What does it take to be authentic?] [Finally, a monetary value is placed on city trees] [A truly triple bottom line third place] [The Rock & Roll Hotel]

    April 15, 2007 12:00 AM
    [An ongoing list of programs protecting creatives from gentrification...] [You've heard of car sharing... how about bike sharing?] [The grocery store every downtown wants] [The 'Innovate' workplace] [Four different beta community types]

    April 8, 2007 12:00 AM
    ['Best Green Cities in America'] [Budapest's fave 'third place'] [Does your workplace have a slide?] [Redwood City looks to lose 'Deadwood City' nickname] [Kitchen trends of the future? Look in the mirror]

    April 1, 2007 12:00 AM
    [New urban demo-graphics point to urban housing (2 of 2)] [New urban demographics point to urban housing (1 of 2)] [Do women prefer walkable communities?] [How 'play' is going to shape our communities] [A postcard portal for post-Katrina city]

    March 25, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The 2007 New Urbanism Charter Award winners] [The first VIBE beta community meets in DC] [Old UPS factory turned new award-winning lofts] [A contemporary take on coffeehouse design] [A third place on steroids in Brooklyn]

    March 18, 2007 12:00 AM
    [What are cool space companies looking for?] [If your business is looking for cool space...] [Cool town creative businesses coping with gentrification] ['Crowd Clout' coming to cool towns?] ['America's Next Hot Neighborhoods']

    March 11, 2007 12:00 AM
    [The evidence behind what is no longer an urban myth] ['Seeeeeriously cool workplaces'] [Redefining the routine business meeting] [Architecture goes open source] [Take a Google tour of cities - in 3D]

    March 4, 2007 12:00 AM
    ['10 Most Connected Cities in the World'] [If ever in Mexico City, happen upon Condesa] [A little imagination goes a long way in loft housing] [So how would you describe the 'cool town' community?] [How would you like your home to feel... right now?]

    February 25, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Every neighborhood needs a coworking space] [Touchstone example of what the creative class is looking for] [What do potato chips and cool towns have in common?] ['America’s Best Places for Artists'] [Youngstown a lesson in "Change or Die"]

    February 18, 2007 12:00 AM
    [$2000 reward for living near your work] [Romance with streetcars reviving] [It's the entrepreneurs, stupid! (2 of 2)] [It's the entrepreneurs, stupid! (1 of 2)]

    February 11, 2007 12:00 AM
    [How to recognize independent businesses that will thrive] [Rural colleges going urban?] [Region looks to gain jobs with 'third place work centers'] [The story behind Boulder's open source development (2 of 2)] [The story behind Boulder's open source development (1 of 2)]

    February 4, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Pittsburgh investing heavily in a creative identity] [Neighborhoods can now also receive green-certification] [Tools for co-designing your next building, community...] [Buyers once again preferring homes, buildings with human proportions] [Living room theaters - you knew it was coming]

    January 28, 2007 12:00 AM
    ['What about color?'] [Truly 'triple bottom line' urban village coming to the Bronx] [Louisville's beta community vision for downtown] [The secret weapon in developing cool towns... 'You'] [The most intelligent communities in 2007?]

    January 21, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Web 2.0 and why your city needs it to attract the creative class (2 of 2)] [Web 2.0 and why your city needs it to attract the creative class (1 of 2)] [Reader Q&A: "Can you give sources for your photos? I always love 'em and want to follow up."] [Cities prosper with open-source approach to development] [There's hidden gold in your city]

    January 14, 2007 12:00 AM
    [SF increasingly pro indie, NYC becoming pro chain?] [Small town of Renton smartly evolving from industrial to knowledge economy] [SF the first to transition from asphalt to digital infrastructure] [Cool towns: Stories - How to get people to act]

    January 7, 2007 12:00 AM
    [Cool towns: Emotion - Do people even care?] [Cool towns: Credibility - do people believe you?] [Cool towns: Concreteness - do you understand and remember it?] [Cool towns: Unexpectedness - does it get and hold your interest?] [Cool towns: Simplicity - the core message]

    December 31, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Cool towns - made to stick] [Art gallery by day, home by night] [Who are the creative entrepreneurs?] [Beta community designs a neighborhood their way in Germany]

    December 24, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Springwise's Top 10 Eco Business Ideas 2006] [Wow - City to establish significant fund to invest in local venues?!] ['Give me walkable or give me death'] ['The Long Tail' city - 'Netflixing' it into profitability (4 of 4)]

    December 17, 2006 12:00 AM
    ['The Long Tail' real estate developer/investor (3 of 4)] [Applying 'The Long Tail' to real estate (2 of 4)] [The future of real estate is in 'the long tail' (1 of 4)] [A blog on the creative class, a source for place-making] [Evolving a retail center into a community center]

    December 10, 2006 12:00 AM
    ['Mortgage Helpers' to the rescue: Condos with built-in rental suites] [Universities + creative class = jobs, culture] [Apartment Therapy's Fall Colors 2006 Winners] ['Customer-led' urban design center opens in St. Paul] [A rising place in a rising district]

    December 3, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How can a City establish a 'beta community' to attract the creative class?] [Customer-led economy - customers getting paid?! Part 2 of 2] [Customer-led economy 'leading' to cool towns? Part 1 of 2] [The most beautiful train stations in the world?] [Homes by Ikea?]

    November 26, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Do you live in an 'Urbane Oasis' or 'McCulture Desert' when it comes to food?] [Putting the spirit into co-designing your own community] [The 'Inner City 100'] ['Cities Compete in Hipness Battle to Attract Young'] [The piazzas are coming...]

    November 19, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Is the U.S. too rich to invest in human- scaled places?] [The first multi-unit LEED-certified residential building in the U.S.!] [Brain drain - a visual map]

    November 12, 2006 12:00 AM
    [$10,000 reward for helping get cool towns built!] [Paris aims to become 24/7, attract the creative class] ['How Cities Compete In The Media Economy'] [Transcending retail chain districts: The VIBE beta guild] [Transcending the national retail chains with 'VIBE's]

    November 5, 2006 12:00 AM
    [The rise of Gen X, Y home buyers spur new models] [Cities with the best value] [Art gallery 2.0] ['Brand spaces' create an experience] [Transumerism: freedom-oriented, boredom fighting quality of life]

    October 29, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Attracting jobs with food] [Nashua's downtown boom] [Pittsburgh's creative center - South Side] [Signs of Pittsburgh's creative renaissance - zombies] [What will the next generation of Manhattan look like?]

    October 22, 2006 12:00 AM
    [So you want a co-op supermarket downtown...] [Philadelphia's 'One Big Campus' to attract/retain jobs, creatives] [If there was ever one definitive graphic, this is it] [A NYC 'beta community' to build a piazza] [A slice of creative class nightlife]

    October 15, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Celebrities investing in inner cities in a big way] [Business Week: 'IDEO's Urban Pre-Planning'] [NY Times - What did three college graduates have to do with a $15 million urban village?] [How artists can more formally help vitalize cities] [Is your city a burden to creatives?]

    October 8, 2006 12:00 AM
    [ZeroOne - Where art and technology create compelling experiences] [Your uh, bus is here? Making mass transit cool] [A look at NYC's creative class strategy] [The creative class isn't just artists!] [Columbus Day]

    October 1, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Why do cities shrink and grow? Can cultural regeneration help?] [Add to your town's creative experiences] [1.5M s.f. new shopping center, zero new parking] [Does your city ever emanate the 'innovation overload' buzz?] [Not enough downtown to go around in Southern town]

    September 24, 2006 12:00 AM
    [The next great public places] [Urban green building - from Mayor Bloomberg to Brad Pitt] [The rising demand and development of 'TOD's] [The definitive guide to Smart Growth] [Reader question: How to ensure developers are fair to creatives?]

    September 17, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How to establish your own beta community] [Saving on housing costs (part 2) - no more 6% fees?] [How to cut home prices AND get what you want] [A little help establishing a sense of community where there is little] [Louisville establishes a beta community!]

    September 10, 2006 12:00 AM
    [What are the smallest, coolest apartments in the country?] [The evolved university research park - the research village (pt. 2)] [The evolved university research park - the research village (pt. 1)] [From deteriorated industrial center to stylish public attraction] [Downtowns can learn from creatives fleeing MySpace as well]

    September 3, 2006 12:00 AM
    [What is a local, independent business, really...] [A next gen vision for Maine region] [Maine's creative class establishes a group for action] [Free wi-fi office space in the heart of London for entrepreneurs] [Enjoy your Labor Day]

    August 27, 2006 12:00 AM
    ['World's Best Cities' to visit (Part 2)] ['World's Best Cities' to visit (Part 1)] [What is a paseo?] [Carlsbad, CA sure to attract the creative class...] [People are downsizing their homes - and with style]

    August 20, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Urban modular housing on a sliver of a site] [Can shopping environments be third places?] [Growing an historic small town center] [The definitive report on the built environment's impact on public health] [Help! University needs town center immediately!]

    August 13, 2006 12:00 AM
    ['$ Angelic crowdsourcing $'] [Crowdsourcing a trend into a community] [The 'crowdsourcing' economy] [Hillcrest, SD - an inclusive community that doesn't need a sign] ["Welcome, we are building an inclusive community"]

    August 6, 2006 12:00 AM
    [The city most of the French prefer living in (not Paris)] ['Economic Development and Smart Growth'] [The race to be the first with wi-fi citywide] [Investing in center city benefits surrounding communities] [Attracting new residents downtown via the web]

    July 30, 2006 12:00 AM
    [One-stop shop for potential residents] [Study: Attracting young adults to your city] [64% of young adults choose place over job] [Primer on perusing this website] [To buy or rent? To invest in condominiums or apartments?]

    July 23, 2006 12:00 AM
    [The success story behind Memphis' Beale Street] ['The Most Inventive Towns in America'] [Defining 'attainable/ affordable' 'hard/soft' lofts] [City taking charge to attract investors...] [Another 'Why can't more affordable housing look this good?']

    July 16, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Why can't more affordable housing look this good?] ['Smart Growth Illustrated'] [Car sharing's popularity continues to rise] [What do Christopher Columbus, Steve Jobs and real estate have in common?] [Where to invest? 13,000 years of history will tell you]

    July 9, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Ok, so it's a little wacky, but...] [Personal healthy living in an urban retreat] ['The next real estate boom'] [Social online worlds a preview of our physical worlds?] [Vision for a contemporary eco-village]

    July 2, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Seeking the CoolTown adventure capitalist] [Establishing an investment network for CoolTown developments] [Wildlife prefers urban life over the countryside?] [Happy Independence Day] [Newsweek International's hottest cities]

    June 25, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Good design - applied to neighborhoods] [Submit your stories, case studies, favorite places!] [If there was such a thing as a pedestrian-friendly car...] [Cultivating your own 'Temple Bar' district] [Reader experience: Pedestrian-only district in Dublin] [First a lumberyard is transformed into an urban village. What next - a pub?!]

    June 18, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Behind a progressive city is often a progressive university] [So you want to live in the next Silicon Valley car-free...] [The myriad benefits of going not-so-big] [More evidence that 'not so big homes' are in] [Using design psychology to create inspiring places]

    June 11, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How important are not-so-big homes?] [Affordability's secret weapon - the 'ipad'] [The key to greater sustainability in our cities?] [The top sustainable U.S. cities] [When the American Dream goes from an 1100 s.f. home to 500 s.f...]

    June 4, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How The Work Factory came to be] [The office as 'third place'] [Implementing a more creative, alternative tourism] [Using civic tourism to attract the creative class] [Civic tourism... for residents]

    May 28, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Every great neighborhood needs a truly authentic pizzeria] [How to build a Silicon Valley] [The 'Now South' seeking creative downtowns] [How local, independents retailers can compete - part 2] [Take it easy and enjoy your Memorial Day!]

    May 21, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How local, independents retailers can compete] [Theaters of the future?] [The 'projects' - 2006] [Building places people want AND can afford] [Chicago goes green to attract residents, jobs]

    May 14, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How would your city's brand stack up in the world?] ['Bohemian Bargains'] [NY's newest workplaces - wi-fi parks] [Syracuse, NY - one of many downtown success stories] [More evidence that downtowns are gaining popularity]

    May 7, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Priming the pump for 'customer-driven' placemaking] [Voting for your next idol community] [How to make a bar affordable and easy to meet people?] [What is courtyard housing?] [Bringing nature to city living]

    April 30, 2006 12:00 AM
    ['Now that's more my style and price range'] [Using 'cool tech' to allow indies to compete with chains] [Thanks to 'infolust', no more 'dumb' buildings] [Guess which country aims to be oil-free in 2020?] [Jumpstarting a manufacturing town with an urban village for creatives]

    April 23, 2006 12:00 AM
    [...or maybe some oddballs walked] [Creative class = 'Thousands of flowers'] [Jane's influence] [Remembering Jane Jacobs] [A national shift toward cool or affordable places to live]

    April 16, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Beauty replaces blight in the Bronx] [Green urban village] [Replacing a shopping mall with a village] [CNN: College grads chase jobs, culture in the city] [More evidence: Main streets are in, malls are out]

    April 9, 2006 12:00 AM
    [A community center for arts groups] [How does one go from creativity to jobs?] [Creative events for a creative venue] [How a 'living room for the creative community' came to be] [A creative third place every downtown needs]

    April 2, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Can you easily identify the three new buildings?] [The coolest of the CNU Charter Award winners] [CNU's annual Charter Awards announced] [In the UK, new car-free developments a fast-growing trend] [Tampa Bay gets creative]

    March 26, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How to develop an indie retail center without going upscale?] [Why building a CoolTown retail center isn't easy... yet] [The best theater in America?] [Looking for a model downtown music festival?] [Best place to live if gas goes to $10/gallon?]

    March 19, 2006 12:00 AM
    [And the winner for best 'third place' for teens is...] [From brownfield to community] [When 2250 homes replace 64...] [Make way for the retail condo] [Why an entrepreneur has a hard time watching TV...]

    March 12, 2006 12:00 AM
    [So what kind of 'loft' is it really?] [Is suburbia going urban?] [...and at $112/mo., it's not hard out here for a writer] [Workplace for $133/month in Tribeca, NY?!] [What's the neighborhood downtown version of the TV guide?]

    March 5, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Can cities prosper 'slowly' in a fast world?] [Is your city ready for the 'matriarch economy'?] [Ultra-affordable urban green housing?] [What is the mother of all art events?] [What's a successful monthly downtown event?]

    February 26, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Any good ideas for neighborhood downtown events?] [How can Times Square make room for its crowded pedestrians?] [How much are women influencing the future of our neighborhoods?] [Do you need $$$ to translate innovation into revenue?] [Taking affordability in housing to new levels]

    February 19, 2006 12:00 AM
    [How do you breed innovators in your bohemia?] [How did bohemia become a given in every town today?] [Calling on cooltown-oriented developers] [BusinessWeek recognizes urban movement] [Enjoy your President's Day holiday!]

    February 12, 2006 12:00 AM
    [This is a shoe store?!] [Lessons learned from a grassroots multi-merchant event] [Merchants take matters into their own hands] [Independent businesses go interdependent to compete] [How to keep a successful independent venue from 'retiring']

    February 5, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Mixed-use fast becoming the norm] [Back to the future for our own health's sake] [If your city's healthy for kids...] [Chicago developer's lifetime investment in artist community] [More suburban home builders make the jump to urban]

    January 29, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Clipper Mill - From industrial mill to contemporary village] [Developing more humanistic buildings] [Workplace by day, live music venue by night?] [Those lucky Macromedia employees] [What makes San Francisco, San Francisco]

    January 22, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Now that's some healthy convenience] [SF's new 'city' taking shape one unique development at a time] [Mission Bay - SF's contemporary city within a city] [Bay Meadows - another beautiful, unaffordable new community] [Two restaurants short of a destination]

    January 15, 2006 12:00 AM
    [This plaza passes the 'postcard test'] [A quick review of San Jose's Santana Row] [But where are the people?] [Oakland's inspiring Fruitvale Village] [Celebrate diversity and Martin Luther King's Birthday]

    January 8, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Berkeley's 4th Street - a destination with destinations] [The retail entertainment trend: Bay Street, Emeryville] [The mark of a neighborhood to watch - the cool indie coffeehouse] [Lofty new neighborhood rises in Oakland] [Checking out the SF Bay Area]

    January 1, 2006 12:00 AM
    [Cities cool enough for a cutting edge website] [Alternative reading for alternative places] [Don't forget your 'daily candy'] [Mass personalized transit - the 'city car'] [To a Happy Cool New Year!]

    December 25, 2005 12:00 AM
    [From abandoned industrial district to cool university village] [Another where-it's-at 'experience hotel'] [Robert Redford's ultra green building] [Combining 'green building' with 'new urbanism'] [Happy holidays!]

    December 18, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Public squares making a comeback in a big way] [A place for people in the heart of the motor city] [Downtown housing booming in Boise] [This is a restaurant?] [Universities getting serious about retail]

    December 11, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Guidelines for attracting the 'young and the restless'] [In the city center where the action is] [Top cities for the 'young and restless'] [City centers a magnet for entrepreneurs] ['The Young and the Restless In A Knowledge Economy']

    December 4, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Renewed vision for post-Katrina Mississippi] [Time to get on the green building bandwagon] [Sierra Club endorses best new developments] [Easing the transition from university to the 'real world'] [Should this downtown building go condo or office?]

    November 27, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Manhattan running out of space for pedestrians] [Using virtual anthropology to build better places] ["College towns make the grade with entrepreneurs"] [Internet helping revive downtowns?] [Hottest housing trends mean what?]

    November 20, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Happy Thanksgiving] [Mixed reviews for 'loftier' downtown L.A.] [The 'experience economy' comes to schools] [Walkable buildings]

    November 13, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Prolific downtown - Pasadena is thy name] [Pedestrian malls - good or bad?] ['Who Lives Downtown?'] ['Smart Growth' awards presented] [Transit-oriented development is in]

    November 6, 2005 12:00 AM
    [The revitalizing power of a great third place] [When shopping meets 'pajama party' in the city] [Now this is one cool hotel] [Why great neighborhoods lose their character] [Building community among main street business owners]

    October 30, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Uh, did you say $595/mo. for a two-bedroom loft?] [NY Times - 'Trading the Car for the Train'] [All 'signs' lead to a new town] [City living healthier than in the suburbs?]

    October 23, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Reading, dining, theatre... in one place] [Graphically speaking, how affordable are city centers?] [...and the flipside to Richard Florida...] [15 hot cities for creative types] [A re-introduction to Richard Florida and the creative class]

    October 16, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Philadelphia's downtown boom] [Measuring the economic benefits of arts on a community] [When affordable art meets affordable nightlife...] [The physics of relationships... in cooltowns] [Where are entrepreneurs migrating to... lately?]

    October 9, 2005 12:00 AM
    [CoolTown picture game] [Portland's 'weird economy'] [Economic evidence that creativity spurs growth] [Roanoke plans for an extraordinary pedestrian street] [Enjoy your Columbus Day...]

    October 2, 2005 12:00 AM
    [How to do a local blog for the creative class] [Vancouver thrives by dispelling planning myths] [Bringing the 'experience' to downtown shoppers] [Free wi-fi for all of San Francisco, courtesy of...] [Going out in pursuit of some trivial fun...]

    September 25, 2005 12:00 AM
    [The busiest restaurant in town...] [Rooftop dining - why so rare?] [Learning innovation from Gorillaz] [The first internationally themed public market] [Contemporary public markets instead of Wal-marts?]

    September 18, 2005 12:00 AM
    [World car-free day is.... uh, was yesterday (Thursday)] [MILES of pedestrian-oriented street] [The modern businessperson - the 'minipreneur'] [What's next? 'Customer-made' places] [More choices = more successful downtowns?]

    September 11, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Johns Hopkins' urban research village] [Columbia University's very urban village] [ASU's grand university town vision] [Columbus gets a cool university village] [Built examples of the future of universities]

    September 4, 2005 12:00 AM
    ['Free money' for CoolTown projects] [The one 'how-to' book to get for 'New Urbanism'] [Why can't we have places like this?] [New Orleans' French Quarter spared] [Happy Labor Day]

    August 28, 2005 12:00 AM
    [So close to being a great neighborhood, yet so far] [Businesses grow in cities, decline outside of it] [Applying freakonomics to CoolTowns] [Charlotte a destination for affordability] ['Upper Rock District' finally gets the green light]

    August 21, 2005 12:00 AM
    [How to experience the hidden community] ['Been there, done that' doesn't always fly] [Houston the latest downtown on the verge of growth] [What? Single households now outnumber families] [What? Condos now worth more than houses?!]

    August 14, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Branding a city (like Chicago)] [Lego shows the future of town building?] [Dispelling a few urban myths...] [The value of 'no frills chic'] [National homebuilders going urban?!]

    August 7, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Making 'planned spontaneity' easier] [The $5 independent-business lunch dilemma] ['Being spaces' - productive, social or both] [Introducing 'Generation C' - CoolTown-ready] ['Collaborative filtering' for towns]

    July 31, 2005 12:00 AM
    [10 great public places] ['What makes a public place great?'] [Speaking a spicier language] [Finally! Health insurance for free agents!] [Shopping for a loft?]

    July 24, 2005 12:00 AM
    [The pearl of Portland] [A year in the life of a family gone 'carless'] [The dawning of public-private partnerships in innovative development] [Imagine a neighborhood of these...] [More written values, better coffeeshop?]

    July 17, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Neighborhoods funding the new arts, not corporations] [Cobblestone streets are good for you] [Schools as community centers] [Why are urban schools on the rise?] [Urban schools getting better?! No... really?!]

    July 10, 2005 12:00 AM
    [The coolest restaurants are going green] [Goodbye to the corporate cubicle] [Next gen green building] [Redefining communal living] [It ain't so trendy if it's inexpensive]

    July 3, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Is smaller becoming better?] [West Palm Beach's second encore] [Success spreading in West Palm Beach] [Great place-making... for visitors] [Enjoy your independence!]

    June 26, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Indicators that 'eyes on the street' are on the rise] ['Eyes on the street'] [Balancing affordability with safety] [Cool and affordable in NYC] [In NYC, affordability comes first]

    June 19, 2005 12:00 AM
    [The beer garden in Queens (Astoria)] [Keys to Brooklyn's rise] [The new Brooklyn] [Meanwhile, one floor above the diner...] [A typical neighborhood scene at 2 am?]

    June 12, 2005 12:00 AM
    [SF's Treasure Island - next gen version] [Have WiFi, will prosper] [The downtown WiFi... controversy?] [Small towns that 'get' the creative class] [It's not how far you commute, but how long it takes]

    June 5, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Manhattan's smallest, coolest apartments] [Kitchen furniture] [The workplace alcove] [Next gen housing for changing households] ['Married with kids' only 10% of net growth]

    May 29, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Intown Living: A Different American Dream] [$70K lofts in Minneapolis?] [The little known catch 22 of gentrification] [Manhattan losing its edge to neighbors?] [Enjoy your Memorial Day holiday]

    May 22, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Urban infill trends focus on people] [Pittsburgh's third places] [Main street mall - oxymoron?] [Big, healthy street trees - not that hard] [Reader-driven CoolTown book?]

    May 15, 2005 12:00 AM
    [A village of third places - in one block] [Evidence shows walkable towns healthier] [Where are the top women business builders living?] ['The projects' - 2005] [Why some cities prosper more than others]

    May 8, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Developing a community for their peers] [Forbes' best place to work: Boise] [Interview with a 'CoolTown' developer (part 2)] [Interview with a 'CoolTown' developer] [What urban type are you?]

    May 1, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Maintaining great retail entertainment downtowns] [4 days of cool new attitudes for old main streets] [The value of artists in urban development] [The 13 points of pedestrian-oriented development] [A treasure trove of public spaces]

    April 24, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Global Austins] [Global competition among cities fierce] [Why do cities die rather than change?] [Change or die] [Truly innovative CoolTown developers]

    April 17, 2005 12:00 AM
    [The Design Economy] [The tipping point to positive urban epidemics] [How to create places for pedestrians...] [Back to the future main street] [Stress-free urban living?]

    April 10, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Florida's sequel: Flight of the Creative Class] [A neighborhood designed for work] [When your significant other is 'Work'] [The impact of automated parking garages?] [Modern parking 101]

    April 3, 2005 12:00 AM
    [How did St. Louis' downtown attract $2.5 billion?] [Contemporary workplaces in downtown St. Louis] [Cool finding its way to downtown St. Louis?] [Elements of a city code for CoolTowns: Building height] [Elements of a city code for CoolTowns: Residential, office uses]

    March 27, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Elements of a city code for CoolTowns: Retail, civic uses] [What are the elements of a good city planning code for CoolTowns?] [So what does a legislated city plan look like?] [The making of a great neighborhood plan] [Legalizing CoolTowns begins with the City]

    March 20, 2005 12:00 AM
    [South Miami's inspiring "100% Models" idea] [The return of theaters (and people) to downtowns] [Why can't urbanites afford to live in their neigborhood of choice?] [How authentic is your town?] [The evolution to authenticity]

    March 13, 2005 12:00 AM
    [To grow a 'forest', start with one 'good tree'] [The Irish pub - the official third place of Ireland (and more)] [Wi-Fi helping create a sense of place?] [Since when is grocery shopping entertaining?]

    March 6, 2005 12:00 AM
    [On "The View" - The 5 hottest areas in the nation] [A strong brand identity helps prevent brain damage] [Reader experience: A third place street] [Reader experience: A third place supermarket] [Call for CoolTown innovations...]

    February 27, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Reader experience: What's cool in Paris?] ["Open DJ" night drawing crowds...] [Outsourcing IT jobs to... college towns?] [More hot trends for 2005] [Hot trends for 2005?]

    February 20, 2005 12:00 AM
    [When does creativity really happen in cities?] [Who will make downtowns succeed?] [Educational culture meets retail] [The merging of entertainment and retail] [Happy President's Day]

    February 13, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Learning the economic value of authenticity from Argentina] [Town Haul on TLC/Discovery Channel - Open your mind] [Planning and economic development: Like oil and water?] [Banners bring some style] [Why are these banners worth $50K?]

    February 6, 2005 12:00 AM
    [If only this were real...] [A very cool town founder...] [Finally, a contemporary new town] [The secret to Boulder's downtown pedestrian street?] [San Francisco's hidden alley destination]

    January 30, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Since when does dining in an alley provide a great view?] [Why the renewed popularity in the small car?] [What happens when places are designed for people?] [Every main street needs a Ben's Chili Bowl] [What happens when a lawyer has a career change?]

    January 23, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Do you live in a CoolTown or CloneTown?] [CoolTowns - urban biodiversity?] ['Go for the 'Madonna effect''] [Why are we great at designing software, not so much cities?] [Alternative nightlife: Dodgeball]

    January 16, 2005 12:00 AM
    [High tea at the workplace] ['Developers target 'creative' class with infill projects'] [Q: Can individuals invest in CoolTowns as well?] ["Spending at neighbors' stores changes the world"] [Celebrate Martin Luther King Day]

    January 9, 2005 12:00 AM
    [$150 million equity network for CoolTown redevelopment projects] [What would be an ideal equity fund for CoolTowns?] [Update on New Economy Town investment initiative] [Cool in 1924, cool again in 2004] [Sign of the CoolTown times: Condo mania]

    January 2, 2005 12:00 AM
    [Placemaking from an artful perspective] [Creative Class listserv established] [If you haven't been to Savannah...] [Building a creative community (part 2)] [Resolutions for a new year, new community]

    December 19, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Oh what place-making wonders await us when we get the truth] [So many cool public places... overseas?] [You know there's a strong sense of community when...]

    December 12, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Attracting people to emerging main streets] [What's hot in town tonight? Have your favorite venues tell you] [Solution to a weak dollar?] [The first and only CoolTown-oriented regional leadership] [New Richard Florida Book: Cities and the Creative Class]

    December 5, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Sienna's version of a portal] [Car sharing - anywhere you want it] [Project for Public Spaces: 20 best] [Can artists bring vitality to an abandowned downtown?] [Transit Mini]

    November 28, 2004 12:00 AM
    [CoolTown mobility review] [BRT: Boldly going where no car or train has gone before] [Streetcar revival] [Personalized mass transit?] [Charrette lays out vision for Detroit]

    November 21, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Happy Thanksgiving!] [Emerging retail report] [Loft housing report] [CoolTown members archive]

    November 14, 2004 12:00 AM
    [A CoolTown block in Ohio (Part 2)] [A CoolTown block in Ohio (Part 1)] [Legalize this] [Blank slate for a CoolTown beta community in Detroit] [Is this a bookstore? Ice cream shop? Art gallery? Coffeehouse?]

    November 7, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Trading Spaces for Towns?] [What are the different types of lofts?] [What is a loft and where did it come from?] [Convertible housing in Seattle?] [Next generation urban housing]

    October 31, 2004 12:00 AM
    [The next coffeehouse - the teahouse?] [Cafes and coffeehouses need outdoor seating] [Darwin's - A one-stop third place] [Every neighborhood needs a third place]

    October 24, 2004 12:00 AM
    [How to do a pedestrian street right] [Is it time for the return of the pedestrian street?] [A Coffeehouse David vs. Goliath] [Why do small towns and cities prefer independents merchants?] [Local businesses give 70% more back to you than chains]

    October 17, 2004 12:00 AM
    [City living holds back aging?] [See your home near transit rise in value...] [How do you create a great outdoor place?] [Want to grow your local businesses? Print your own money] [Does affordable housing mean less profitability?]

    October 10, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Where's the heart of entertainment in Ann Arbor?] [The creative side of Ann Arbor: Kerrytown] [How can a chain be cool?] [Why some universities charge more than others...]

    October 3, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Burlington's economy-defying pedestrian mall] [Burlington - Best of the big city and small town] [Athfest - "#1 Campus Scene that Rocks"] [What the #$*! Do We Know?!] [Why does Athens have such a strong sense of community?]

    September 26, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Is this a bar, cafe or restaurant?] [In Athens, indie restaurants thrive over McDonald's and Subway downtown] [The secret to Athens' vibe?] [What makes Athens, Georgia so darn unique?] [Every retail-entertainment district needs a great venue developer]

    September 19, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Where would one find Madison's creative class?] [Madison's outdoor 'third places'] [Madison's leaders help set the standard] [Madison, Wisconsin - Where pedestrians truly come first] [Davis Square: Creative, healthy, and fun]

    September 12, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Inman Square: Isolated, but homey, simple] [Central Square: Great venues, so-so urban design] [Harvard Square: Great place-making, but the creatives are long-gone] [First stop on our five-city tour?] [Every neighborhood should have its day]

    September 5, 2004 12:00 AM
    [The modern office park?] [First two CoolTown tour stops: Cambridge MA and Madison WI] [2000 steps to health?] [The 5-town CoolTown tour] [Enjoy your Labor Day]

    August 29, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Recreation in the city] [Bringing the campfire indoors] [What's with all those dollar bills on the walls?] [What are two of the greatest trends in shopping?] [Why are cities infatuated with Starbucks and Cheesecake Factory's?]

    August 8, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Why are CoolTowners so fit?] [What is the coming demand for walkable communities?] [Beware the national housing survey!] [Why are communities so ill-designed? Credentialing vs. Educating] [Walk-in theater]

    August 1, 2004 12:00 AM
    [The CoolTown satellite office] [When should company employees work at home?] ['Live-above' live-work units for the rest of us] [Prepping a CoolTown for technology - think gazelles] ["Kids and the City"]

    July 25, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Give me informality or give me death] ["Vanilla Not a Flavor of Gen Xers"] [How many national chains make a successful town center? AFAP] [Silicorn Valley - What makes Fairfield, Iowa so cool for entrepreneurs?] [The top entrepreneurial small city in the U.S. in 2003 is...]

    July 18, 2004 12:00 AM
    [What makes a cool pharmacy?] [Beautiful apartments? Look overseas] [Affordable housing - really] [Seeding a beta community] [The beta community]

    July 11, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Is your town a lovemark?] [Is your town a good brand?] [CNN: Unfashionable cities trying to create cool] [The "age of I"] [BusinessWeek: The Vanishing Mass Market]

    July 4, 2004 12:00 AM
    [A cool site for getting to work] [Virginia takes lead in car sharing] [More pedestrians, less cars] ["If you live in a city, you don't need to own a car."] [Happy 4th (5th) of July]

    June 27, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Phase II: Michigan State's Cool Cities Initiative] [Phase I: Michigan State's Cool Cities Initiative] [Governor to his citizens: "Don't make an effort"] [Shabby Chic - beyond the home] [A third place for musicians (and wanna-be's)]

    June 20, 2004 12:00 AM
    [What makes a great college town?] [Best College Towns: Charlottesville VA] [Best College Towns: Chapel Hill NC] [Best College Towns: Ann Arbor MI] [Best College Towns: Athens GA]

    June 13, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Wayne State University announces CoolTown plans] [Evidence piling up for health and CoolTowns] ["Pistons a model worth duplicating"] [WSJ: Cities Launch Programs To Lure College Graduates] [CoolTowns get green light in Georgia and Detroit!]

    June 6, 2004 12:00 AM
    [CoolTown on the radio] [How popular is dining out?] [CoolTowns good for marriages?] [Why do CoolTowns have so many good-looking people?] [Fast food = McMansions]

    May 30, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Merging the "EDS" with a CoolTown] [An "EDS" entrepreneurial community in action] [The Entrepreneurial League System®] [Entrepreneurs can learn a lot from minor league baseball] [Memorial Day]

    May 23, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Upper Rock District Plan #2] [Upper Rock District Plan #1] [Charrette result: Upper Rock District] [Charrette results from tonight to be posted. This week's poll up!] [Designing an entrepreneurial village in a week]

    May 16, 2004 12:00 AM
    ["I'll have one of those"] [Do women support CoolTowns?] [Poll: Which food venue is missing in your neighborhood?] [Slow Food Nation] [Every town needs a Jane Jacobs]

    May 9, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Up-ending the real estate industry - really!] [Speaking of surveys...] [Introducing the CoolTown polls!] [More third places - coffee shops] [Great live/work neighborhoods are about choice]

    May 2, 2004 12:00 AM
    [10 Characteristics of Successful Charter Schools] [Creating places for informal learning] [CoolTowns are about informal learning] [Even Baby Boomers seek CoolTowns] [A rather lofty supermarket]

    April 25, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Rise of the Creative Class II] [Business networking CoolTown style] [Niagara-on-the-Lake's Not So Big Homes] [Passing through Niagara-on-the-Lake] [CoolTowns: Created by buzz]

    April 18, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Why is small so cool?] [Better than Bigger: Personalization] [Urban 'Not So Big'] [Applying 'Not So Big' to CoolTown homes] [Cool is 'Not So Big']

    April 11, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Public-private partnership in action] [Just do it: The Public-Private Partnership Development Team] [The challenge: Collaborative CoolTown support groups] [The need for CoolTown support groups] [Building relationships for a CoolTown]

    April 4, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Applying IM principles to a CoolTown] [Understanding the market: IM-ing is hot] [The University of MD living/learning program] [How does one interpret a CoolTown market?] [The art of interpreting what the market really wants]

    March 28, 2004 12:00 AM
    [How to truly understand the CoolTown market #2 of 2: Ethnography] [How to truly understand what the market really wants, #1 of 2: Zooming] [What? Only 20% of the market follow through?] [Why creatives detest suburbia] [Myth: The market doesn't really know what they want]

    March 21, 2004 12:00 AM
    ["How do we implement the future of work?"] ["What does the future of work look like?"] [The 12 Most Walkable Cities] [City downtowns becoming cool again] [The CoolTown QuickMovie]

    March 14, 2004 12:00 AM
    [CoolTown QuickMovie coming on Monday] [It's the people AND the place, stupid!] [Why 'ugly' is still valued by creatives...] [Cool isn't necessarily about being ugly] [Live-work from an artist's point of view]

    March 7, 2004 12:00 AM
    [From a live-work unit owner herself] [Live-work unit models] [More evidence of the live-work trend] [The rise of live-work units] [Is there a demand for live-work communities?]

    February 29, 2004 12:00 AM
    [CoolTown Guild: The Town Builders Collaborative] [CoolTown Guild: Entreworks] [CoolTown Associate: Kennedy Smith] [CoolTown Guild: The Kentlands Initiative] [Q&A: CoolTowns on university campuses?]

    February 22, 2004 12:00 AM
    [The Next Small Town Boom Towns] [The Next Boom Towns?] [CoolTown Resource: Fast Company magazine] [What is New Urbanism?] [CoolTown Resource: Smart City Radio]

    February 15, 2004 12:00 AM
    [CoolTowns in Utah?] [Student vision for a CoolTown] [Q&A: Which comes first? A city-wide master plan or a built project?] [Q&A: How do you build for younger audiences when the boomers are in charge?] [Happy President's Day]

    February 8, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Q&A: How do you build a CoolTown in an area considered rural?] [Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance] [Q&A: How do you attract the anchor R & D tenants?] [Q&A: Shouldn't people come before buildings?] [Introducing CoolTown Q&A]

    February 1, 2004 12:00 AM
    [A welcoming glow] [Lighting up the night] [Yes, those buildings are looking at you] [The Spanish Square in Rome] [People-centric centers]

    January 25, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Update! CoolTown in Georgia?] [Now that's fast pizza] [Popular dining out] [The 'postcard test'] [The art of placemaking]

    January 18, 2004 12:00 AM
    [Investing in artful neighborhoods] [A must-have artistic partner] [A 1-bedroom here for $425/mo.? In the Washington DC area?] [Letting artists revitalize your downtown] [Celebrate MLK]

    January 11, 2004 12:00 AM
    [A city as a living painting] [Thriving local merchants] [Creative nightlife in Venice] [The neighborhood piazza - the campo] [Cool since a thousand years ago]

    December 21, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Connecting a virtual world to the physical] [Building community - virtually]

    December 14, 2003 12:00 AM
    [CoolTown piazza 5: Movie theaters] [CoolTown piazza 4: The eclectic nightclub] [CoolTown piazza 3: The pub] [CoolTown piazza 2: The cafe] [CoolTown piazza 1: The coffeehouse]

    December 7, 2003 12:00 AM
    [The Creating Cool conference: Part 2] [The Creating Cool conference: Part 1] [Off to the Creating Cool conference] [Pennsylvania - Far from supporting CoolTowns (so far)] [The best college towns]

    November 30, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in infill] [In the news: More economic reason for infill/CoolTowns] [What cities can do to help build infill/CoolTowns] [Why it's easier to build sprawl than infill/CoolTowns (so far)] [The infill/greenfield dilemma]

    November 23, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Happy Thanksgiving!] [Cool towns + 'hollywood model' = CoolTown Studios] [Learning from Hollywood's movie studios] [So what is a 'cooltown', really?]

    November 16, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Higher density = More jobs per capita?] [In the news: Young minds flock to Denver] [What do women really want in their neighborhoods?] [In the news: Carless lifestyles are 'in'] [In the news: The Wal-Mart you DON'T know]

    November 9, 2003 12:00 AM
    [In the news: Washington DC - Growth in spite of itself] [In the news: Diverse leadership = jobs?] [In the news: Seattle vs. Cleveland: And the winner is...] [Take a break on Veteran's Day] [In the news: Francis Ford Coppola's CoolTown]

    November 2, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in 'Entrepreneur Villages'] [Gazelles + Economic Gardening = Prosperity] [Some rather hip mayors...] [Why are entrepreneurs important to cities?] [Ah, to be an entrepreneur]

    October 26, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in the CoolTown 'resort'] [The CoolTown 'workplace resort village'] [Learning from resort main streets] [Why are resort towns so pedestrian-oriented, so cool?] [Learning from an Italian resort]

    October 19, 2003 12:00 AM
    [The Block, the Street and the Building] [The Charter: The Neighborhood] [The Charter: The Region] [The Charter of the New Urbanism] [What does Smart Growth have to do with job growth?]

    October 12, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Grocery shopping - something for everyone] [More supermarket surprises] [This is a Safeway?] [The 'good neighbor' supermarket] [Happy Columbus Day! Take the day off!]

    October 5, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in cool schools] [School trends helping CoolTowns] [Schools as third places...] [It's the schools, stupid!] [Kids love cool towns too]

    September 28, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in local retail] [Better than Target?] [Selling music - locally] ["Secede from Starbucks Nation"] [Buying in your local community]

    September 21, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Phase II: Building the Physical Community] [Phase I: Building the Human Community] [Do businesses believe in CoolTowns?] [Got Talent?] [The CoolTown Program]

    September 14, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in 'people places' over parking] [A people village in San Diego] [Hiding a lot more than 17 cars] [Find the parking for 24 tenants] [Making cars disappear]

    September 7, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in comeback cities] [Best Performing Small Cities: Where America's Jobs Are Created: Iowa City #1] [The Creative Index: San Francisco Bay Area #1] [Best Places for Business and Careers: Austin #1] [Jobs follow talent, not vice versa]

    August 31, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in a recreation entertainment town] [Recreation in the city (naturally)] [Exploring the city on wheels] [Recreation in a CoolTown]

    August 24, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in the large-scale workplace] [Modern workplace trends] [10,000 happier employees] [The distributed, decentralized workplace] [The future workplace]

    August 17, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in the Gen X Town] [Designing the Gen X urban village] [What is Gen X looking for in a home?] [What is Gen X looking for in a town?] [Where is Gen X moving to?]

    August 10, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in a town with invisible technology] [Free wireless internet for all - on Newbury Street] [CoolTowns start with fiber optics, not freeways] [Broadband = quality of life, jobs] [CoolTown's invisible technology]

    August 3, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in Experience Towns] [Steps to an Experience Town and beyond] [The Experience Town] [The Experience Economy] [Even better than a main street]

    July 27, 2003 12:00 AM
    [The $500 university town investment challenge] [Vision of the next generation university town] [University town of the future?] [A business community of learning] [The 23rd largest economy in the world is...] [How can cities retain universities' talent?]

    July 20, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in third places] [Does your local third place have its own CD?] [The third place and the communal table] [Celebrating the third place] [The third place]

    July 13, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in a local economy] [CoolTown guilds] [Communities of Commerce] [Can a CoolTown help create jobs?] [When everyone else is on their morning commute...]

    July 6, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Sex and the City] [Only in New York City] [The CoolTown movie test] [Distance learning will help the small to trump the big] [Make your own rules]

    June 29, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Aloha Tower is Hawaii's CoolTown spot] [A model CoolTown tenant in Hawaii] [How to overcome the Walmart dilemma] [A 56K modem just doesn't cut it anymore]

    June 22, 2003 12:00 AM
    [A small town rocks like a CoolTown] [Live from Hawaii... the farmer's market] [A summit of 100 creatives] [Why Apple fits into CoolTowns] [A meeting of 1200 urbanists]

    June 15, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in cool places to eat] [Where 'Friends' meet for coffee] [Fast food - not in a CoolTown] [When it's OK to eat with your hands] [Food + fun = Hot pot]

    June 8, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Government sponsored beer and live music?] [What would a CoolTown government be like?] [Which cities support CoolTowns?] [If the mayor doesn't get it, forget it] [Will local governments endorse CoolTowns?]

    June 1, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in a sense of security in a CoolTown] [Special Report: Update on Office Community] [What do women want in a safe city?] [How do you tell a neighborhood is safe?] [Does density cause crime?]

    May 25, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in a healthy town] [What are CoolTown-oriented shoes?] [What's a typical week in a health-oriented town?] [CoolTown people tend to be fit, healthy]

    May 18, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in Community] [Communities vs. cliques] [Community in the office] [Do you know your neighbors?] [Where is that elusive sense of community?]

    May 11, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Investing in A&E CoolTowns] [The economy of an A&E CoolTown] [It's all about the tenants] [How do you build a great music scene?] [How important is arts & entertainment in a CoolTown?]

    May 4, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Yes, CoolTown transportation is very affordable] [CoolTowns have lots of free entertainment venues] [How to create affordable office space in a CoolTown] [How do 'starving artists' live in the most expensive cities?] [Want a prosperous town fast?]

    April 27, 2003 12:00 AM
    [The CoolTown water test] [Is there a true piazza in the United States?] [What do the most culturally creative Gen Yers want in a town?] [What makes Dubrovnik's urban fabric cool?] [From basketball courts to medieval cities]

    April 20, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Cool mobility: The 5-minute rule] [Cool mobility: Convertible skates] [Special Report: Hanging with the future] [I want a car... sometimes] [CoolMobility. So, what about the Segway?]

    April 13, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Young adults, kids have great ideas too] [Your comments - coming soon!] [I want diversity in my town! How?] [Have it your way - your home and neighborhood that is] [A cool town is truly people-driven]

    April 6, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Cool town on the surface...] [Show me the money!] [The New American Dream] [The Rise of the Creative Class] [Creativity drives the economy]

    March 30, 2003 12:00 AM
    [Why are lofts so popular?] [The Dairy Godmother is a cool 'third place'] [People and parking: Like being stuck in a bad relationship] [HP's CoolTown] [The workplace as living room] [Welcome to my CoolTown Blog!]

    March 23, 2003 12:00 AM