by David | May 2, 2013 | design, urbanism
In addition to National Poetry Month, April was also National Landscape Architecture Month. Who knew? Not I, that’s who, at least not until the very last day of the month when I noticed that two parking spaces on Portland street had been converted into a...
by David | Jun 18, 2012 | economics, transportation, urbanism
Today was Bunker Hill Day, and therefore Boston parking meters were “off,” meaning not that you could park all day for nothing, but rather that you could park for two hours at a time for nothing. Parking was free but still time-limited. I’m betting...
by David | May 3, 2012 | culture, eating, economics, urbanism
I went to check out the newish Dwelltime Coffeebar and Bakeshop in the newly-hopping Broadway zone of mid-Cambridge. Whilst enjoying an americano, smooth and served with a glass of water like they do in civilized nations, and a whole wheat bacon scallion scone, not...
by David | Feb 17, 2010 | transportation, urbanism, working
Not sure of the status of the cars in there, but they’re not letting anybody else in.
by David | Jul 7, 2009 | urbanism
Change is the only constant, and soon I’ll be spending a lot less time in Davis Square. It’s truly the Paris of Somerville and I’ll miss it – except for these things: Chuggers: Maybe one day I’ll have a minute for their cause (by which...
