In this episode of Upzoned, co-hosts Abby Newsham and Chuck Marohn discuss the article “Toward a New Way of Educating City Builders” by Seth Zeren, a founding member of Strong Towns. They discuss the many different disciplines that are responsible for shaping the built environment, the professional silos that often develop between these disciplines, and how ... Show More
Jun 17
Why Do Vacant Storefronts Stay Vacant?
A decade ago, a row of North Park storefronts was cleared for a university housing project that never came. The businesses are gone, the buildings are mostly empty, and neighbors are still pushing Northeastern Illinois University to act. Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Bern ... Show More
50m 41s
Jun 10
The World Cup and America’s Own Goal
With the World Cup coming to North America, millions of visitors will encounter more than stadiums and soccer. They’ll also encounter the transportation systems, infrastructure gaps, and car-dependent development patterns that shape daily life in U.S. cities. Norm Van Eeden Peter ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2024
Bruce O'Neill, "Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
Bruce O'Neill's Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) gets to the bottom of the twenty-first-century city, literally. Underground moves beneath Romania’s capital, Bucharest, to examine how the demands of global accumulation have extended u ... Show More
41m 57s
Nov 2023
Cedar - Kyle Vansice, Rahul Attraya, Nate Peters
Last week, Antler US portfolio company Cedar announced that it closed a $3 million seed round led by Caffeinated Capital, with participation from Tishman Speyer Ventures and a number of prominent individual investors (full Forbes feature here). Cedar is building an operating syst ... Show More
1h 11m
Apr 2024
Bruce O'Neill, "Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024)
Bruce O'Neill's Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) gets to the bottom of the twenty-first-century city, literally. Underground moves beneath Romania’s capital, Bucharest, to examine how the demands of global accumulation have extended u ... Show More
41m 57s
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-woda-47198b36/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Angela Woda</a> (Senior Urban Designer,
Kjellander Sjöberg Studio) and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-sj%C3%B6berg-09a35bb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener norefer ... Show More