Tag

urban design

6 items

Essays

Research

The Parking Lot Problem: How Minimum Requirements Shaped American Cities

Parking minimums quietly became the most powerful force in American urban design. Then cities started repealing them.

Drafting

The Sidewalk Tax: How Curb Cuts Changed Everything

A 3-inch ramp became one of the most impactful design decisions in urban history.

Field Notes

Developing

Against Legibility in Public Space

What if the push to make every public space 'readable' is actually erasing the complexity that makes cities worth living in?

Observation

The crosswalk that leads nowhere

Found a crosswalk in downtown Flint that deposits you on a curb with no sidewalk. Just grass and a fence.

Observation

Who Decides Where the Bench Goes?

The placement of a single bench encodes more political decisions than most people realize.

Projects

Porchfest

Organized · 2025

Organized the 6th annual Porchfest in Flint's Carriage Town neighborhood, a community music and arts festival celebrating local talent and public space.

Flint Beat Coverage