As regular readers know, I’ve been hitting a lot of the same cautionary notes for several years in my City Talk columns in the Savannah Morning News. I just haven’t been able to see where growth is going to come…
I’ve been tracking various developments in the world of “green”, sustainability, and transportation generally. So of obvious note from the AJC: Electric car charging station unveiled. From the piece: Atlanta is streamlining its tough permitting procedures to encourage apartment owners,…
Housing economist Tom Lawler has posted some fascinating data about homeownership in this post at Calculated Risk. As Americans have started families later, as they have had more fluid career paths, as they have moved around more before settling, it…
[UPDATED 8/29. The text here is the same as in a regular blog post that I made.] Carolina Liar? I’ve been waiting for the announcement of the headliner for the Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and I frankly never imagined…
If you don’t know Bill Augustin, you should, at least if you care anything about the Savannah Film Festival. Bill is the New York-based Special Programming Director. He first got involved with the festival in his work with publicist Bobby…
In my City Talk column today in the Savannah Morning News, I write about the depressing news that the large vacant lot at the corner of Drayton and Charlton appears destined to be a surface parking lot for the nearby…
I’m sure there’s going to be some confusion in the reporting of the Case-Shiller data released today for June (which is a composite of three months: April, May, June). Given the turmoil in the housing market in recent years and…
Carolina Liar? I’ve been waiting for the announcement of the headliner for the Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and I frankly never imagined that it would be an act that I’ve never heard of. Anyway, what do I know? Someone…
A few days ago I posted about Traffic author Tom Vanderbilt’s thoughts about the ineffectiveness of warning signs on streets. Earlier this month in Slate, Vanderbilt wrote a fascinating piece about diverging diamond interchanges: Don’t Turn Left! A new kind…
I went to a friend’s 30th birthday party Saturday night. It was a grand time, at least until the police arrived and shut it down. I was inside the house when someone outside shot off some really, really loud fireworks…
Three months ago I posted about the history of Armstrong Atlantic State University (where I’ve been teaching since 2000) as it becomes a more residential campus. In that post, I linked to a cover story I wrote for the most…
About a week ago, I wrote: Will 2011 redistricting finally kill off the endangered White Georgia Democrat? Today the AJC looks at a number of the changes likely in the wake of the new maps: In a congressional map set…
