mystery treasure hunt!
“You know,” I said, “that’s a really great way to think about it.”
It takes a kid to turn your anxiety on its head like that.
Adventures in neighborhood podcasting
This week I’ve been participating in MIT CoLab’s Storytelling for Planners course. I must admit that it’s felt since the first moment like it was where I’ve always belonged. As […]
Love that Dirty Old Boston
A new Facebook page has been blowing up my Newsfeed lately…Dirty Old Boston. This community page, which features pictures and images of “Boston before the gentrification of the 1980s,” started […]
Seeking the Salt of the Earth
Why, hello there. It’s been awhile! This summer I took a break from writing in order to build the first season of programming for my new events practice, terroir studio. […]
learning from beginners
Yesterday I had the fun privilege of being one of the guest reviewers for the first studio presentation by Urban Planning students in the GSD’s summer Career Discovery program. It […]
civic culture begins at dinnertime.
I want to tell you today about my favorite holiday. It’s Passover, and while I’m no longer a practicing Jew (in fact I consider myself a Humanist) I’ve found that […]
scenes from haymarket.
this is a slightly edited version of a talk I gave at the Harvard GSD last week as part of a seminar with Richard Sennett, on the subject of the […]
