Winslow Food Forest: Growing food in the city
What exactly is a food forest? I wanted to find out more so I visited the Winslow Food Forest located on the border of Milwaukie and Portlan...
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Small-Scale City
The podcast about cities, architecture, nature, and the built environment.
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15 episodes
Episode 14: For the love of beer (and community): Hops On Lots Pittsburgh
Hops on Lots Pittsburgh, a Pittsburgh organization grows hops on vacant lots across the city and gives back to the community.
Episode 13: 168 LAT
The podcast about cities, architecture, nature, and the built environment.
Episode 12: Building communities through breweries: An interview with SUM Design
The first time I visited Ex Novo, a brewery in Portland, Oregon, I was struck by its design. It felt…designed. It wasn’t a cold space with s...
Episode 11: We can make our cities better with placemaking, incrementally
So, how is the DNA of a place defined? Is it the architecture? Is it the cool, hip shops? Park benches? It’s some of that – but it’s way mor...
Episode 10: Bourbon and buildings: An interview with John Patrick Winberry, UP studio
What do design, branding, good bourbon, and a Norwegian architect firm have in common? It’s the thread to this episode’s interview with John...
Episode Nine: Agriculture meets architecture: It's called Agritecture
You’ve heard of agriculture – and urban ag, or growing food in cities. And then there’s architecture. And then, there’s agritecture. Wait, a...
Episode Eight: Defining the suburbs
For many, the suburbs are an easy target. For good reason. Many of the homes are ugly and out of scale. They promote sprawl and auto depende...
Episode Seven: The Fair-Haired Dumbbell
I first learned about developer Kevin Cavenaugh’s work years ago when I was managing editor of a building trade magazine that focused on dev...
Episode Six: Walking in the city
There are three questions on Max Grinnell’s website that ask: How do cities work? Why are people both fascinated and repelled by cities? How...
Episode Five: Growing food in the city
Urban farms, or, farming in the city, on rooftops, vacant lots, front yards. I've alway been intrigued with farming in the city and the pote...
Episode Four: Randy Simes, Urban Cincy
For more than a year I’ve been obsessed with Cincinnati, Ohio. While doing research on old churches being retrofitted as brewpubs, I stumble...
Episode three: Architecture, blogging and old buildings
This episode I’m speaking with Brian Libby, a journalist and critic living in Portland, Oregon. Among the magazines and newspapers he has co...
Episode two: Modular architecture meets music
This show I speak with Aaron Holm. He’s the CEO of Blokable. The company manufactures “high-performance modular building assemblies that are...
Episode one: Downtown LA and its unwritten history
Episode one: Downtown LA and its unwritten history: Our guest is Kim Cooper. Kim edited Scram magazine in the early 90s up to the mid 2000s...