Revived
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe podcast about cities, architecture, buildings, the built environment and everything in between.
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Winslow Food Forest: Growing food in the city
February 06, 2018 23:26 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBWhat 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 Portland, Ore. I visited in the fall, and even then, the place was thriving with herbs, the last of the summer crops, and other late fall crops. After the tour, I sat down with Melissa Cullen, co-owner of the farm with her husband, Teague, and chatted about how they got the farm, what the challenges are, and how others can start their own food forests. ...
Winslow Food Forest: Growing food in the city
February 06, 2018 23:26 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBWhat 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 Portland, Ore. I visited in the fall, and even then, the place was thriving with herbs, the last of the summer crops, and other late fall crops. After the tour, I sat down with Melissa Cullen, co-owner of the farm with her husband, Teague, and chatted about how they got the farm, what the challenges are, and how others can start their own food forests. ...
Episode 14: For the love of beer (and community): Hops On Lots Pittsburgh
September 23, 2017 19:40 - 22 minutes - 18.3 MBHops on Lots Pittsburgh, a Pittsburgh organization grows hops on vacant lots across the city and gives back to the community.
Episode 13: 168 LAT
August 30, 2017 02:04 - 14 minutes - 11.9 MBThe podcast about cities, architecture, nature, and the built environment.
Episode 12: Building communities through breweries: An interview with SUM Design
June 29, 2017 06:55 - 22 minutes - 17.7 MBThe 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 some chairs and stuff thrown together. There was some thought put into it. From where we sat, we could see the brew tanks, bar action, interesting lighting, the space flowed so…design. The next day I hopped online and did a search to see if it was the IPA talking or if there was a design firm behind it. Sure enough. That’s where I found the website ...
Episode 11: We can make our cities better with placemaking, incrementally
June 01, 2017 20:49 - 11 minutes - 9.17 MBSo, 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 more. What exactly is placemaking? This episode we’re speaking with Daniel Hintz, Founder and Chief Experience Architect for The Velocity Group. His company helps towns, cities, developers, and Main streets discover their own DNA of Place™. (That’s trademarked by the way so don’t use it.) Hintz explains how he works with towns to discover what their own...
Episode 10: Bourbon and buildings: An interview with John Patrick Winberry, UP studio
May 08, 2017 22:55 - 18 minutes - 14.9 MBWhat do design, branding, good bourbon, and a Norwegian architect firm have in common? It’s the thread to this episode’s interview with John Patrick Winberry, founding partner, chief wrangler, and architect at the UP studio. UP is a small, nimble boutique Architecture, Interior, and Brand Design firm that believes all disciplines can live together within a given project. If you’re a client, you get the design, but maybe you need signage, a new brand, or marketing to go with that new buildi...
Episode Nine: Agriculture meets architecture: It's called Agritecture
February 25, 2017 18:11 - 15 minutes - 12.8 MBYou’ve heard of agriculture – and urban ag, or growing food in cities. And then there’s architecture. And then, there’s agritecture. Wait, agritecture? Yep. The brains behind the concept is Henry Gordon-Smithlaunched agritcture.com a few years back as a blog to help promote the fact, that yes, you can grow food in the cities, and look cool doing it. The blog then turned into something even bigger. Much bigger. It's expanded into news updates on actual projects, analysis about BIA tre...
Episode Eight: Defining the suburbs
February 06, 2017 23:38 - 27 minutes - 21.9 MBFor 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 dependence thereby increasing obesity. They use tons of energy and are a huge drain on a city’s infrastructure. They wipe out farmland. And to many, they’re just boring. I love the back to the city movement. I love that cities are thriving, reemerging and have found new life – coming back from the abandonment following the decades after World War 2 when the b...
Episode Seven: The Fair-Haired Dumbbell
January 01, 2017 22:26 - 48 minutes - 39.2 MBI first learned about developer Kevin Cavenaugh’s work years ago when I was managing editor of a building trade magazine that focused on development, building techniques, and exciting topics like cemeticious siding and decking materials. (Kidding aside, I loved every minute of it.) His Box + One project was – at the time – revolutionary here in Portland. With its garage door windows and boxy exteriors– now commonplace – and small footprint of space, the project helped elevate an entire nei...
Episode Six: Walking in the city
December 07, 2016 04:22 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBThere are three questions on Max Grinnell’s website that ask: How do cities work? Why are people both fascinated and repelled by cities? How can we improve cities? (Hint: It's not through ye olde fudge shoppes or super-precious cupcake stores.) However, Grinnell, this episode's guest, has some answers. As an urbanologist, geographer, historian, and professor, Grinnell is an expert on urban design, planning, public art, the creative economy, and the history of cities. He’s written books ...
Episode Five: Growing food in the city
November 05, 2016 18:36 - 19 minutes - 15.3 MBUrban farms, or, farming in the city, on rooftops, vacant lots, front yards. I've alway been intrigued with farming in the city and the potential there to feed its people. A couple years ago I read Jennifer Cockrall King's book "Food and The City: Urban Agriculture and The New Food Revolution," and that's when ideas and the light bulb went off. In her book, Jennifer (and the guest in this episode) offers real-world examples of cities (well, it's people) growing food on a large-scale. And...
Episode Four: Randy Simes, Urban Cincy
October 12, 2016 19:27 - 35 minutes - 28.3 MBFor more than a year I’ve been obsessed with Cincinnati, Ohio. While doing research on old churches being retrofitted as brewpubs, I stumbled across Taft’s Ale House in Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine neighborhood. From there, I went deep. The architecture. The flight to the suburbs. The abandonment. The subway that was built in the 20s but was never used. Then, new life. The comeback. To find out more about Cincinnati, I spoke with Randy Simes, an award-winning urban planner who founded a sit...
Episode Four: Randy Simes, Urban Cincy
October 12, 2016 19:27 - 35 minutes - 28.3 MBFor more than a year I’ve been obsessed with Cincinnati, Ohio. While doing research on old churches being retrofitted as brewpubs, I stumbled across Taft’s Ale House in Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine neighborhood. From there, I went deep. The architecture. The flight to the suburbs. The abandonment. The subway that was built in the 20s but was never used. Then, new life. The comeback. To find out more about Cincinnati, I spoke with Randy Simes, an award-winning urban planner who founded a sit...
Episode three: Architecture, blogging and old buildings
September 17, 2016 18:01 - 44 minutes - 37.2 MBThis episode I’m speaking with Brian Libby, a journalist and critic living in Portland, Oregon. Among the magazines and newspapers he has contributed to include The New York Times, The Atlantic, Dwell, CityLab, Metropolis, and Architectural Record. Brian is also a book author, filmmaker, and runs the popular Portland Architecture blog. Though episode three admittedly tends to be a bit Portland-centric, it's still interesting for anyone listening. Brian talks about the current housing crisi...
Episode two: Modular architecture meets music
August 22, 2016 23:34 - 32 minutes - 25.9 MBThis show I speak with Aaron Holm. He’s the CEO of Blokable. The company manufactures “high-performance modular building assemblies that are easily customizable, with technology and energy efficiency built in.” You might think that a 30-minute interview talking about modular homes might be kind of snoozy. But not so. Aaron’s a cool guy, he’s thoughtful, he’s got some great ideas for his company, he’s got some insight on how cities might grow…and he’s a musician. What intrigued me about B...
Episode one: Downtown LA and its unwritten history
August 10, 2016 01:49 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBEpisode 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 and co-edited the anthologies Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth and Lost in the Grooves. Nowadays, Kim leads tours of Los Angeles, along with her husband, Richard, with Esotouric – described as bus adventures into the secret heart of Los Angeles. We’ll talk about everything from downtown Los Angeles, preservation, The Omega Man, movies shot in ...
Episode one: Downtown LA and its unwritten history
August 10, 2016 01:49 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBEpisode 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 and co-edited the anthologies Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth and Lost in the Grooves. Nowadays, Kim leads tours of Los Angeles, along with her husband, Richard, with Esotouric – described as bus adventures into the secret heart of Los Angeles. We’ll talk about everything from downtown Los Angeles, preservation, The Omega Man, movies shot in ...