Christopher Swope

Recent Articles

• Las Vegas Rolls the Dice on a New City Hall
• Jan 1, 2010
• Mayor Oscar Goodman sees a new city hall as the catalyst that will set off a wave of development downtown.
• 1 Comments

• The Fascinating History of Parking
• Dec 1, 2009
• It's the untold chapter of America's love affair with its cars.
• 5 Comments

• An Iconic 'Super Suburb' Seeks an Urban Makeover
• Nov 1, 2009
• Can Tysons Corner break with its auto-choked past?

• Cyclists: Traffic Scofflaws
• Oct 1, 2009
• Cities are asking bikers to obey the rules.
• 7 Comments

• A Competition to Re-Think the Suburbs
• Sep 1, 2009
• A little bit of absurdity may not be such a bad thing.

• Urban Harvest
• Aug 1, 2009
• For urban agriculture to work, however, we'll need to stop talking about it in utopian terms.
• 5 Comments

• High Time for the High Line
• Jul 1, 2009
• New York City is creating a park in the sky

• NYC Transportation Commissioner on Shutting Down Broadway
• Jun 3, 2009
• Photo by Christopher Swope Janette Sadik-Khan is the transportation commissioner of New York City, and a leading proponent of idea that streets serve many uses...

• Meet the Mayor
• Jun 1, 2009
• Touring the world of small-town mayors.

• The Great White Right of Way
• May 31, 2009
• The biggest production on Broadway this summer won't be in a theater. Rather, the show will be out in the street, starring the road itself....

• Recycling Recession
• May 31, 2009
• Recycling programs may be local in nature, but they're tied intrinsically to the global economy. That's never been clearer than in the past several months....

• Envisioning the New Great White Way
• May 31, 2009
• The biggest production on Broadway this summer won't be in a theater. Rather, the show will be out in the street, starring the road itself....

• Cul-de-sacked
• May 1, 2009
• The cul-de-sac, that symbol of suburban bliss, seems to be going out of favor.
• 4 Comments

• Great Park Takes Shape
• Apr 30, 2009
• Ask 10 people what a park should be, and you're likely to get 10 different answers. Some think parks are for strolling, hiking, bicycling or rollerblading. Others...

• A Gentler Jackhammer
• Apr 1, 2009
• No one would confuse Manhattan with a library reading room. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg's thinking did produce a noise code that is now a national model.