In Westchester County, New York, cocktail conversation no longer revolves around the frothy real estate market. That is sooo 2006. Instead, the issue du jour is taxes. Even though I now live several states away, old friends from high school will tearfully recount how their empty-nested parents have been pushed out of the area by [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Lincoln Boulevard, Extreme Makeover Edition
Why is Lincoln Boulevard so persistently grim and ugly? As a Venice resident, I contemplate this question with some frequency and sense of resignation. So it was refreshing to see USC urban planning students re-envision Lincoln Boulevard as a sustainable, vibrant hub of employment and activity, in a presentation given to the Venice Land Use [...]