On Space | The Urban Trinity
On Space | The Urban Trinity by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor The spatial averts everything from a congruent state of existence, a simultaneous state of being, in a single place....
View ArticleMy ‘Secret’ Life as an Anonymous Source | Mark David Major
My ‘Secret’ Life as an Anonymous Source by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor Sorry, this post is quirky and not nearly as salacious as the title might otherwise suggest. However, enough...
View ArticleSavannah, Georgia | Photographic Essay
Savannah, Georgia | Photographic Essay It has been said that ‘Savannah is all about its squares.’ This is inaccurate. The spatial logic of Savannah is all about the historical loading of front doors...
View ArticleOn Space | The Synthetic City
On Space | The Synthetic City by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor The city is not mere reflection but indefinite inflection and precise infection, where we are the cancer and panacea,...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | March 2015
Observations on the March 2015 issue of Planning Magazine. 1. The absence of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) in this month’s op-ed, “Developing Partnerships”, by APA Executive Director James M....
View ArticleAmerica’s Planning Schools: ‘Incest is Best’| via Planetizen
Who Teaches Planning? by Thomas Sanchez, Planetizen, January 14, 2013 Here’s the recipe for ‘group think’ in urban planning. Images are from the Planetizen article (link below). Except: What role does...
View ArticleFROM THE VAULT | Creative Confessions and other writings | Paul Klee
FROM THE VAULT | Creative Confessions and other writings by Paul Klee by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor Creative Confessions is a series of short essays (vignettes, really) by Modern...
View ArticlePoor Richard (Volume 2) Review | Portland Book Review
Poor Richard, Another Almanac for Architects and Planners (Volume 2) by Mark David Major | Portland Book Review by George Erdosh, April 20, 2015 The review of Poor Richard, Another Almanac for...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | April 2015
Observations on the April 2015 issue of Planning Magazine. 1. APA President William Anderson in the Guest Column on page 5 says “that planning is relevant, alive, and needed now more than ever.”...
View ArticleFROM THE VAULT | Paul Klee on Modern Art
FROM THE VAULT | Paul Klee on Modern Art by Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor Paul Klee on Modern Art (with Introduction by Herbert Read) is the text of a lecture delivered in 1924 at...
View ArticleDispatches from Dawn in the USA | via the Original Green
Dispatches from Dawn in the USA | via the Original Green by Steve Mouzon, December 8, 2014 Steve Mouzon, AIA discusses the influence of Benjamin Franklin within the context of the release of Poor...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | May 2015
Observations on the May 2015 issue of Planning Magazine. 1. I cannot believe the cover of this Special Issue on Transportation from Planning: The Magazine of the American Planning Association. The...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | June 2015
Observations on the June 2015 issue of Planning Magazine. Cover: An indication arrow on the cover (see below)? Seriously? How can APA be trusted to design our communities when they don’t even know how...
View ArticleFROM THE VAULT | Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Soinit
REVIEW: Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Soinit by Dr. Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor When I first heard about Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Soinit, I was...
View ArticleThe Outlaw Urbanist at SSS10 |13-17 July 2015 | London
Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, founder of The Outlaw Urbanist and author of the Poor Richard Almanac series for architects and planners will be speaking at the 10th Space Syntax Symposium (SSS10) held in...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | July 2015
Observations on the July 2015 issue of Planning Magazine. 1. I’m a little disappointed this month’s issue (“Pot Report”) did not come with any free samples; maybe for only APA-CA or APA-CO chapter...
View ArticleREVIEW | The Planner by Tom Campbell
REVIEW | The Planner by Tom Campbell by Dr. Mark David Major, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor The Planner (2014) by Tom Campbell tells the story of two months in the life of James Crawley, a young town...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | December 2015
Planning Naked | December 2015 by Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor This issue of Planning Naked may be a little shorter than usual since my print edition of Planning...
View ArticlePlanning Naked | February 2016
Planning Naked | February 2016 by Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A, The Outlaw Urbanist contributor February must be the ‘clear the backlog’ month for the editors of Planning Magazine because this...
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