My middle name, Nicholas, was chosen in memory of Nicholas Leon Brown, my Russian-born paternal grandfather, who died on November 17,...

Coventry Village is a beloved neighborhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Back in the 1970's, some people thought of Coventry as...

Back in 1969-70, I was a student at the then "hippie haven" Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. In those days, the college closed...

An urban photo essay on capturing "accidental art" in Cleveland.

[CAPTION: Trick or Treating at neighborhood green space in Cleveland Heights] In our Cleveland Heights neighborhoods, most of us live...

A city is very much like a living organism. Cities are born, cities grow, cities age, cities become ill, cities heal, and cities...

Cleveland stood the city planning profession on its head forty years ago with publication of the Policy Planning Report by City Planning...

Pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development – with housing or offices above streetside retail stores – was the norm in most communities...

A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD! Every day I walk my dog along tree-lined sidewalks, past closely-spaced houses with welcoming front porches that...

Architecture and Memory For nearly thirty years my home-away-from-home was Cleveland City Hall. During my time with the City Planning...