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Sacramento Valley Conservancy Glamps and Kayaks

The Sacramento Valley Conservancy offered the chance to do sunset kayaking at their "Glamp Out" (glamourous camping) at Camp Pollock which is on the north bank of the Lower American…

McKinley Park Play Structure Community Build

Hundreds of volunteers converged at McKinley Park to rebuilt something that had been destroyed by arson...

The Capitol Yards

Located just over the Tower Bridge from downtown Sacramento, West Capitol Commons is a market rate apartment development that is designed to inspire community in an urban setting, embracing the…

Sacramento Railyards: A Peek Inside

For many years, I have been looking across a large expanse of a fenced-off “no-man’s land” at the old brick locomotive works buildings in the middle of Sacramento’s abandoned Railyards. …

Cesar Chavez Plaza

American Planning Association recognized Cesar Chavez Plaza in Sacramento as a “2012 Great Public Place”....

Central Valley Architecture Festival

The Central Valley Region Architecture Festival this October will explore ...

Prototype Cabin for Homeless Developed by Mogavero Architects

Great news on the efforts to reduce homelessness in Sacramento...

Chalk It Up!

The Sacramento Chalk It Up festival was in full form this Labor Day weekend....

New Urbanist Development

One of my favorite suburban master-planned projects is I’on in South Carolina, in the “Lowlands” near Charleston. It’s an excellent  example of a New Urbanist project.   While it is unfortunately…

Living In An Mogavero-Designed Eco-Urban House

I was a happy, dedicated Davis resident, who thoroughly enjoyed the bicycle paths, greenbelts and kid-centric culture but my wife, daughter and I moved to West Sacramento for one simple…