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World Landscape Architecture Features The Steel Yard
Nice profile of the Steel Yard by World Landscape Architecture – including a few sweet pictures – check it out HERE!
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Construction update: tree box filter in Providence
Pics are below from a recently installed tree box filter at a 29-site affordable housing rehab project in Providence. The unit by Storm-Tree will filter and infiltrate runoff from a small 9-space parking lot next to a rehabbed mixed-use building, … Continue reading
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Steel Yard on the Cover of Landscape Architecture Magazine
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Simsbury, CT Stormwater Article Update
On September 30, MBD completed work on a stormwater ordinance and design guidelines for Simsbury, Connecticut. The work is unique in its approach, funded by CT DEP as an LID program but transcending one-size-fits-all LID to integrate the most adv
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Tagged environment, MBD news, stormwater urbanism, zoning
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Neighborhood conservation district: pro-bono advocacy
File this under “you never know what’s possible until you ask”. In my role on the Blackstone Parks Conservancy Board of Directors I put together the below conceptual plan to improve River Road. River Road sits between Blackstone Park, a … Continue reading
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Blackstone Conservation District trail day
On April 9, Jonathan Ford joined members of the Appalacian Mountain Club, members of the Blackstone Parks Conservancy, and other friends and neighbors for a long day’s work addressing problem areas in the park. Several areas are suffering from severe
Stormwater Urbanism Site Design Strategy #2 – Plan With the Land
Before discussing grids and neighborhood patterns as part of the “Beautiful American Grid” session at CNU 18 in Atlanta, I first made a case for ecology and hydrology as an absolute prerequisite for any neighborhood or site design framework. It … Continue reading
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Stormwater Urbanism Site Design Strategy #1 – Not All Impervious Area is Created Equal
Strategy #1 – Not all impervious area is created equal: does the project’s scope, layout, and stormwater management strategy support compact development to reduce overall impervious area in the watershed? Not all impervious area is the sworn ene
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Tagged environment, stormwater management, stormwater urbanism
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Introduction – New Urbanist civil engineering
There is no shortage of New Urban/Smart Growth themed blogs, news feeds, and online discussions out there, but few devote their attention to the civil engineering and infrastructure side of the equation. The primary responsibility of a civil engineer