How Urban Should Your City Be? - What ‘urban’ does not mean, to me, is tolerating crime, incivility or trash. by Alex Marshall The New York Observer July - 2001 As the May

Moving Hampton Roads - "The Joseph Papers", Summer 2000. This paper was commissioned by The Joseph Center at Christopher Newport University for the study of local, state a

When The New Urbanism Meets An Old Neighborhood - by Alex Marshall This article first appeared in Metropolis May, 1995 East Ocean View in Norfolk, Virginia, is a neighborhood on death row, awai

The Demolition Man - by Alex Marshall This article first appeared in Metropolis MAY 1995 Metropolis writer Alex Marshall spoke to Andres Duany about his role in t

What Makes A Neighborhood Viable? - a roundtable debate - Alex Marshall and Andres Duany Metropolis May, 1995 Our article in May about the redevelopment of East Ocean View in Norf

Coney Island: The Train is The Thing - by Alex Marshall Metropolis Magazine August/September issue, 2001 Today’s Quiz: What magnificent hall of marble, iron and glass, built about 1

Long Boats and Underground Vaults by the River Charles - By Alex Marshall For The Powhatan Review November 1999 Crewing is the ultimate wasp sport. It requires patience, diligence and years of work a

Who Gets the Favors? - The Virginian-Pilot Monday, July 19, 1999 BY ALEX MARSHALL New ways of looking how we grow and develop are rare. But I think I've found one.

Atlas Is Still Shrugging - And Riding the Subway - First published in The New York Observer March 25, 2002 by Alex Marshall When I take the subway, and enter into that labyrinth of tunnels and

A Sweet Neighborhood In San Antonio: King William - BY ALEX MARSHALL SEPT. 5, 1996 Metropolis Magazine. The fat man in the Budweiser T-shirt and shorts gawking up at the Moorish inspired arche

Cities Back From The edge - New Life For Downtown Roberta Brandes Gratz with Norman Mintz There are two ways to try to revive an old downtown, says Roberta Brandes Gratz. O

The Savannah College of Art and Design - July 10, 1995 METROPOLIS MAGAZINE BY ALEX MARSHALL Savannah is a city of symmetry. It has straight streets, square squares - columns of sprea

The Golden Flame Flickers Most Brightly In Cities - REVIEW OF CITIES AND CIVILIZATION METROPOLIS MAGAZINE BY ALEX MARSHALL BOOK FACTS: Cities in Civilization, by Sir Peter Hall. Pantheon Books,

Rich People in Ugly Buildings - This story, about the New York apartment building, ran in Slate magazine. Because it is accompanied by slides, it is best to see it on Slate's web sit

It's Dangerous To Cycle in The City. That's Too Bad - How Many Cyclists Can and Should Fit on City Streets? The ferocious competition for a smidgen of asphalt on Manhattan streets might be best appreci

The Future of Transportation, And Thus Our Cities - The Future of Transportation Will the auto and airplane reign supreme? By Alex Marshall With the fall of the Soviet Union at the end of th

Learning to Walk: Not Always So Easy in the Contemporary City - Driving along Route One in New Jersey last week, looking at the mammoth car dealerships and shopping centers lining the eight-lane highway, it was dif

David Gunn, Amtrak Prez, Speaks His Mind - David Gunn, the current president of Amtrak and the former head of New York City Transit, has had and will have great impact on transportation within