Video of John’s Island Planning Charrette

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On October 29-November 5 Dover Kohl & Partners held a design charrette for the Kerr Family to begin to develop a master plan their 300-plus acre property along the Johns Island entrance and waterfront.
The week was a busy one, with plenty of input from Johns Island neighbors, [...]

CNU Transportation Summit

Vince Graham recently had the honor of presenting at the 2008 CNU Transportation Summit in Charlotte.  Please click on the links below to view and hear Vince’s slide and audio presentation.
http://www.cnu.org/sites/files/Implementing_the_network_Graham.pdf
http://www.cnu.org/sites/files/GrahamTS08.mp3

Park(ing) Day a Success

In case you missed the story in Saturday’s Post & Courier, here’s an excerpt:
“People who think too much public space is devoted to parking set out to make their point Friday in an annual event known as Park(ing) Day, which in Charleston involved laying down sod and setting up lawn chairs and a pingpong table [...]

More Park(ing) Day Pics

Just to reiterate: Park(ing) Day 2008 was incredible!  Alys Campaigne, our intern Jimmy, and I all had a wonderful time staking out parking spots for people.  It was especially fun seeing babies and dogs enjoying themselves in what are usually such inhospitable places.  It just goes to show the huge potential we have here in [...]

New Mixson Pictures

Here are the latest pics from the site, courtesy of our photographer extraordinaire, Brennan Wesley:

Even more Mixson photos…

To see more pictures, including those of our staged home, visit the Watch tab on Mixson’s website!

NPR on Housing and the Ever-Less-Popular Commute

No surprise here: while home prices are falling pretty much everywhere, they’re falling less in neighborhoods that don’t come with a long commute. In fact, according to this NPR report , home prices have even been rising slightly in the once-avoided downtown and in-city sections of cities like DC, LA, Philadelphia, and Boston. [...]

Latest Mixson photos

That last photo, you might have noticed, is a sneak peek of our staged home, which should be done by next Tuesday (8-5). It’s got an awesome clean, modern look – stop by and visit any time!

Not just an outdoor room – but an outdoor DINING room

Ever hosted an outdoor dinner party?  How about one smack in the middle of your sidewalk or street?  Well, this article in today’s New York Times Home and Garden section says that many New Yorkers have literally taken their entertaining to the streets, hosting everything from “backyard” barbecues to lavish dinners on 18th century tables in what [...]

Critical Mass in Charleston

Critical Mass is a world-wide bicycling movement that started in San Francisco in 1992, in which bicyclists gather together regularly for community rides around their cities. We’re lucky enough to have one here in Charleston, SC, which meets the last Friday of every month at 5:30 in Cannon Park, downtown (at Calhoun [...]