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Essays on the deeper patterns shaping cities, culture, and civic life. Written for those who know there’s more at stake than policy and planning alone.

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People walking along a tree-lined Boise path in autumn, with a bench beside the route.

Why Community Has to Be Scheduled

At the end of a block party, the last folding table goes...

People with bicycles waiting at a crosswalk along a wide Boise street with cars and commercial buildings.

We Built the Outside for Cars

How a useful machine came to organize the places where we live....

Carved stone block dated 1894 embedded in a stone retaining wall along a sidewalk with ivy in Boise, Idaho.

The Enormous Gamble

On Grove Street, between 3rd and 4th, a bronze plaque marks the...

Two people jog across the Red Bridge on the Boise River Greenbelt near Warm Springs Golf Course.

When Standing Straight Feels Strange

Pete Egoscue, who developed a system of postural therapy for people with...

Pedestrians cross a tree-lined neighborhood street with historic brick storefronts, wide sidewalks, and shade trees in Boise.

When Neighbor Became a Question

For years, viewers came to know the opening of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood...

A teenage apprentice holds a set of keys near the back door of a woodworking shop while an older woodworker switches off the lights.

The Architecture of Adulthood

Near the end of the afternoon, the owner of a small woodworking...

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