Stay updated with breaking news from Thane Roberts. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Earlier this week, in the dark pre-dawn hours, a pair of thugs covered in masks and hoodies burst into the lobby of the 23-unit apartment building where I live, ran down the hallway, and quickly wrenched open the building’s mailbox cabinet. They looted the mailboxes and, on their way out, encountere
Last week, we eulogized our friend and fellow SMa.r.t. architect, Ron Goldman, FAIA. We spoke of his passion for design and urban planning and his lifelong commitment to improving the physical environment in which we all live. We felt it appropriate to let Ron, in his own words, share his concerns a
This week SMa.r.t. is focusing on the historic Civic Center Auditorium and residents' efforts to save it from a misdirected effort by the City Council to sell it to generate revenue. Revenue shortfalls are due in part to unwise city fiscal policy decisions, +/-$220 mil in settlements due to a city e
Ah, the wonderful world of city politics! Ladies and gentlemen hold on to your hats as we delve into the wild and wacky world of the Planning Commission. In recent days, the City Council filled three positions on this esteemed commission, and let me tell you, the excitement was palpable! It's like a
Attached below is our SMa.r.t. column from January 20, 2015, lightly edited for brevity but without loss of substance as it relates to today’s unfortunate evidence of prediction come true. Northeast residents and neighbors, and all of the rest of us, will soon be funneled down the predicted dark