“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” APOLOGIES if I triggered any middle […]
Jason Combs
Jason Combs is a consultant, entrepreneur, and writer with masters degrees in City Planning & Urban Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a long-time resident of the Thomas Square Streetcar Historic District.
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Savannah needs a ‘night mayor’
Sure enough, the “night mayor” idea has made its way across the Atlantic
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ISO: Location efficiency
IN 2007, I moved from Savannah to Atlanta. I quit my job with SCAD and headed to the big city to study city planning and urban design at Georgia Tech. […]
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Pedicabs: Our most over-regulated business?
Why does the City feel the need to establish a restrictive dress code specific to this industry? It boggles the mind.
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Bring on the f’n Robot Cars!
I AM a new, though somewhat reluctant convert to the Church of the Autonomous Electric Vehicle (AEV). I must give credit where credit is due. Clinton “put a mural on […]
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Beware of false choices about tourism vs. livability
In Savannah there is no vacuum. Our downtown is full to the brim and we are trying to accommodate still unsatiated demands from residents and tourists.
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A modest proposal re: Home-sharing
When it comes to home-sharing, the City has decided to prohibit the entire base activity, rather than find a way to curb any potential problems, which can probably be handled by enforcing laws and regulations already on the books. Instead, we get a blanket taking of property rights from home-owners.
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Let’s talk about markets
No graphs, no number or equations—we’re just going to discuss forces, Market Forces, because it seems necessary
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Seeing us in CNU
What could Savannah possibly want with a “new urbanism,” when we spend most of our time reveling in the old? Well, that’s point.
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Cities and the Rule of Thirds
IF YOU looked at the photo below and, by the fabric of the bench and the pattern on the floor, immediately knew where it was taken, the The Original Pinkie […]
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Growing the city within the city
LAST THURSDAY night there was an event at the Massie Heritage Center entitled “New Development in Savannah: Where Do We Go from Here?” This installment of a quarterly lecture series […]
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Savannah prepares to face multitudes of long-simmering planning issues
STARTING NOTE: this week’s column is a survey. A lot is going on in Savannah right now that will affect our future urban fabric, so this column is now going […]