The San Jose City Council continues to grapple with housing development proposals in conflict with the need to build a tax base the way...

You can tell when a topic gets really, really heated at San Jose City Hall, incandescent white in a world of gray. A council member will...

The Meridian at Midtown mixed-use development has been completed in part of the vision to rehabilitate W. San Carlos Street, creating a...

The Ohlone lives. A year after a major mixed-use project in San Jose's Midtown neighborhood seemed all but dead, the developer has...

Nearly two decades after Cheim Lumber sold its last two-by-four, its almost five-acre site could become a hotbed of wood-frame...

Someone once mentioned in passing to me that the 21st Century would be the century of the landscape architect. This makes sense in the...

The second community workshop for the West San Carlos Urban Village was held on September 23, 2013, at Sherman Oaks Community Center,...

San Jose’s first step toward the Envision 2040 General Plan is headed in the wrong direction. Nearly 10 years ago, the Valley...

The Midtown Specific Plan provides a vision for an area of San Jose that is undergoing considerable transition and change. The purpose of...

A complete street is one that follows the 8-80 rule—whether you are 8 or 80 years old, the road is safe for you to use. The intersection...