Hazel Borys
Hazel Borys is principal and managing director of Placemakers, a planning, coding, marketing, and implementation firm.
The walkable, urban world of Pokemon
The game celebrates art, architecture, and culture, so businesses near cultural landmarks have a better chance of having PokéStops, which is what you need to be able to place a lure.
65 reasons why urbanism works
Studies that quantify how urban places affect human, economic, and environmental wellness are essential to building the political will for change.
Preserving the rural landscape with agrarian urbanism
In addition to land use that perversely incentivizes the destruction of rural lands with 5-acre lots, the financial system further incentivizes rural subdivisions gobbling up farmland at a frightening rate.


