SM.a.r.t, Author at SM Mirror

Opinion, Real Estate

Santa Monica’s Future: Will Developers or Residents Rule? – Part 3 Our Boulevards

January 21, 2022 SM.a.r.t

This is the 3rd of a 5 part article outlining serious issues that Santa Monica residents and the City Council...

Opinion, Real Estate

Santa Monica’s Future: Will Developers or Residents Rule? – Part 2 Our Downtown

January 14, 2022 SM.a.r.t

This is the 2nd of five weekly articles looking at the history and current condition of Santa Monica’s beachfront environment...

Opinion, Real Estate

A New Years Glimpse Into Santa Monica’s Future: Will Developers or Residents Rule?

January 7, 2022 SM.a.r.t

It’s a New Year, a make-or-break year for Santa Monica!! How much do you care about your city and it’s...

Opinion

SM.a.r.t Wishes for 2022

January 3, 2022 SM.a.r.t

We wish for: All California residents to gain back the control of their Cities from Sacramento’s draconian power grab by...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. 2021 Christmas Card

December 22, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Dear Readers, SM.a.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow) wish you all a joyous Holiday Season and a Wonderful...

Opinion

Seismic Water Resiliency

December 16, 2021 SM.a.r.t

This is the 2nd part of two-part article (see smmirror.com/2021/12/sma-r-t-column-its-not-your-fault/ for the first part) Last week we wrote about the...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: It’s Not Your Fault

December 13, 2021 SM.a.r.t

This is a two-part article Two large tectonic plates are engaged in a titanic multi-million year battle to slip past...

Opinion, Real Estate

Building Conversion in Today’s Market Environment

December 3, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Adaptive reuse, repurposing, and up-cycling of industrial and commercial buildings (“Conversion”) for greater in-demand uses are rapidly becoming the direction...