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

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: The Virtues of a Low-Rise City (Part 1)

October 4, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow has long advocated for a low rise city: that is a city primarily...

Development, Opinion

Promenade 3.0 in Review

September 23, 2021 SM.a.r.t

It’s no secret that the Third Street Promenade has been losing its luster, its tenants, visitors, and customer foot traffic....

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Densification Fiction Converted To Fact Through Repetition

September 17, 2021 SM.a.r.t

In the final scene of the obscure 2004 sci fi action-adventure film “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” the...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Stop the Steroids

September 10, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Part 2/2 Santa Monicans face the usual fears of crime, Covid-19 and its collapsing job and housing impact including the...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: The Big Lie Just Got Bigger

September 3, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Part 1 of 2 It’s not the lie about a stolen election or the dangers of vaccination or if Biden...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Beat the Climate Change Heat

August 27, 2021 SM.a.r.t

The new era of hot weather extremes has made coping with heat increasingly important. A recent paper by NASA’s Jet...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: Fix Those Balconies!

August 23, 2021 SM.a.r.t

About six years ago a fifth-floor balcony in a Berkeley apartment building collapsed. A group of students standing on the...

Opinion

SMa.r.t. Column: The Main Pain

August 6, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Visiting Main St. several times each day of what was to be a test trial of closure to thru traffic...

Opinion

SMa.r.t Column: Promenade Progress?

July 30, 2021 SM.a.r.t

As we find ourselves approaching August, the question is what, if any, progress has been made on conceptual design and...

Opinion, Real Estate

SMa.r.t. Column: Water Woes Not Be Gone

July 28, 2021 SM.a.r.t

Re-visiting a column of ours from 2014. The more things change, the more they stay the same. “Water Woes”...

Author: SM.a.r.t

SMa.r.t. Column: The Virtues of a Low-Rise City (Part 1)

Promenade 3.0 in Review

SMa.r.t. Column: Densification Fiction Converted To Fact Through Repetition

SMa.r.t. Column: Stop the Steroids

SMa.r.t. Column: The Big Lie Just Got Bigger

SMa.r.t. Column: Beat the Climate Change Heat

SMa.r.t. Column: Fix Those Balconies!

SMa.r.t. Column: The Main Pain

SMa.r.t Column: Promenade Progress?

SMa.r.t. Column: Water Woes Not Be Gone

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