Jeffery Tompkins
@JATompkins
urban planner + strategist / @planproformus I help build better cities - great places can happen if bad rules get out of the way http://jefferytompkins.com
Y’all. I am starting a new firm. One focused on placekeeping just as much placemaking. An urban planning consultancy that acts like a think tank. There’s much more to come but I’d love it if you gave us a follow: @planproformus We’re Proformus. For good form, for people.
@JATompkins’s designs for how Chicago alley blocks could be adapted to perimeter block format (with wide, shallow and tall buildings replacing narrow, deep, and squat buildings) shows one path to urban design that is more inclusive and sustainable
Monument Circle of Play
if we really wanted to lean into the “sports city” strategy, we should keep half the Circle for play. basketball and pickleball courts in summer, ice skating and curling in winter.