Chuck Wolfe

Fifth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. What do the politics of urban housing have to do with a seasonal...

Fourth in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. The Finesse of the Avenue Last month in Cassis, the Avenue Victor Hugo told the stories surrounding its...

Inevitable Urban Times These times seem so inevitably urban.  Of course, my wry remark comes from a city-dweller in a post-recessionary Seattle, where new construction...

Third in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. Today, many promote urban walkability, but for several years, I have focused on inter-urban,...

Second in an illustrated series about place-decoding from the South of France. Place Decoding: Moving Beyond the Directed Experience Sensing the city is a personal experience owned by...

First in a series of illustrated ruminations from the South of France. According to the New York Times‘ Roger Cohen, France is struggling with changing...

Take away context clues, and cities become more interesting matrices--with blank cells to complete--where each of us personalizes how space meets time. A uniform...

Introduction Last month, in Moustiers Sainte Marie, France, I watched several shopkeepers return a lost young bird to a part of town closer to its natural...