While the novel coronavirus keeps most of us holed up at home, sustained by an ever increasing deluge of deliveries of all kinds, some of us in the planning ...

I wasn't going to write about this because it feels too personal, but a friend reached out after I had checked in to St. Peter's Hospital in Albany a couple w...

Albany residents got a first glimpse at their newly renovated and expanded high school over the weekend, and from the pictures it looks like a much needed im...

Think about some of the most magical urban places that you've visited in your life. Maybe it's a lovely town square in Milan, or a promenade in Buenos Aires,...

First came the hot yoga studio, then the smoothie place, the brewery, and the dog walking service. Now the latest trend in gentrification is all about the ax...

Are you tired of politics yet? Or perhaps you’re tired of the multitude of social media posts by friends who just learned the word ‘socialist’ and still can’...

If you have been paying attention to the Trump administration, you're probably suffering from spinning head syndrome or whiplash. The news coming out every d...

Since the end of the Great Recession in 2010, one of the big stories in demographics and urban planning has been the trend of Millennials flocking to cities....

Lark Street between Washington and Madison Avenues in Albany is a popular mixed-use business district in the middle of an existing walkable neighborhood and ...

Another day, another complaint about nearly any transit system from friends on Facebook who live here in Albany or elsewhere across the country. Not a week g...

Yes. Yes we can. That is all. #girlgonesmart

It has been a pretty rough week for a thousand reasons but my husband, who knows me better than all, knew just the solution - June Farms. I had never been bu...

Every once in a while I like to pull together a list of good books I've written about, but this time I'm going to do a list of the places our blogger Chrys h...

Ask nearly anyone what constitutes a milestone and they will probably respond that it is an important event that marks the end of one arc in a story and sign...

Of all the topics inside and out of my professional life one that comes up directly or indirectly more than almost any other is infrastructure. It makes sens...

Albany Ghost Story to be premiered at Siena College and then traveling to International Festival in Eastern Europe. WHO: Piper Theatre Productions and Siena...

Hi everyone in the Girl Gone Smart Universe! My name is Dan Jeanson and I'm an urban planner. Judging by the follow-up questions that I usually get when I te...

I know this one is going to be a bit different then usual my dear readers but hear me out on this. It happens pretty often that we're in a hurry. Didn't get ...

For tonight's adventures dear readers we'll be heading back to Albany to try a place that's a good representation of what New York state has to offer. My fri...

Dear Girl Gone Smart Readers, I'm very excited to be writing for you about food. I hope you'll go easy on me as this is the first blog I've ever written, but...