Episode 5: Karen and Dan Parolek

This week, an interview with Karen and Dan Parolek of Opticos Design & Architecture. They've got a firm in Berkeley, CA and a new one in Seaside, FL, a landmark of New Urbanist planning.

For those of you just joining us, the gist of the Post-Car Culture podcast is to talk about the future of cities. Most American cities and towns were reshaped around the automobile into a shape that discourages community and wastes resources. A lot of people are looking at the big picture and realizing that by changing land use, the way we build our buildings and streets, we can repair the broken urban fabric. The Paroleks and I talked a lot about the basics of urban design and planning, and we enjoyed it so much I'm going to make this interview a two-parter.