Writing
Longform Journalism and Personal Essays
Feature
Clean Up Crew
Area professionals advance green initiatives within their companies and institutions.
environment, Pittsburgh
Feature
Owner of Troubled Valmar Gardens Apartments Has Record of Problem Properties, Unpaid Taxes and ‘Shell Games’
Investor leaves trail of failed properties and bankruptcies, leaving residents and others to deal with the mess.
economic development, housing, Pittsburgh, PublicSource
Feature
‘Milking’: How Some Absentee Property Owners Contribute to Blight in the Pittsburgh Region
For some landlords, strategic negligence reaps financial rewards, but at tenants’ expense.
economic development, gentrification, housing, PublicSource
Essay
Intimacy
A young family tries to grow a yard and a life together.
family, parenting, Nature Field Guide, relationships
Sublimescapes, Profile
Eat This One, Not That
Western Pennsylvania man spreads his zeal for mushroom foraging.
Urban Nature News
Sublimescapes
Graveyard Perspectives: The second in a Series of Cemetery Excursions
More cemetery walks, in search of solace and nature.
Personal Field Guide, death
Mark's Book
For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. And one in every three of these urban residents now lives in what the United Nations terms a slum — an informal settlement where land ownership is insecure.
Mark traveled around the world to gather stories from these places, to hear residents talk about their fears and struggles, their hopes and joys ... Read more.
Mark's Book
For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. And one in every three of these urban residents now lives in what the United Nations terms a slum — an informal settlement where land ownership is insecure.
Mark traveled around the world to gather stories from these places, to hear residents talk about their fears and struggles, their hopes and joys ... Read more.