Hi! I am Nick Grossman - urbanist, technologist and neighborhood handyman. I'm interested in the intersection of cities and the Internet. At work, I'm Managing Director of Civic Commons and Open Cities Evangelist at OpenPlans. I live in Boston and have an amazing wife and two great kids. This is my Big Boy Blog. More about me, me, me →

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Streetsblog Launched

I am happy to announce the launch of another great NYC website: StreetsBlog. A project of the NYC Streets Renaissance Campaign and edited by NYC transportation/planning blogger Aaron Naparstek, this site will take a critical look at transportation issues in our area. I’ve been a fan of Aaron’s writing for some time, so it was [...]

GRDN featured at CubeCart.com

GRDN has been getting a lot of attention lately – thanks to everyone for sending in your comments. Most notably, it has been chosen as a featured case study at CubeCart.com (one of two, randomly highlighted on the homepage). Cube Cart is the e-commerce package we used, chosen mainly because it’s the only php-based e-commerce [...]

It’s My Park Day

This Saturday at 4pm in Carroll Park, Frannie will be unveiling her brand new splatter-painted garbage can!

Museum Mile Festival

If you haven’t heard about it, the Museum Mile Festival is coming up again this June 13th. Every June, 23 blocks of 5th Avenue (between 82nd & 105th Streets) are closed for a giant block party – pretty awesome. All the museums along the mile open to the public, and there are all sorts of [...]

And off they go…

I’m proud to say that PPS and GRDN are both up and running. In fact, just the day after opening, GRDN got their first web order. Way to go!

Launch Weekend!

This weekend will be big – two great launches are coming up – the new and improved GRDN site, and a redesiged and realigned PPS.org. Stay tuned…

Hello, World!

This is the first post of the newly redesigned site. It’s nothing fancy, but I’m excited because I’ve always wanted a black-on-black site (and haven’t had the nerve to do it until now).  I’ll be adding more as I have time over the next few weeks.