A Sense of Place

A Sense of Place is now available for pre-order and will be released in October 2026. Reserve your copy today, and we’ll send it to you as soon as our shipment arrives. You’ll receive an email notification when your book ships.

This is the story of turning a forgotten, environmentally compromised industrial property in a shipbuilding town into an award-winning mixed-use community. Inspired by the public squares of the British Isles, this neighborhood became a “new town,” rich with monumental art and cultural events.

In an era when infrastructure favors cars over people—and separates where we live from where we work—one development team set out to break apart all previous notions about what could be done to create an unexpected urban gem. They navigated layers of bureaucracy, found inspiration overseas, and even enlisted a Pulitzer Prize–winning native son to help bring a bold, new vision to life.

A Sense of Place is a compelling chronicle of community transformation, artistic ambition, and the power of civic imagination to shape a place people are proud to call home.