Consulting Services

In 1972 in Milwaukee Larry began his twin careers as a professor and practitioner. Over the next 50+ years he continued to intertwine his practical and theoretical expertise. In 2017 he was named the American Planning Association’s Planning Pioneer of the Year. His professional achievements have been recognized by Progressive Architecture, the American Institute of Architects, the Congress for the New Urbanism, the American Planning Association as well as local, state and regional organizations. Dr. Witzling led the Planning & Design Institute, Inc. (PDI), partnered with Jeffrey Ollswang in Design Competition Services where they conducted more than 20 national and international design competitions, and provided planning leadership at GRAEF engineering from 2008 until 2025. He is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee where he continues to teach new generations of planners and designers. His areas of practice (illustrated in the pages of this section) focus on:

Urban design for community development

  • Park East freeway redevelopment plan, Milwaukee 2003

  • Kenosha downtown design and develoopment 1991

  • Racine, Water Street redevelopmnet, 2023

  • Reconnection planning Highway 175, Milwaukee 2025

Expert testimony for planning practices

  • Town of Windsor and Village of DeForest annexation

  • Koshkonong Solar Array

  • Village of Caledonia, incorporation

  • Elkhorn and Town of Sugar Creek annexation

Design competition management

  • World Trade Center Memorial, New York City

  • Leesburg town cemnter and city hall

  • Pittsburgh Convention Center

  • Astronauts Memorial, Cape Canaveral

Property development for mixed use places

  • Luxembourg American Cultural Center

  • Monroe Street, Madison Wisconsin

  • Milwaukee River - North End, Flat Iron, Rivreside, Beerline

Development capacity analysis

  • Drexel Town Square, Oak Creek Wisconsin

  • Sun Prairie, West Prairie Village

  • Wauwatosa downtown and Regional Medical Center

The pages in this section include examples of his work over the last five decades.