Philip Langdon

Philip Langdon writes on design and community from New Haven, Connecticut. His most recent book is Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All.

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The Architecture of Community

By Léon Krier, edited by Dhiru A. Thadani and Peter J. Hetzel
If you’ve never read Léon Krier, you’ve missed a tremendous pleasure.

PHILIP LANGDONJUN. 1, 2009
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For cities and streets, 101 salvations

Walkable City Rules: 101 Steps to Making Better Places shows how to make communities walkable—and better places to live.
PHILIP LANGDONDEC. 17, 2018
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The urban anxieties of Richard Florida

Grass-roots revitalization is taking place in many American cities, an antidote to the "winner takes all urbanism" described in The New Urban Crisis.
PHILIP LANGDONAPR. 17, 2017