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 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
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When is density good, and when is it harmful to cities?

Providing density that supports a high quality of life requires a love for cities, putting ‘urbanism’ front and center, according to noted urban designers.
PHILIP LANGDONAPR. 17, 2023
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How urbanism, density, and spatial enclosure are related

Dhiru Thadani and Matt Bell, along with the CNU-DC Chapter board, orchestrated the recent Council on “Density Without Urbanism/Urbanism Without Density.” They see the event as the beginning of a series of CNU discussions on density and urbanism. “We...
PHILIP LANGDONAPR. 18, 2023