• Small apartments in single-family neighborhoods

    A Midwest city considers an affordable option to house more families in walkable neighborhoods.
    To relieve a worsening shortage of housing, Minneapolis planners have suggested allowing the construction of four-unit apartment buildings in nearly all neighborhoods, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports . The proposal to ease zoning restrictions on single-family neighborhoods would help fulfill...Read more

  • Scully at Seaside

    A four-story-high mural of Vincent Scully, a Yale professor of architectural history over five decades, was unveiled at Seaside, Florida, in late February. The mural, commissioned by Seaside developer Robert Davis and DC-based architect Dhiru Thadani, was painted by Baltimore public muralist Andrew...Read more

  • Why classical is classic

    Architecture that is scaled to and reflects the human body is endlessly fascinating.
    New York City architect Gaither Pratt recently drew and posted the image above left on Pro-Urb, the Internet list for professional urbanists. Others sent historical images on the right. Pratt explains: "On my subway rides around New York City I like to sketch people to pass the time. I’ve noticed...Read more

  • When the highway hit Buffalo

    These photos are taken from the same spot in Buffalo, New York (see highlighted church steeple)—in the early 20th Century and recently. The photo at left captures the city in the early stage of demolishing a beautiful street to make way for a highway. As transportation engineer Ian Lockwood wrote...Read more