• Historic shopping mall site slated for mixed-use

    A major shopping mall that influenced 20 th Century retail is slated to become a mixed-use urban center after getting key State of Michigan approvals in late July. Designed by Victor Gruen, Northland Center in Southfield, Michigan, predated the first enclosed mall. It began as a large outdoor...Read more

  • Ten social benefits of walkable places

    We shape our cities and then they shape us.
    Winston Churchill insightfully said of architecture, “we shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us.” That statement is even more true of communities and urban planning. Cities and towns are architecture writ large. Their assembly, often involving thousands of buildings, thoroughfares, and...Read more

  • Top 10 ‘15-minute city’ list headed by Miami

    Miami has the greatest potential for meeting 15-minute city goals, followed by San Francisco and Pittsburgh, according the first ranking of 15-minute city characteristics among large US cities.
    Of all big American cities, Miami has the greatest potential for meeting the geographic goals of the 15-minute city, according to a recent analysis by MoveBuddha.com . That Miami rose to the top over San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, and other more obvious choices as 15-minute cities is...Read more

  • A highway cap in El Paso: False road to equity?

    Editor’s note: As part of Public Square’s coverage of Freeways Without Futures 2021 , we explored briefly when it’s appropriate to cap a highway . We received this response from Sito Negron in El Paso, Texas, where the Texas Department of Transportation is planning a widening of I-10, working with...Read more