If not for COVID, it would have been the 20th annual Porchfest in Ithaca. The event offers lessons for urbanism.
A series of small, diverse developments in Edmond, Oklahoma, is building on the idea of inner-block urbanism.
“Amenity” is not a neutral description. It is an accounting decision—and Pensacola shows what a wider ledger can build.
Northwest Arkansas needs more infill and better-designed greenfield growth to improve the lives of its citizens, as its population expands to a million residents by 2050. How to achieve that is the issue.
Building communities that connect neighborhoods and promote social interaction among diverse people boosts economic prospects and overall health, and can even make the difference in a life-or-death crisis.
Expanding the range of housing choices enables new housing that adapts to the needs of a changing demographic.

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Population declining along metropolitan edges

Population growth at the far edge of American metropolitan areas has plummeted in the past few years.

Movement for Israeli Urbanism

Three hundred and fifty participants from all over Israel attended the first conference of Merhav, the Movement for Israeli Urbanism (MIU), held on...

Patrick L. Phillips to head ULI

Patrick L. Phillips, president and CEO of ERA AECOM (formerly Economics Research Associates), will become the new CEO of the Urban Land Institute...

Connecticut mill complex may become $300 million new urban community

New Urbanism has been slow to catch on in New England, partly because many suburban and rural municipalities don’t want much residential development...