Cities should be designed around what is most permanent, especially streets, where the stakes of getting them right are highest.
The threat is not modern architecture. It is losing fine-grained urban structure while preserving enough historic vocabulary to make the loss look compatible.
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.
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Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
Wal-Mart, other big boxes, join Main Street
Wal-Mart, the king of discount superstores on suburban commercial strips, has apparently discovered a new market — city dwellers. Wal-Mart recently...
Alameda, County, California, which encompasses most of East
Alameda, County, California, which encompasses most of East San Francisco Bay, including Oakland, has adopted a “pedestrian master plan” aimed at...
The Congress for the New Urbanism is
The Congress for the New Urbanism is asking for Charter Award entries. Submissions are due by January 31. See www.cnu.org for more details. u
NorthWest Crossing thrives in downturn
NorthWest Crossing, a traditional neighborhood development in Bend, Oregon, has found a way to increase its sales despite the sharp drop in real...
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