Buff Chace, a downtown developer in Providence, Rhode Island, was the first recipient of the Sisyphus Implementation Medal.
The history of master street plans, why they enable the richness and diversity of incremental development, and how they are being applied today—reported on CNU's On the Park Bench.
Two studies show the enormous potential for housing fronting underutilized commercial strip arterials.
The body of literature is growing, but alleyways remain underresearched and underutilized assets for American reurbanization. Regardless, these latent spaces already complete many of our favorite cities.
This structural brick masonry ADU demonstrates the feasibility of this technique, and it is gorgeous.
The Razorback Greenway is already influencing growth in Northwest Arkansas, but this may be only the beginning. Other regions are taking similar steps.
Features
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
Construction began on the town center of King
Construction began on the town center of King Farm, a new urbanist project in Rockville, Maryland. The town center will include 125,000 square feet...
Sprawl repair prototypes
As communities seek to fix broken real estate economies, new building prototypes that can both repair damaged urban fabric and garner financing are...
Allen, Stan
Designer, writer
In its heyday, Longview Farm in Lee’s
In its heyday, Longview Farm in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, about 20 miles from downtown Kansas City, was one of the premier horse farms in the country....



