05.24.2023
What can the law teach architecture, and vice-versa? Sara Bronin, head of the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, knows.
What can the law teach architecture, and vice-versa? Sara Bronin, head of the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, knows.
05.16.2023
It’s time to expand our vision to include slower, more human-scaled speeds of transportation.
It’s time to expand our vision to include slower, more human-scaled speeds of transportation.
04.10.2023
Cities need to prepare for a wave of declining churches.
Cities need to prepare for a wave of declining churches.
04.03.2023
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
Through a state-mandated use of form-based codes and a focus on “grand boulevards” of underutilized commercial strips, the number of potential units expands by orders of magnitude.
03.27.2023
The seaweed found in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay, and the East River could suck up carbon and pollutants, bolstering marine ecosystems.
The seaweed found in Newtown Creek, Gowanus Bay, and the East River could suck up carbon and pollutants, bolstering marine ecosystems.
03.15.2023
The racist truth about our urban highways.
The racist truth about our urban highways.
03.08.2023
It’s every city ever built by humans until a century ago.
It’s every city ever built by humans until a century ago.
03.07.2023
The city is falling woefully short of its Vision Zero goals.
The city is falling woefully short of its Vision Zero goals.
02.13.2023
A talk with landscape architect Tom Balsley about Long Island City’s Hunter’s Point South Park.
A talk with landscape architect Tom Balsley about Long Island City’s Hunter’s Point South Park.
01.30.2023
Many of them are easy and low-cost.
Many of them are easy and low-cost.
01.18.2023
The city reported zero pedestrian deaths on its streets in 2022. Planner Mike Lydon tells us how they did it.
The city reported zero pedestrian deaths on its streets in 2022. Planner Mike Lydon tells us how they did it.
01.17.2023
The homeless crisis is just part of a larger problem: our suburban form.
The homeless crisis is just part of a larger problem: our suburban form.
11.29.2022
It must create places compelling enough to compete with our phones.
It must create places compelling enough to compete with our phones.
11.28.2022
A set of placemaking tools for creating cities and towns.
A set of placemaking tools for creating cities and towns.
11.09.2022
A new book comprehensively captures a cutting-edge New Urbanist experiment in the Sonoran Desert.
A new book comprehensively captures a cutting-edge New Urbanist experiment in the Sonoran Desert.
11.02.2022
Gleaming new high-rise towers stand alongside older family homes. Climate change puts both at risk—but on starkly different timetables.
Gleaming new high-rise towers stand alongside older family homes. Climate change puts both at risk—but on starkly different timetables.
08.31.2022
America’s biggest financial threat isn’t excessive government spending.
America’s biggest financial threat isn’t excessive government spending.
08.10.2022
How the old mill town of Cabbagetown, in Atlanta, was reborn.
How the old mill town of Cabbagetown, in Atlanta, was reborn.
08.02.2022
The first in a multipart series on the value of architecture.
The first in a multipart series on the value of architecture.
07.27.2022
A talk with the congressman about the future of that troubled urban highway.
A talk with the congressman about the future of that troubled urban highway.
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