09.16.2025
A proposal to turn a John Portman-designed skybridge into a space that celebrates the city’s history and design legacy.
A proposal to turn a John Portman-designed skybridge into a space that celebrates the city’s history and design legacy.
09.08.2025
An L.A-born urban planner finds traces of home in the Midwest.
An L.A-born urban planner finds traces of home in the Midwest.
08.19.2025
Why and how I became a citizen urban planner and advocate.
Why and how I became a citizen urban planner and advocate.
07.14.2025
Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
Planner Hillary Brown on how underpopulated areas across the U.S. could absorb population resettlements resulting from sea-level rise, flooding, wildfires, and extreme heat.
07.02.2025
Planning policies reflect a deep disdain for the poor, prioritizing elite aesthetics over social equity.
Planning policies reflect a deep disdain for the poor, prioritizing elite aesthetics over social equity.
06.30.2025
With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
05.19.2025
QUIMBY—Quality In My Backyard—is a movement to harness the urgency of YIMBYs to build neighborhoods that even NIMBYs can love.
QUIMBY—Quality In My Backyard—is a movement to harness the urgency of YIMBYs to build neighborhoods that even NIMBYs can love.
04.16.2025
Rebuilding doesn’t have to mean sterile development. Just look at the innovative and resilient ways people are already doing it.
Rebuilding doesn’t have to mean sterile development. Just look at the innovative and resilient ways people are already doing it.
03.19.2025
In the wake of the L.A. fires, a different strategy is required.
In the wake of the L.A. fires, a different strategy is required.
01.13.2025
Sara Bronin’s new book, Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World, is a deep, accessible dive into the prosaic realms of urban planning.
Sara Bronin’s new book, Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World, is a deep, accessible dive into the prosaic realms of urban planning.
12.04.2024
If your town isn’t cultivating its own economic growth, then it’s being mined for someone else’s profit.
If your town isn’t cultivating its own economic growth, then it’s being mined for someone else’s profit.
11.27.2024
Continued inaction could leave us with fewer, and far riskier, options for mitigating a warming Earth.
Continued inaction could leave us with fewer, and far riskier, options for mitigating a warming Earth.
11.01.2024
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
City council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal soon.
10.02.2024
A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history.
A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history.
08.05.2024
Empty office towers are likely to remain that way for years.
Empty office towers are likely to remain that way for years.
07.24.2024
Havana, Tokyo, and Paris offer successful examples of how it might work.
Havana, Tokyo, and Paris offer successful examples of how it might work.
07.22.2024
YIMBYS get a lot wrong about the legendary citizen planner.
YIMBYS get a lot wrong about the legendary citizen planner.
06.17.2024
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
05.22.2024
Toward the New Urban Place and away from the Industrial Development Complex.
Toward the New Urban Place and away from the Industrial Development Complex.
01.17.2024
The Smiling Gecko project in Cambodia addresses a more complex and systemic view of community life.
The Smiling Gecko project in Cambodia addresses a more complex and systemic view of community life.
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