Driving Toward Bankruptcy? L.A. Is Almost There
01.21.2026
We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.
We should be designing Los Angeles for 2075, not 1975.
urban planning
It’s 2026: Time for a Comprehensive Plan for New York City
01.05.2026
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and social value instead of the real estate industry.
Mayor Mamdani has the opportunity to finally provide a planning vision that supports residents and social value instead of the real estate industry.
You’re Not Antisocial, But Your Neighborhood Might Be
12.22.2025
When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn’t need to be engineered; it emerges.
When the physical form of a place supports proximity, routine encounters, and a diversity of public life, civic engagement doesn’t need to be engineered; it emerges.
A Requiem for MIT’s Room 10-485
11.03.2025
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
Memories of a space whose unique qualities helped nurture a burgeoning planner from East Los Angeles.
The Atlanta We Inherit: History, Architecture, and the Fight for Public Space
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.
Kansas City: Wandering the Middle Ground
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.
Courtyard Urbanism: What’s Missing From American Cities
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.
Confronting the Reality of Climate Displacement
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.
The Irony of Nigeria’s Resilient Democracy and Growing Legacy of Urban Tyranny
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.
Andrés Duany and Others on the Legacy of Léon Krier
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.
Can Quality Solve L.A.’s Housing Crisis?
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.
After the Ashes in LA: “The Future Is Right in Front of You”
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.
Gentle Density: A Housing Approach to Thwart NIMBY Resistance
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.
Unlocking the Mysteries of Zoning
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.
Why Gardening Should Be Our Metaphor for Local Development
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.
Turning Point: The Three Climate-Planning Scenarios Available to Us
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.
The ‘City of Yes’ Will Make a Big Manhattan Mess
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.
The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis
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.
The Deceptive Grandeur of City Skylines
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.
Urban Farming: A Sustainable Pathway Out of Nigeria’s Unfolding Food Crisis
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.
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