Sean McCaughan assesses conditions on the ground three years after the city adopted a form-based roadmap.
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Miami’s New Urbanist Experiment
Sean McCaughan assesses conditions on the ground three years after the city adopted a form-based roadmap.How can we reimagine public space accessible to all citizens of Beirut?
How can we reimagine a public space that has been divided by civil war, sectarianism, and capitalist redevelopment?How can we reimagine a public space that has been divided by civil war, sectarianism, and capitalist redevelopment?
Toronto’s Revolt
Upon becoming Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford killed existing public transit plans, declaring the "war on the car" over. Now a coalition of urbanists and a majority of city council members are turning against Ford's subway-only plan.Upon becoming Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford killed existing public transit plans, declaring the “war on the car” over. Now a coalition of urbanists and a majority of city council members are turning against Ford’s subway-only plan.
How About Gardening or Golfing at the Mall?
Cleveland’s Galleria at Erieview, like many malls across the country, is suffering.Cleveland’s Galleria at Erieview, like many malls across the country, is suffering.
The Greening of Houston
After many years, Buffalo Bayou is finally coming on its Nixon in China moment.After many years, Buffalo Bayou is finally coming on its Nixon in China moment.
Dublin Grows Upward
The City of Dublin is an affluent Columbus suburb typically known for it’s good schools, easy access to jobs, and low density housing and retail developments that have rapidly sprawled outward over the past forty years.The City of Dublin is an affluent Columbus suburb typically known for it’s good schools, easy access to jobs, and low density housing and retail developments that have rapidly sprawled outward over the past forty years.
Urban Agriculture as Green Infrastructure
It’s easy to list the reasons why we are supposed to love urban agriculture: the food it yields is fresh and local; the farming it requires is fun and social; the effect on neighborhoods is revitalizing and healthy.It’s easy to list the reasons why we are supposed to love urban agriculture: the food it yields is fresh and local; the farming it requires is fun and social; the effect on neighborhoods is revitalizing and healthy.
Sustainable is not enough: a call for regenerative cities
Urban resource consumption and waste disposal is widely seen as the root cause of many of the world’s environmental problems.Urban resource consumption and waste disposal is widely seen as the root cause of many of the world’s environmental problems.
Portland’s Public Toilets
Why Portland's Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others FailedWhy Portland’s Public Toilets Succeeded Where Others Failed
The rise of the Megacity
The rapid increase in the number of cities home to more than 10 million people will bring huge challenges … and opportunitiesThe rapid increase in the number of cities home to more than 10 million people will bring huge challenges … and opportunities
Decline of affordable housing has many causes
You don’t have to be an economist to know that family income for the last three decades has accelerated at a much slower pace than the cost of housing, compounding the difficulty low- and moderate-income people face in seeking affordable housing.You don’t have to be an economist to know that family income for the last three decades has accelerated at a much slower pace than the cost of housing, compounding the difficulty low- and moderate-income people face in seeking affordable housing.
Cleveland Clinic’s new master plan
Cleveland Clinic's new master plan envisions bigger, greener campus with ample room to grow for decadesCleveland Clinic’s new master plan envisions bigger, greener campus with ample room to grow for decades
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