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Make Small Plans

Posted by: Tim Halbur

20 October 2009 - 1:00pm

In contrast to the classic Burnham plea, Andrew M. Manshel says that planning big often misses the essential nature of the urban experience.

"The importance of small ideas to urban revitalization isn’t widely appreciated. Particularly in the most recent real-estate cycle, many planners, design professionals, and developers produced grand schemes instead. But profound change is more likely to result from a deeply considered idea that alters an essential component of an urban environment than from an elaborate master plan that requires abundant resources and considerable political capital."

Full Story: A Place Is Better Than a Plan
Source: City Journal, October 19, 2009
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