Urbanism
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Looking forward to 2019, Chuck Wolfe reflects on how time living in London—and exposure to many other places during 2018— has highlighted how the physical shell of the old often frames today's sociocultural realities around the world.
The City Council overcame a last minute legal challenge to approve the Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan late last week.
Star Tribune
"Yes we actually did that."
Sightline Institute
Charles Wolfe calls attention to similarities between contemporary urbanism and yesterday's debunked utopias. The two may differ in substance, but both tend toward a certain level of dogma that isn't necessarily helpful on the ground.
Public Square: A CNU Journal
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A new era of civic-minded, urbanism-focused technology is here.
What does the flavor of your drink say about the flavor of your urbanism?
The Market Urbanism Report
Black Panther is a smash hit with critics and audiences. In addition to long-needed perspective about race, the movie has presented urbanism in a new light.
CityLab
A development proposal would add two new buildings in addition to major renovations in Larimer Square.
The Denver Post
Like so many other transportation policies, congestion pricing risks being sold for the wrong reasons.
StreetsBlog NYC
The product of a single developer, San Jose's Santana Row is a pocket of urbanism in a sea of sprawl. But can it influence development patterns beyond its bounds, and should it?
Public Square
Feature
These are the people that have had the most influence on the places and environments that we call home.
Greater Greater Washington contributors put their heads together and came up with a list of the favorite podcasts.
Greater Greater Washington
A new project is intended to forge connections between research and practice in the world of urbanism.
Public Square
Feature
After accepting nearly 200 nominees for consideration, we're asking for votes to determine the "Most Influential Urbanists" of all time.
The American Society of Landscape Architects' list of podcasts for landscape architects is heavy on planning-related content.
THE DIRT
Feature
The world has changed since Planetizen crowdsourced its "Top Urban Thinkers" in 2009. Which urban planners, designers, doers, and dreamers do you think have had the most influence on the world?
Essential reading from Alissa Walker.
Curbed
Blog post
Some argue that neighborhoods will be willing to accept new housing as long as it is high quality; this argument overlooks a wide variety of other objections to new housing.
This post is sure to inspire debate. The hope, however, is that it will inspire coordination.
Forbes
Feature
John Wesley leads the charge to introduce urbanism into mega-suburb of Mesa, Arizona.
