City On Film

Friday Eye Candy: Dallas, Transformed Into Poetry

Dallas is a subject in a visual experiment titled "A City is a Poem."

February 26, 2016 - The Dallas Morning News

Friday Eye Candy: New York Street Life in High Definition

A few minutes of the film "Street" by James Nares shows only a few seconds of life in New York City—but such poetry is found there.

October 31, 2014 - James Nares

The Dramatic Impact of LED Streetlights on Celluloid

Los Angeles recently completed a comprehensive installation of LED streetlights—and New York City is not far behind. Among the unintended consequences of the new technology? Cities will now look completely different on film.

February 4, 2014 - No Film School

'My Winnipeg': City as Myth, Prison, and Home

An international film festival favorite, Guy Maddin's hard-to-classify documentary "My Winnipeg" revels in and at the same time mocks the Canadian city's mythologies.

June 22, 2008 - The Globe & Mail

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.