There were a lot of great articles and post on urbanism this week. Here is a cross-section of the best:

• When coworking comes to town: Many co-working spaces are in urban locations or in centers of communities, in part because independent workers who want contact with others gravitate to those settings. (New Urban Network)

• Why Street Art Matters: Street artists and muralists bring with them vibrant and new perspectives that architects or designers may not have. (The Cool Hunter)

• The soul of a city is in its people: We’ve got to figure out how to make our cities more livable and sustainable without triggering the seemingly inevitable march of gentrification. Because without diversity, cities are a lot less beautiful. (Grist)

• Baby & Hood: Studies suggest urban areas are less risky for children: A growing body of research shows that the traditional family dream home—a large house on a big lot in a quiet suburb—may actually be more dangerous for children than many inner-city neighborhoods (National Post)

• Monkey See, Monkey Don’t: Economic Development as a Whole New Animal:The neighborhood is the unit of sustainable urbanism. But what if we went back to the notion that the region is the unit of sustainable economic development? (PlaceShakers and NewsMakers)