STUNNING mid-century modern ranch remodel in central Phoenix’s Melrose on 7th area
The High Cost of Free Parking (Video)
Donald Shoup explains why the cost of curbside parking should be increased in order to reduce congestion and make more parking available.
Cities in Focus | New York City (Weekend Watch)
A great video on creating the “greatest, greenest big city in the world.”
Friday Five: Saving the Suburbs Edition
This week’s articles take a closer look at the suburbs
Messy Urbanism: Diversity in Disorder
The most vibrant cities I’ve lived in or visited share one thing in common. They are messy.
How I stack up on the ‘BBC’ Reading List
There is a meme (re)circulating around Facebook recently. It asks readers to look at a list of 100 books compiled by the BBC.
Landscape Urbanism: Recognizing Nature in the City
Landscape Urbanism is an evolving field of study and practice that views landscape rather than architecture as the basis of contemporary urbanism.
Americans Don’t Walk Much
Good thing walking isn’t an Olympic sport, because Americans aren’t very good at it.
The Right to the City
“The right to the city is not merely a right of access to what already exists, but a right to change it after our heart’s desire.”
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces: The Street Corner
A clip of William H. Whyte’s The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces that looks at why some open spaces of cities work for people and others don’t.