The work of this small-scale developer shows why cities shouldn’t be so restrictive about building in their own vernacular.
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Any attempt to design cities that are for people and not cars is all for naught if there are no means to finance it.
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Globally beloved animator Hayao Miyazaki has a secret he’s been hiding in plain sight for years: he’s one of the best urban designers and thinkers of our time.
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Many Rhode Island cities have “good bones” — the infrastructure, walkable neighborhoods, and sturdy buildings that could build resilience and prosperity. So why are so many cities in The Ocean State squandering that inheritance now?
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The failure of Boston planners to reestablish traditional patterns of building and development has left the city poorer.
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A bill making its way through the Vermont legislature could be a model for making communities more affordable, more walkable, and more prosperous.
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After World War II, the federal government subsidized a massive suburban experiment that was completely unprecedented in human history. But—as a mostly-forgotten 1942 manual by the Department of Commerce makes clear—it didn’t have to be that way.
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