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- Children, left behind by suburbia, need better community design https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2023/11/13/children-left-behind-suburbia-need-better-community-design 358 comments
- Christopher Alexander has died https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2022/03/18/christopher-alexander-1936-2022 131 comments
- We need ‘Goldilocks,’ not ‘voodoo,’ urbanism https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2019/01/16/we-need-%E2%80%98goldilocks%E2%80%99-not-%E2%80%98voodoo%E2%80%99-urbanism 13 comments
- When London’s Dragons Ruled Before Skyscrapers https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2018/12/27/dragon-boundary-markers 18 comments
- The next great urban reset https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2018/02/26/next-great-urban-reset 34 comments
- Sprawl and Obesity: NYC as a case study http://www.cnu.org/cnu-salons/2012/10/sprawl-and-obesity-nyc-case-study 10 comments
- Lancaster, California, spent $11.5m creating a pedestrian-friendly downtown. In just 4 years, it attracted $130m private investment, doubled its downtown tax revenue, created 48 new businesses and 800 new jobs, and road injuries decreased by two-thirds. Cities are for people. https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/lancaster-boulevard 8 comments anthropology
- Lancaster, California, spent $11.5m creating a pedestrian-friendly downtown. In just 4 years, it attracted $130m private investment, doubled its downtown tax revenue, created 48 new businesses and 800 new jobs, and road injuries decreased by two-thirds. Cities are for people. https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/lancaster-boulevard 200 comments economy