Some neighborhoods can feel downright hostile, especially to outsiders. But many places have become this way due to inhospitable design, not inhospitable people.
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This advocacy group created the first online map to show how an entire state zones for housing. And they want to take the effort nationwide.
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It’s time we change our zoning rules to allow more small commercial spaces to help spice up and enliven our residential streets and neighborhoods.
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Street trees provide a lot of pragmatic benefits to a community—and they also serve a social purpose.
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This week, our Neighborhood Storyteller explores the important joy of simply being in public amongst one’s community members.
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We’ve explored why new housing is so expensive…but why is it often the same case for used housing?
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Who will move on to the championship round next week? Their fate is in your hands!
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This video series shows why engineers have such different priorities from the rest of us. As Planetizen puts it, “If you’re not yet outraged, prepare to be.”
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Humans aren’t the only “pedestrians” who benefit from safer, more walkable places.
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Redeveloping just 10 percent of strip malls could fill a nine-year supply of housing in the Boston region, a new study finds. What could similar efforts elsewhere do?
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A small house, framed by lilacs, in a walkable neighborhood—and the charm of sharing that space with a neighbor who seems to always be out and about.
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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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M*A*S*H, small footprint design, and chalk art. These are just some of the stories from around the internet that Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
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Results of Round 2 of the Strongest Town competition…and a look ahead to Round 3.
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Rosemarie Rossetti is an author, speaker, and leader in the field of universal design.
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When gas prices spike, the core issue we, as a nation, should be fixating on is car dependency.
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Every time gasoline and oil prices spike, Americans panic—but don’t do anything to change the system. This is a cycle that cannot continue.
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From its one-time status as one of America’s most prosperous cities, Hartford, CT, is now one of the poorest—no thanks to its mid-twentieth-century urban renewal projects.
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In this town where so many people have front-lawn gardens, why is anyone still arguing that they shouldn’t be allowed?
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This document shows just how much our arcane land-use regulations prohibit neighborhoods from developing organically and un-self-consciously.
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