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announcing more urban insights at urbanpointofview.com
Today marks the launch of a related site, UrbanPointofView, which provides a compilation and “portfolio” of my interdisciplinary approach to urban land use issues. For an integrated summary of urban...
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the streetscape of light rail opposition
Bellevue, Washington has been alive with debate about planned light rail alignments in and around its downtown this year, with Sound Transit, the regional transit agency, often at loggerheads with...
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This entry presents two of my favorite, cutting edge blogs, one venerable and accomplished, one new. First, long-time blogger and thought leader of the built environment-social media interface, Cindy...
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myurbanist republished: Real Estate Law & Industry Report examines light rail...
Thanks to BNA’s Real Estate Law and Industry Report, the June 1 myurbanist piece appears anew: Related Posts:“Urbanism Without Effort” at Town Hall: June 19ththree simple methods to inspire urban...
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why not unicycle urbanism?
For that quick errand in the compact neighborhood, why not? A passing unicycle in a Seattle suburb led to a brief Labor Day research project, yielding a comprehensive overview from New York last June,...
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“report card urbanism”: Benfield’s 2008 smart growth challenge
When I started contributing to local publications in 2009, one clear role model was Kaid Benfield, the Natural Resource Defense Council’s (NRDC) Director of Sustainable Communities and Smart Growth....
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the legal footprint of form-based codes in Washington state
Here is an informational overview, not intended as legal advice (nor reflective of any client perspective), about the underpinnings for Form-Based Codes in Washington State. Thanks to Seattle attorney...
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busting barriers and achieving the urban balance
Cities are the focal point of interaction between human and natural systems and are the laboratories of how best to live—call it “achieving the urban balance”. We all have pictures of what that...
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Portland: framing the question of place
Visits to other cities can easily create “grass is always greener responses” which are hardly complete analyses of a place and its problems. Yet these human, spontaneous gestalts are worth noting,...
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Obama and the Middle East, urban sustainability and detente
Could sustainability principles pave the path to peace? President Obama’s strategic statements about the Middle East last Thursday (and as clarified to AIPAC on Sunday) were not city-specific, but...
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how the imagery of “urbanized” motivates better places
Seattle-based writer and futurist Alex Steffen (left) joins Gary Hustwit on stage As a survey text in visual form, Gary Hustwit’s Urbanized is a frank introduction to the buzz about cities in our age...
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a myurbanist rerun: reclaiming the urban memory
preface One inspiration for my new book, Urbanism Without Effort, came in 2010, from an unexpected find in a Seattle used bookstore. This discovery led to interviews and exposure to incomparable...
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places people go 9.0
In London, Covent Garden Station and surrounds present a multimodal crossroads of people on their way. Image composed by the author in London. Click on the image for more detail. © 2009-2015...
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how to think about access in evolving Seattle
Questions and answers about accessing cities and neighborhoods once spoke the language of exit ramps, street widening and parking adequacy. Now, different conversations, and varied imagery, create...
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maximizing inclusion while responding to change in Seattle
Now that Mayor Ed Murray has shifted Housing and Livability Agenda (HALA) priorities away from changes to single-family zones and back toward Seattle’s traditional focus on density and urban village...
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