Cohousing builds connections in part through regular communal meals, activities, meetings and shared management of the building.
How to Build Strong Towns That Are Irresistible to Tourists
Healthy neighborhoods are just as important as a downtown core.
Healthy neighborhoods are just as important as a downtown core.
How Affordable Housing Distracts People From Housing Affordability
The story here in Brainerd is a familiar one for North American cities.
The story here in Brainerd is a familiar one for North American cities.
How Modern America Is Optimized for Loneliness, Misery and Poor Health
The APA findings align with the Surgeon General’s 2023 declaration of a loneliness epidemic and 2021 Harvard research that found “36% of all Americans — including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children — feel ‘serious loneliness.’”
The APA findings align with the Surgeon General’s 2023 declaration of a loneliness epidemic and 2021 Harvard research that found “36% of all Americans — including 61% of young adults and 51% of mothers with young children — feel ‘serious loneliness.’”
Colorado Banned Most Occupancy Limits. Here Is Why It Matters
There are rooms within homes that are empty, not because somebody doesn't want another person to live there, but simply because it's against the rules in that city to have someone who doesn't share your last name or isn’t related to you by blood.
There are rooms within homes that are empty, not because somebody doesn’t want another person to live there, but simply because it’s against the rules in that city to have someone who doesn’t share your last name or isn’t related to you by blood.
Avoiding the Mall Death Spiral for Fun and Profit
When a mall reaches the Spirit Halloween death spiral, even the wiliest of creative consultants paid for by state grants probably can’t put Humpty together again.
When a mall reaches the Spirit Halloween death spiral, even the wiliest of creative consultants paid for by state grants probably can’t put Humpty together again.
City Engineers Are Unbelievably Out of Touch on Parking Reform
Some groups and individuals don’t support parking reform because they think this is a local issue that the state shouldn’t be involved in.
Some groups and individuals don’t support parking reform because they think this is a local issue that the state shouldn’t be involved in.
Alienation Is a Losing Game: What Urbanists Can Learn from the Haters
I wanted to understand why my columns attracted so much vitriol, and talking to people online wasn’t helping. So I figured, why not? Let’s meet in person.
I wanted to understand why my columns attracted so much vitriol, and talking to people online wasn’t helping. So I figured, why not? Let’s meet in person.
Dignity, Inclusivity and Walkability: How Public Bathrooms Help Cities Flourish
A tucked-away public bathroom in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, was in the basement of a building on the main drag.
A tucked-away public bathroom in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, was in the basement of a building on the main drag.
How Parking Ratios Kill Homes
The only way Edlen could fit a parking space for every home in the downtown Walden building was through a mechanical stacking system that fits three cars into the space of one.
The only way Edlen could fit a parking space for every home in the downtown Walden building was through a mechanical stacking system that fits three cars into the space of one.
What’s There to Do Here? How Social Activities Expose a City’s Values
I’m in my stay-at-home-mom era and it’s more of an adventure than I ever imagined it would be.
I’m in my stay-at-home-mom era and it’s more of an adventure than I ever imagined it would be.
Here Is What Vision Zero Should Really Look Like
There are a lot of public officials who campaign on a platform that includes Vision Zero, the notion that our transportation systems should, above all else, be safe.
There are a lot of public officials who campaign on a platform that includes Vision Zero, the notion that our transportation systems should, above all else, be safe.
Who Hates a Hot Dog? Parking Mandates Ban a Beloved Food Truck
I love talking and learning more about the hard-working people who have made businesses out of a trailer or truck offering these meaty delights.
I love talking and learning more about the hard-working people who have made businesses out of a trailer or truck offering these meaty delights.
Practical Ways Public Art Can Strengthen Your Community
New to the idea of Jane’s Walks? They’re a celebration of neighborhoods and cities, often from the point of view of everyday people, in honor of legendary urban thinker Jane Jacobs.
New to the idea of Jane’s Walks? They’re a celebration of neighborhoods and cities, often from the point of view of everyday people, in honor of legendary urban thinker Jane Jacobs.
The Drip Effect: A Small Change Can Be Powerful, Too
The trunk was full of gifts: a massive bouquet of sunflowers, a dozen Nightlight donuts, a pot of jambalaya and a bag of hand-me-down clothing from one toddler-mom to another.
The trunk was full of gifts: a massive bouquet of sunflowers, a dozen Nightlight donuts, a pot of jambalaya and a bag of hand-me-down clothing from one toddler-mom to another.
Whatever Works (Doing What You Can to Survive the Housing Crisis)
Sometimes a story takes a number of years to ripen. And sometimes two or three stories merge in unexpected ways.
Sometimes a story takes a number of years to ripen. And sometimes two or three stories merge in unexpected ways.