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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
We will discuss a classic book about urbanism, the 1961 book that inspired the New Urbanism movement of the 1980s. It was a warning to city leaders in the 1960s that they were destroying their cities under the guise of rescuing them, and a detailed alternative approach that was based on streets, neighborhoods and the…
The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
“The 15-Minute City” is a plea for urban leaders to rethink how neighborhoods work. The change it advocates: Bring nearly everything people need for daily life within a 15-minute walk, bike ride or bus ride, including housing, work, shopping, health care, education and entertainment. If we did this, the book argues, neighborhoods and cities would…
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
“Arbitrary Lines” is about the damage done to cities and neighborhoods by zoning. The “big ideas” for Urban Atlanta: