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Untying The Urban Garlic Knot
Older city neighborhoods often have good housing stock, and efforts to stabilize some of them are working. But can these efforts scale to the point…
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Bill Fulton
Garlic Knot Cities
The centers of these legacy cities are dense and satisfying. The suburbs are doing fine. But what are the neighborhoods in between?
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The question is not how to get people back to the office workplace. The question is what do office-based workers need to thrive.
Maybe people who type all day for a living need something more than sitting in the extra bedroom, joining the occasional zoom call, and picking up the…
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"Even Though We've Become Untethered, We Must Find Ways To Reconnect With What's Relevant"
A conversation about the future of workplaces with Lisa Picard of Oxygen Investment Management, an urban planner and one of the nation's leading experts…
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May 2025

How Shops Can Help Revive City Neighborhoods
Big urban shopping malls and office-supported retail are out. But authentic urban bookstores and catalogue stores are in.
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Build More Of Everything, Closer Together
Noah Smith says "shops" will save American cities. Nope. After Covid, the secret to vibrant American urban streets involves businesses that require…
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Some College Towns Are On "The Wrong Side Of Where"
Towns that host mid-market colleges will struggle in the future. But that doesn't mean the lessons of great college towns can't be learned by these…
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What College Towns Can Teach Us About The Future Of Where
They're dense, walkable, and high-amenity. The demand for that kind of town far exceeds the supply -- which is a lesson we need to learn and act on.
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How To Make "Edge Towns" Affordable And Sustainable
We love living on and visiting "the edge" -- close to the ocean and other beautiful but fragile natural places. But can we really keep these places…
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The Lure Of The Edge Town
People like hanging out on the edge of something compelling, like an ocean. But how can we make sure "edge towns" are both sustainable and affordable?
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How To Turn A Dead Mall Into An Urban Hotel
You can't just plug the retail gaps. You've got to blast past the retail mentality and be intentional about how you do it.
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Dead Mall As Urban Hotel
The suburbs needs strong and dynamic places to face-to-face gathering. Revitalization of dead malls can play this role -- but only if the re-do is done…
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