The “illusion” of community, ancient air-conditioning wisdom for the modern world, and speaking plain about the infrastructure bill. These are just some of the stories Strong Towns staff were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreWalking permits us to acquire more robust data about our surroundings than does traveling by car. Here are three questions to help guide you as you traverse your city on foot.
Read MoreThere is a human scale that has been forgotten here in America. Here’s how we might be able to reintegrate it into our cities.
Read MoreThomas Dougherty sees tremendous potential in alleys.
Read MoreA Studebaker factory once brought jobs to South Bend, IN, but what’s happened to the city (and its infrastructure) now that the factory has closed its doors?
Read MoreThis small city in Washington has been quietly making some very big zoning changes…
Read MoreLet’s look at how alleys fell out of favor in the American development pattern, and how this relates to zoning codes and ADUs.
Read MoreCleveland’s “richest poor neighborhood” is empowering its neighbors to help each other.
Read MoreWe glorify our country’s rough-and-tumble entrepreneurial history, yet we often look down on people who embody it today, and on the commercial landscapes that result.
Read MoreIs it worth investing in something that (seemingly) has no practical function? If we want to strengthen our neighborhoods, sometimes the answer is “yes.”
Read MoreLooking at the history of the alley reveals not only why they were once so useful, but why they are underutilized in many cities today.
Read MoreWe spend billions every year on our transportation network, large percentages of it based on traffic projections—despite the fact that we don’t accurately project traffic.
Read MoreThe “30 Days of Confessions” videos are rolling out now. Watch the first three here.
Read MoreOverlooked and neglected for too long, it’s time to rediscover the strength-building potential of the American alley.
Read MoreThe latent energy of metaphors, “Secret Congress,” and corned beef. These are just some of the stories from around the web that Strong Towns staffers were reading and talking about this week.
Read MoreSomehow, as a society, we’ve drifted from ordinary people being able to build their own homes on a cash basis in an interactive, iterative way, to immense, hyper-elaborate habitats.
Read MoreThe question for a city with a history of embracing the suburban experiment is now, "Where should your energies be expended?"
Read MoreLearn how Lockport, Illinois, helped its small businesses get back on their feet during the pandemic…using rubber duckies!
Read MoreAutomated vehicle technology will do nothing to make our streets better places to be.
Read MoreThe $20 billion that was supposed to be dedicated to the Reconnecting Communities Act has been cut down to $1 billion. Naturally, people are disappointed.
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