Philip Langdon
Philip Langdon writes on design and community from New Haven, Connecticut. His most recent book is Within Walking Distance: Creating Livable Communities for All.
Pave paradise? No, ditch the parking lot
Now that parking mandates are falling at an accelerating clip, here's a look at the fountainhead of parking reform.
How urbanism, density, and spatial enclosure are related
Dhiru Thadani and Matt Bell, along with the CNU-DC Chapter board, orchestrated the recent Council on “Density Without Urbanism/Urbanism Without Density.” They see the event as the beginning of a series of CNU discussions on density and urbanism. “We...
‘Aging with grace’: The next big challenge for urbanists
Designing and establishing systems for walkable communities that support aging residents are important planning and development tasks for the coming decades.