Key Takeaways and Book Review of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream By Anar Salayev, San Diego & Bay AreaContinue Reading
Currently reading Car-Sick: Solutions for Our Car-addicted Culture, by Lynn Sloman Chapter 1 holds this gem of insight (among many gems): “…even the better engineers and urbanContinue Reading
“…the walkable city, the oldest kind of city, is going to be the key to whatever success we have in meeting the challenges of the future.” FromContinue Reading
“Urban areas can lead or lag in sustainability transitions but ultimately sustainable towns and cities exist only as components of more or less sustainable societies.” David Simon inContinue Reading
We recently finished Walkable City by Jeff Speck, an absolutely essential read and now highly valued reference in our library. We thank Jeff for taking time forContinue Reading
Books read thus far this year 📚 📕 ‘Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America: One Step at a Time’ by Jeff Speck 📘 ‘Street Fight: HandbookContinue Reading
“Why would so many people choose the plaza over the park? ‘For the same reason that people at a dinner party gather in the kitchen instead ofContinue Reading
“Movement is essential to building our knowledge of the world, and the best form of movment for building this knowledge is physical locomotion; walking is probably theContinue Reading
📘 I have just finished reading the book ‘Life between buildings‘ by Jan Gehl and value the benefit of pedestrianisation on ‘hearing’ that he points out. “EveryContinue Reading
For the month of January we collaborated with Laura at Urbanism Book Club in reading and discussing Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by CharlesContinue Reading
