Sprawl Repair

Sprawl: the principal cause of lost open space, natural habitat, air/water pollution, obesity and more. Let's Repair it into livable communities @GalinaTachieva

[NanaimoCommons @thesidewalkballet.bsky.social @NanaimoCommons]

Foundation of walkability is the mixed use street grid. In Nanaimo retrofitting suburbs where there isn't an old Main St would start at the shopping mall. City negotiates w/ corporate mall owner expropriation for a short block grid + allow for small lot mixed use redevelopment.

[Ellen Dunham-Jones @DunhamJones]

19-30 Segment 1: A Shifting Landscape: The Challenges Facing Suburbia Today https://t.co/pNGHh9T0No via @ViewpointsRadio

[Ellen Dunham-Jones @DunhamJones]

Stranger Things is Getting a New Mall! But Today Malls Are Dying. What Happened? https://t.co/kopAqb2FiK via @wired

[Form-Based Codes Institute @FormBasedCodes]

Here's a breakdown of #formbasedcodes by state/province/country. 728 codes in progress, of which 439 are adopted. Huge shout out to @mjl_urbanist @hborys & Emily Talen for keeping track with their Codes Study! @PlaceMakersLLC https://t.co/qpZE5RArx2

[Eliza Harris Juliano @myurbangen]

The drivers of New Urbanism over its evolution -@andres_duany #cnu27 #cnuopen

[Galina Tachieva @GalinaTachieva]

Conversations about #BuildingBetterBurb are gaining traction. Learn the design process w the Sprawl Repair Manual – https://t.co/NxjdBB2edN Also, check out Beske and Dixon’s excellent new book Suburban Remix: Creating the Next Generation of Urban Places. https://t.co/UFdi0fjBc4

[Eliza Harris Juliano @myurbangen]

Urban planning needs to be about what is possible, not what is probable -@julianagyeman #CNU26

[Hazel Borys @hborys]

Urban planning is managing our coexistence in shared space. Healy, 1997, via @julianagyeman #CNU26

[Hazel Borys @hborys]

Spatial justice requires life chances are not distributed geographically. We have spatially unjust cities today. ~ @julianagyeman #CNU26

[Congress for the New Urbanism @NewUrbanism]

"We must think about humane-scales, not just human-scaled planning". @julianagyeman #CNU26

[Hazel Borys @hborys]

Spatial justice: how do we allocate rights in urban space? ~ @julianagyeman #CNU26

[Jaime @izurietavarea]

“Illiterate lumberjacks” built beautiful cities without zoning codes, tax breaks, 30-year mortgages, grueling aproval processes, enormous planning departments and droves of engineers, planners and consultants. They just copied time-proven principles. @clmarohn at #CNU26

[Kristy Carter @friction_shift]

“Colorful paint doesn’t hurt people, geometry does.” Anthony Garcia, @Streetpaln #CNU26 #TacticalUrbanism (Image: Chicago Tribune)

[Congress for the New Urbanism @NewUrbanism]

Justice is not just procedural. It's also about our feeling that we belong. --@julianagyeman #CNU26

[June Williamson @williamson_arch]

Excited to moderate this panel on Friday #CNU26 in Savannah! @justupthepike Social capital + inclusion + #sprawlretrofit #retrofittingsuburbia @BetterBurb @NewUrbanism @SprawlRepairMnl
Will talk about #WyandanchRising and #Daybreak and #silverspring

[Build a Better Burb @BetterBurb]

"sprawl repair *can* be done in certain places, but it’s a fool’s errand to think it can be done at scale." @kevinklink 's challenging words. https://t.co/GypRfLYhtJ We'll examine what's possible at several suburban-centric sessions during #CNU26 https://t.co/SpFgXFIqCa

[Build a Better Burb @BetterBurb]

Are you at #CNU26 in #Savannah? Don't miss the Thursday afternoon session, "Who Is Reinventing the #Suburbs," 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM in Pulaski at the DeSoto Hotel

[Sprawl Repair @SprawlRepairMnl]

This Innovative Suburb Once Seemed Like a Failure https://t.co/24R4lEIck7

[Galina Tachieva @GalinaTachieva]

More on the topic of Apple’s headquarters - my angst from a few years ago but still relevant https://t.co/eZfYqHw8rj #SiliconValley #officecampus #urbanism #sprawlrepair #buildbetterburb

[𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @grescoe]

In European cities, they have piazzas, places, and squares—where people meet.
In our cities, we have intersections—where cars meet.
To bring urban conviviality to North America, start with the piazza
...it's the short-cut to building community and civic life.