The Big Fix
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The Big Fix
How to Make Privately Owned Public Spaces Truly Open to the Public
The city of San Francisco has now mapped all of its downtown POPOS, and it's ensuring for the first time that residents really have access to them.
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The Big Fix
Outdoor Smoking Bans: Impossible to Enforce, or Inevitable?
Declaring public space smoke-free is becoming exponentially more common. Enforcing it is not.
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10 Techniques for Making Cities More Walkable
In Walkable City, Jeff Speck lays out ideas for making communities more hospitable to walkers.
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6 Questions for Defenders of D.C.'s Height Limit
This urban economist would really like to know the answers.
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Does the Height Act Actually Cost D.C. Billions of Dollars?
The figure that's been cited lately seems a bit misleading.
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The Urbanist Case for Keeping D.C.'s Height Restrictions
It’s bad enough that our suburbs look like everywhere, USA. Let’s not let that happen to our central city.
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The Real Estate Deal That Could Change the Future of Everything
Two Washington, D.C., developers set out to democratize how commercial buildings are developed, and in the process they've invented an entirely new model of finance.
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Housing the Invisible: Finding Homes for LGBT Seniors
They often feel particularly isolated and alone. But a small group of developers is trying to change that.
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'We've Built Right Up to the Edge in the Most Foolish Way'
A historian of coastal settlements says we only have ourselves to blame for Sandy's destruction.
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Does Your City Need a Transit Riders Union?
Unions may be dying off in the workplace. But could they make a difference on the bus?
