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A city’s DNA – proscriptive codes: In the previous entry, Cities today use ‘prescriptive’ codes, but what came

Cities today use ‘prescriptive’ codes, but what came before that?: All cities have planning codes which predetermine street widths, building heights and

A destination retail-art-music gallery: One challenge with establishing a natural cultural district in the early stages,

The Long Tail of cities for creatives: When it comes to understanding the fundamental economic difference the Internet provides

French city invests in fashion districts: You hear a lot of talk about city economic development agencies emphasizing

Mass customizing high style, low cost furniture: While Ikea is defining an entire generation of furniture buyers with their

Urban loneliness a myth?: No county outside of New York’s has more single-individual households, at 50.6%.
The carrotmob, aka reverse boycott, helps biz: The old ‘stick’ approach to making a difference in your neighborhood was

Young renters want small spaces, big appeal: That’s the headline for a recent USA Today article, as developers go

Hong Kong’s tri-level pedestrian street system: So if Copenhagen, Denmark is arguably the birthplace of the modern pedestrianization

Lego goes ‘natural cultural district’ urban: With the holidays around the corner and a new level of green

New York City’s ‘World Class Streets’ vision: What happens when you combine one of the world’s premiere creative cities
