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  1. street view
    Los Angeles After the FreewayA less car-dependent L.A., already in motion, may have something to teach the rest of the country.
    By Justin Davidson
  2. loud town
    The Noise Next DoorTyquan Pleasant knocked on his neighbor’s door to ask her to stop the ear-shattering music and banging. Shaun Pyles heard a threat.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  3. city people
    What Dan Doctoroff BuiltUnder Mayor Bloomberg, the power broker remade the city with astonishing speed. Now, as New York is again mired in crisis, he faces his own.
    By Justin Davidson
  4. urbanism
    Designing Cop CityWhat the evolution of the tactical village, from Riotsville to Atlanta, reveals about policing.
    By Diana Budds
  5. urbanism
    Spiraling in San Francisco’s Doom LoopWhat it’s like to live in a city that no longer believes its problems can be fixed.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  6. urbanism
    The Smart Bin Is Designed to Make You ThinkThe bright-orange compost bins are supposed to keep you from mindlessly throwing a trashed umbrella in with the eggshells.
    By Diana Budds
  7. remote work
    No, Cities Aren’t Doomed Because of Remote WorkEmptier downtowns offer an opportunity to reimagine who they serve.
    By Alissa Walker
  8. shopping
    The Mushroom-Zombie Mall From The Last of Us Is Getting RedevelopedYes to Walmart; no to apocalyptic cordyceps.
    By Zach Schiffman
  9. books
    The 9 Best Architecture, Design, and Urbanism Books Out This SpringIncluding a compendium of Milton Glaser’s illustrations and a delightful collection of underground weed ads.
    By Curbed Staff
  10. urbanism
    A Sealed-Up Midtown Arcade Opens Back Up to the CityWith a lush new Snøhetta-designed garden, 550 Madison finally has an exceptional privately owned public space.
    By Diana Budds
  11. remembrance
    Mike Davis Was RightAbout the fires in Malibu, the hostile approach to urban planning, the inequality crushing Los Angeles.
    By Alissa Walker
  12. books
    Walking the Mall With Alexandra LangeThe architecture critic and Meet Me by the Fountain author sizes up her local food court.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  13. street view
    What’s a Bicycle For?A new book digs into our ambivalent relationship with life on two wheels.
    By Justin Davidson
  14. getting around
    A Streets Plan That’s Really a Time MachineNYC’s City Council wants you to get everywhere faster.
    By Alissa Walker
  15. getting around
    People Had More of a Comment Than a Question at the Open-Streets Forum“We’re gonna start to wrap. This is getting out of hand.”
    By Molly Osberg
  16. new urbanism
    The New Urbanists Make Friends With Tucker CarlsonA warm chat between Andrés Duany and a bigoted nativist.
    By Alissa Walker
  17. street view
    Concrete Doesn’t Have to Be an Ecological NightmareNew technologies may drastically reduce its huge carbon footprint.
    By Justin Davidson
  18. urbanism
    Perfecting the New York StreetWe consulted architects and planners to create an achievable, replicable plan — one suited to a city embracing its public spaces as never before.
    By Justin Davidson
  19. actually smart cities
    Jaime Lerner Made Your City BetterThe hugely influential urban planner died this week at 83.
    By Alissa Walker
  20. our climate
    What If New York Stopped Knocking Down Buildings?A vast amount of captured carbon would stay where it is.
    By Justin Davidson
  21. pedalling
    Here’s a Handsome Solution to New York’s Bike-Parking CrisisOonee’s pods can securely store seven bikes in one car’s worth of parking.
    By Alissa Walker
  22. street view
    Scott Stringer Has Big Ideas About Your StreetAnd your sidewalk, and your commute. A first look at his comprehensive transit plan.
    By Justin Davidson
  23. street view
    If Your City Were Really Dying, You Probably Wouldn’t KnowVisiting Annalee Newitz’s Four Lost Cities.
    By Justin Davidson
  24. street view
    Even Before COVID, Superstar Cities Were ShrinkingIn London, Paris, Tokyo, and New York, the population is steady or falling. But that doesn’t mean they’re in trouble.
    By Justin Davidson
  25. whirrrrrrr
    Los Angeles Wants a Flying-Taxi Division. What Could Go Wrong?Unlikely future, meet realistic present.
    By Alissa Walker
  26. streets
    Anatomy of a Streetery: Guevara’sIt’s Cuban-inspired and stands solidly on the corner of Clifton and Grand.
    By Diana Budds
  27. city hall
    Corey Johnson Wants to Tame the Giant Squid of City PlanningThe squid may have other ideas, though.
    By Justin Davidson
  28. city people
    Now That an Urban Planner Is on the City Council, Can She Help Fix Los Angeles?Nithya Raman is calling for systemic change — including breaking up her own district.
    By Alissa Walker
  29. street view
    A Pandemic Winter Is Coming to New York, and It’s Going to Be Unimaginably HardDuring the last surge, New Yorkers could at least spend a lot of time outdoors.
    By Justin Davidson
  30. my city life
    I Waited So Long for This Target Store to Open That I Don’t Want It AnymoreIt took over a decade for L.A. to pave a strip mall and put up a parking lot.
    By Alissa Walker
  31. tax breaks
    The Most Notorious Property-Tax Underpayers in CaliforniaProposition 15, which would level the field, is a 50-50 shot to pass on Election Day.
    By Alissa Walker
  32. street view
    The Next Mayor’s Next CityBill de Blasio’s successor will get the chance to make New York life easier, nicer, and fairer — or just keep us going the way we were before.
    By Justin Davidson