Human Centered Design for the Public Realm

Can new methods enhance an urban practice?

Insightful urban design can enhance social interaction, create more user-friendly public space, and respond to evolving urban conditions. Ethnographic methods…

Urban Planning and Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO has swept the nation off its feet and into the public realm. Since it was released on July 6 by Niantic, the app has been downloaded over 30 million times and has seen its daily active user base grow to over 20 million people per day — surpassing the daily usage of…

Can We Plan for Arts & Culture?

There is no cut-and-dry way to plan for the success and vibrancy of any sector, but planning for the integration and success of arts and culture is a particularly tricky endeavor. This is in part due to the ambiguity of the term ‘culture,’ which has many different meanings…

COVID-19 New Paradigms in Urbanism & Design: Q&A with Michael Samuelian

Founding Director, Urban Tech…

Active Urban Design

Many do not realize how urban design can affect population health. As a young planner, I have often wondered how urban…

COVID-19 New Paradigms in Urbanism & Design: Q & A with Design for Six Feet

Anna Dietzsch, Liz…

Living Los Sures: Place, Cultural Heritage and Gentrification

According to a recent study by the New York University Furman Center, Williamsburg gentrified the most of all New York neighborhoods in the last 10 years.

COVID-19 New Norms in Urbanism & Design: Q&A with Julia D. Day

The Citizen Designer

By Sarah Bassett, Urban Solutions Planning

In her seminal book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs notes that “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”…