Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Livable Streets

Streetsblog Capitol Hill Q&A With Leon Krier

By Elana Schor | Sep 23, 2009 | 3 Comments

Architect Leon Krier has been dubbed the godfather of new urbanism. His work on the U.K.’s Poundbury development project, spearheaded by Prince Charles, has made the Luxembourg-born Krier one of the world’s most talked-about urban planners. A drawing by Leon Krier — click here to see full-size version (Image: 2Blowhards) When Krier won the University […]

What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs?

By Ryan Avent | Sep 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

There is probably no more beloved figure in urbanism than Jane Jacobs, who fought to preserve some of New York City’s most treasured neighborhoods and who gave urbanists some of the field’s fundamental texts. As Ed Glaeser notes in the New Republic this week, Jacobs died in 2006 "a cherished, almost saintly figure," while her […]

Livable Streets Win: Concealed Weapons Amendment Falls in the Senate

By Elana Schor | Jul 22, 2009 | 1 Comment

Debate over the incendiary urban policy issue of gun possession came to a head today in the Senate, as a proposal to let individuals carry concealed firearms into states with strong weapons limits — such as New York and Illinois — was defeated by a narrow margin. The gun amendment, proposed by GOP Sen. John […]

Streetfilms: A Streetside Chat With Jan Gehl

By Brad Aaron | Nov 24, 2008 | No Comments

In November 2006, Danish planner Jan Gehl met Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton in Times Square to reflect on the state of the city’s public spaces. In this Streetfilm by Clarence Eckerson, EIC Aaron Naparstek catches up with Gehl in the new Madison Square to talk about what has changed in the intervening two years, and […]

Jan Gehl: New York Could Have World’s Best Streets

By Gideon Shapiro | Nov 17, 2008 | 6 Comments

When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, together with consultant and Danish urban planner Jan Gehl, introduced the new "World Class Streets" doc [PDF] to a crowd of over 300 last Thursday evening at the Center for Architecture, the event seemed equal parts town hall meeting and celebrity book launch. Building upon PlaNYC and DOT’s Sustainable Streets, […]

Tonight: See the Blueprint for a New Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2008 | 27 Comments

Streets designed for safe, accessible, and equitable use. That is the vision of the "Blueprint for the Upper West Side: A Roadmap for Truly Livable Streets," to be unveiled tonight by the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign. The product of one year of community-driven planning, in consultation with urbanist legends Jan Gehl and Donald […]

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