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Entries by Frank Gruber from 07/2009

Searching for a Fourth Urbanism, Part 2: Wherein I Find One and Describe it

| Posted 07.01.2009 | Style
Read More: Everyday Urbanism, Sprawl, Vancouver, Santa Monica, New Urbanism, Barcelona, Urbanism, Style News

The developments in these three cities are based on maximizing and capturing the economic value of city real estate. They all represent intensification of uses.

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In Search of a Fourth Urbanism Part 3; Wherein I Name One

| Posted 07.09.2009 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cityism, Mies Van Der Rohe, Vancouver, Santa Monica, Barcelona, New Urbanism, Robert Venturi, Denver, Healthy Living News

I wrote about three places where I have seen Cityism occurring -- Vancouver, Barcelona, and my own city of Santa Monica -- but there are many other cities where Cityism is taking place.

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A Fourth Urbanism, Part 4: More on the "Why" of Cityism

| Posted 07.15.2009 | Healthy Living
Read More: Koning Eizenberg, Santa Monica, Cityism, Barcelona, Vancouver, New Urbanism, Urbanism, Healthy Living News

Because the rebuilding of cities is so important, the effort to do so, if that effort is based on recognizable principles, deserves recognition as something special.

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Searching for a Fourth Urbanism, Part 5: Cityism and Parking

| Posted 07.23.2009 | Healthy Living
Read More: Parking, Urban Design, Cityism, Parking Requirements, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Donald Shoup, Healthy Living News

Cityism is differentiated by a commitment to join high density and intensity of uses with a congenial urban landscape, and this requires heroic efforts to deal with parking.

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A Fourth Urbanism, Part 6: Limitations on Urbanism

| Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
Read More: Urban Design, Cityism, New Urbanism, Urban Planning, Urbanism, City Planning, Politics News

Bad schools and even the perception of disorder drive people from the city more effectively than bad urban form, and keeping people in the city is more important than the form the city takes.

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