The idea behind my last article on Cityism was that it requires that parking be dispensed with or hidden, so that masses of parked cars don't interfere with a congenial urban structure.

Since the builders of new buildings can only dispense with parking -- or are only allowed by...

When two weeks ago I listed the six factors I had then identified that defined Cityism, my "fourth urbanism," the third factor had to with the economics of cities; it read:

"(iii) [Cityism] is based on the most basic economics of cities, where the added wealth from concentrating economic activity...

"Cityism" has not yet become common parlance, but my piece last week did get around. Planetizen picked it up, as did some other blogs. As one might expect inasmuch as the concept is in its definitional stage, questions are being raised, and I hope that trying to answer them moves...

Last week I described what I consider to be a fourth urbanism different from the New Urbanism, Everyday Urbanism, and Post (or Spectacle) Urbanism described by University of Michigan professor of architecture Douglas Kelbaugh.

My fourth urbanism has (at least) these characteristics: (i) it takes place in existing cities, by...

I wrote last week that the best city-building I have seen in recent years does not fall into the three "urbanisms" described by University of Michigan professor of architecture Douglas Kelbaugh: New Urbanism, Everyday Urbanism, and Post Urbanism (a/k/a Spectacle Urbanism).

So what is this good urbanism I'm talking about?...

It's been two weeks since the annual New Urbanism Congress in Denver, giving me time to reflect on what I learned there and on what's going on with urban design and planning. To begin with, the signs indicate that we are at a turning point; it could be true that,...

Thursday morning at the 17th Congress of New Urbanism in Denver I heard Andrés Duany, one of the founders of New Urbanism, speak on the principles of New Urbanism. Mr. Duany talked about the methodology of New Urbanism. He said that New Urbanists were not theoretical and they were...

Inasmuch as I concluded my first Huffington report from the Congress for the New Urbanism going on now in Denver by vowing to ask New Urbanists how they responded to criticism both from cultural progressives in the contemporary architecture and planning world and from libertarians who say they're out to...

Denver, June 10, 2009 -- As I flew into Denver, where the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) is holding its 17th annual congress, the word that came to my mind about New Urbanism was 'misunderstood.' As I attend the conference for the next three days, I am going...