December 3, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
In Jeff Speck’s excellent new book, Walkable City, he suggests that there are ten keys to creating walkability. Most of them also have something to do … Continue reading
April 23, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Can placemaking – in short, the building or strengthing of physical community fabric to create great human habitat – be a “new environmentalism”? … Continue reading
August 26, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The quote in today’s title comes from Alex Steffen, or more accurately from Steffen as presented in a terrific article on Treehugger by Lloyd Alter, summari… Continue reading
May 27, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC This is a terrific production. The film actually doesn’t mention the phrase “smart growth,” preferring “new urbanism.” That’s more than forgivable, since it was… Continue reading
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by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
The architecture firm Farr Associates, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and the US Green Building Council have produced a fantastic exhibit on how to create gre… Continue reading