March 26, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
About a decade ago, three NRDC colleagues – Jutka Terris, Nancy Vorsanger and myself – published a book of early examples of smart growth that had spru… Continue reading
February 13, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
London (photo by Chuck Wolfe)
There is a reason that romantic movies and novels are set in cities such as Paris, Rome, Prague, San Francisco, and New … Continue reading
July 20, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
At the bottom of this post is a terrific video tour of DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, featuring my friend Susan Piedmont-Palladino, architect, educator, cur… Continue reading
April 6, 2011
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide In a Times Picayune article on the environmental community’s letter to President Obama calling for stronger drilling regulations, Peter Lehner spoke about the industry wide “systemic failure… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 31, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Sometime a very long time ago, when I was still new at this smart growth stuff, I remember hearing a planner from Portland recount two principles that had guided one of that city’s famous land use plans: every neighborhood should have a view of M… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 13, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Most of us in this business of advocating smart growth, urbanism, sustainable communities and such spend a lot of our time extolling the virtues of cities. We believe in places that are walkable, meaning they have decent pedestrian infrastructure… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 6, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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This post is another collaboration with my friend and frequent writing partner, Lee Epstein, a land use planner and attorney working in the Mid-Atlantic region. The first part is mine; the second is Lee’s. I’ll tell you wh… Continue reading
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