May 1, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I hesitate to write yet another article about bringing “smart growth” – the combination of ideas born in the 1990s to counter suburban sprawl &nd… Continue reading
April 24, 2012
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I want to follow up on yesterday’s article about placemaking. Reacting to an excellent essay by Ethan Kent, I posited that that the creation and strengthenin… 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
September 21, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has released a comprehensive research report demonstrating that redevelopment of contaminated industrial sites in … Continue reading
February 14, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Prague. Venice. Rome. Paris. These are some destinations that perennially make “ten-most-romantic cities” lists. I just looked at three such sites, and… Continue reading