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Subscriber Only: Taxi Driver at 50
The movie shows how we have cleaned up cities, for better and worse
Feb 13 • Diana Lind
The 276,000 Acres of Public Land Hiding in Plain Sight
The PLACE initiative wants to help cities unlock land they already own for affordable housing
Feb 6 • Diana Lind
Why Can't More Cities Build Like This?
A tour of Atlanta's South Downtown
Feb 3 • Diana Lind
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The Never-Ending Lockdown
Nov 26, 2024 • Diana Lind
Send Your Kid to a "Good Enough" Public School
Apr 26, 2024 • Diana Lind
Do We Need a Placemaking Movement for Young Men?
Oct 22, 2025 • Diana Lind
State Housing Policy Is Having a Moment
Oct 30, 2025 • Diana Lind
5 Cities Going Big on Pedestrianization
Oct 24, 2024 • Diana Lind
Building Code is the New Zoning Reform
Jan 21, 2025 • Diana Lind

Housing

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The 276,000 Acres of Public Land Hiding in Plain Sight
The PLACE initiative wants to help cities unlock land they already own for affordable housing
Feb 6 • Diana Lind
Where's the American Dream for Renters?
Renters deserve economic mobility, too
Jan 15 • Diana Lind
State Housing Policy Is Having a Moment
Local zoning is not where it's at
Oct 30, 2025 • Diana Lind
When YIMBY Met Pronatalism
This alliance might help build family-friendly apartments
Oct 13, 2025 • Diana Lind
Former Colleges Make Great New Places
Four vibrant new visions for old campuses
Oct 7, 2025 • Diana Lind

Placemaking

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Why Can't More Cities Build Like This?
A tour of Atlanta's South Downtown
Feb 3 • Diana Lind
Do We Need a Placemaking Movement for Young Men?
Why did we get rid of a place where young men wanted to hang out?
Oct 22, 2025 • Diana Lind
Can Pedestrian Pop-Ups Go Permanent in the U.S.?
Scenes from the Philadelphia subscriber event
Sep 25, 2025 • Diana Lind
The Never-Ending Lockdown
Nearly five years after the pandemic, we're at home and online more than ever
Nov 26, 2024 • Diana Lind
It's Time For a Shademaking Movement
Like placemaking, but for shade
Aug 5, 2024 • Diana Lind

Urban Life

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Subscriber Only: Taxi Driver at 50
The movie shows how we have cleaned up cities, for better and worse
Feb 13 • Diana Lind
Would You Move For A Built-In Community?
Tulsa is betting on civic connection
Jan 27 • Diana Lind
18 Books to Read This Spring About Public Space, Housing, Cities and More
There's so much I want to read
Jan 5 • Diana Lind
My New Year's Resolution? Redesigning My Life Around Movement
We've built our homes and our work around sitting
Jan 1 • Diana Lind
Subscriber Only: My "joyride" in 2025
And a bunch of podcasts, op-eds, and other things I did
Dec 28, 2025 • Diana Lind
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