D Magazine Dallas and the New Urbanism 2018
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How Great Cities Are Made
We know that successful cities are designed for people, not cars. These nine basic rules are the playbook for Dallas’ future.
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Making Dallas a Place Where People Want to Live
We’ve spent decades building a commuter city. Here is how we can design for you, the resident.
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You Should Be Able to Safely Walk in Dallas-Fort Worth
Other regions have discovered huge value in walkable urban places while North Texas lags. But that is changing—fast.
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Where Dallas’ Real Estate Projects Got It Right And Where They Failed Miserably
Some projects, when they go right, become a place. Others do not. Here are a few examples of both.
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These Are Dallas’ Next Great Neighborhoods
Where people work, they can also play and even live. We’ve highlighted six opportunity zones, areas where existing activity should justify smart growth.
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North Texas’ Suburbs Are Becoming Towns Again
For decades our historic downtowns deteriorated as we chased suburbia. As it turns out, our ancestors knew more about city-building than we did.
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Bishop Arts Can Be a Model for Southern Dallas Development
Southern Dallas is dotted with historic streetcar stops. With a little spit and polish, they could be restored as neighborhood centers.
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Will Dallas Ever Favor the Neighborhood Over the Highway?
In the competition among world cities, we lose with every new mile of asphalt. That hasn’t stopped regional planners from shoveling billions of dollars into freeway projects.
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Dallas’ City Codes Are Broken. Here Is How to Fix Them.
Most of them were written a long, long time ago. They often defy logic, inhibit good design, and dampen variety. Our governments need to adapt so our cities can, too.
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From 2018: A City of Sprawl Goes Urban
Two years ago, Wick Allison called it the time to decide the future of Dallas.
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These Are The Best—and Worst—Streets in Dallas
A block-by-block look at places that do it right (and places that don’t).
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Making Downtown the Center of Gravity—Again
Downtown Dallas presents a huge opportunity as it remakes itself.
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How Cities Win Big Against Suburbs
What Dallas can learn from Charlotte, Seattle, and Ann Arbor, all smaller cities embracing the opportunities of new urbanism.
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The Man Who Bought Deep Ellum Reflects On Dallas’ Neighborhoods
I used to do suburban sprawl. Then I bought a lot of Deep Ellum. Here’s what I learned.
