[[soundcloud 181876929]] Before planning fatigue sets in, why not just build a better block? Sign up for Podcast Alerts Subscribe That’s the approach of Jason Roberts who leads Team Better Block. Jason is a charismatic man who works with communities – first his own in Oak Cliff, Texas, and now with communities around the world – […]

[[soundcloud 180754846]] Scott Stowell runs Open, a design studio in New York. He is in the final days of a Kickstarter campaign for his new book, “Design for People,” which is filled with the stories behind the stories of the firm’s biggest design projects. Sign up for Episode Alerts Subscribe In this week’s “Knight Cities,” Scott […]

[[soundcloud 179765937]] Sign up for Episode Alerts Subscribe The Atlanta BeltLine is a massive development turning 22 miles of historic railroad corridors circling downtown into a network of parks, trails and transit to link 45 of the city’s neighborhoods. It is among the largest and most wide-ranging urban development and mobility projects in the United […]

[[soundcloud 178421368]] Sign up for Episode Alerts Subscribe Imagine a globally connected set of urban studios inviting citizens to work on their best ideas for regenerating disinvested neighborhoods. That’s the ambitious vision of South African Alice Cabaret, founder and director of GRIND, the Global Regeneration Initiative for Neighbourhood Development. GRIND is headed to Detroit and […]

[[soundcloud 177686545]] How do you create a radically open platform for building new cultural capital in cities? Sign up for Episode Alerts Subscribe That’s been the job of Leslie Koch, president of the Trust for Governors Island, a nonprofit organization created by the city of New York to run what is an historic former military […]

[[soundcloud 176584318]] Sign up for Episode Alerts Subscribe The quest to be a “just and fair” nation seems like a goal every American can rally around. But when you start unpacking the racial implications of that ambition, things can get complicated fast. Angela Glover Blackwell is founder of PolicyLink, a national organization that continues to […]

[[soundcloud 175475328]] What would happen if thousands of people in your city got together with friends, neighbors, even strangers on a single day over a meal to discuss the future of your community? That’s the question the people at the Chicago Community Trust asked on the occasion of the foundation’s 99th anniversary. And the results […]

[[soundcloud 173000203]] Public life is making a comeback in U.S. cities after more than 50 years of decline, inspired, in large part, by the work of Gehl Architects in Copenhagen. Helping cities accelerate that movement and get the details of public space right is a special talent of Jeff Risom. He is partner and managing director of […]