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"Of Porches there are two sorts: the decorative and the useful, the porch that is only a platform and the porch you can lie around on in your pajamas and read the Sunday Paper" – Garrison Keillor

The Best Sidewalk in North America
Sidewalks

The Best Sidewalk in North America

Sidewalks are the foundation to making the social life of communities thrive. The best sidewalks share certain traits that make them welcoming, accessible, and socially active places.

  • Kathy Madden
  • Fred Kent
Kathy Madden, Fred Kent Feb 7, 2022 • 9 min read
Porch Life: Building Social Neighborhoods
Architecture of Place

Porch Life: Building Social Neighborhoods

As "in-between" spaces, porches create a soft edge that mediates between individual and community, public and private, and in these times, offer a safe way to maintain our social, mental and physical health.

  • Tina Govan
Tina Govan Dec 29, 2020 • 7 min read
Its the Sidewalks, Stupid
Streets

Its the Sidewalks, Stupid

Paradigm-shattering change will happen when streets, sidewalks and intersections are transformed into community gathering spots through the simple act of giving human beings priority over motor vehicles.

  • Fred Kent
  • Kathy Madden
  • Steve Davies
  • Jay Walljasper
Multiple authors Sep 16, 2020 • 9 min read
Turn Places "Inside Out" to Revive Social Connection and Local Economies
Streets

Turn Places "Inside Out" to Revive Social Connection and Local Economies

Thresholds where storefronts and buildings connect with the sidewalk —is the place to reunite communities and jump-start local economies after these long, hard months.

  • Fred Kent
  • Kathy Madden
  • Jay Walljasper
Multiple authors Jun 20, 2020 • 8 min read
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