Another great post from Jeffery Tompkins over at Thinking Big by Thinking Small. Such a simple idea, why not align your city zoning ordinance with your city master plan? A must-read if you want to make your city more vibrant, livable and humane, or are just interested in why it is not.

Sharing a blog post from Jeffery Tompkins , an urban planner from Indianapolis. His blog, Thinking Big by Thinking Small recently had a post entitled "Why the Five-Over-One Feels Dead" . This is a thoughtful and thorough analysis of what makes a streetspace compelling and human. It is well worth a read for anyone grappling with why some blocks in your city or town feel good to you, and why others do not. Check it out! And for those Jan Gehl fans out there, here is a pertinent snippet from...

An interesting discussion between Andres Duany and Fernando Pages Ruiz about The Villages in Florida. Central to this chat is what new...