Third Wave Urbanism

Cities are host to a variety of cultural assets, from local music to theatre, community arts and nightclubs. But not all of them prioritize these assets or their infrastructure — the spaces where creatives work, live and perform. In the quest to attract the “creative class”, these cities can neglect the very culture creators who made them attractive places to begin with. For the sake of avoiding the scourge of the “non-place”, Rebecca Greenwald has a simple request: listen to your creatives, preserve your cultural assets, and create a culture that is authentic and attractive for locals and tourists alike.  Check out our conversation with Rebecca, and be sure to check out her article with Yvonne Lo on Next City for more on the full report for the World Cities Culture Forum.  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast, which means we rely on YOU! If you like what you hear, contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! Episode references: Making Space for Culture (World Cities Culture Forum) : http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/assets/others/171020_MSFC_Report_DIGITAL.pdf Making Space for Culture: How Cities Can Preserve Their Valued (and Valuable) Cultural Assets - https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/making-space-for-culture-how-cities-can-preserve-their-valued-and-valuable Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

The night has the power to invoke a myriad of emotions — from fear to romance, melancholy to excitement. Whatever your feelings, the fact remains that the nighttime consists of half of our time on this earth, and that means half of our time in our cities as well. What can we do to ensure that our cities are truly taking advantage of their 24-hour needs? What does it mean to design for nighttime?  In this episode we talk with Leni Schwendinger, an expert on nighttime design and Director of Nightseeing (and so much more!), on the many types of light, what to do on a light walk, and how to take a holistic look at our cities’ daily light cycles.  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast, which means we rely on YOU! If you like our intersectional take on urbanism, you can contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: The Nighttseeing™ Program: http://www.nightseeing.net/ The video of Smart Everyday Nighttime Design in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDRG0R8kB1E&feature=youtu.be --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

African Americans make up about 12 percent of the population in the U.S. but only about two percent of registered architects, with African American women consisting of .02 percent of architects overall. If the practice is meant to reflect the people being designed for, it will need to find ways to promote diversity within the field and in educational programs. In this episode we talk with three members of Perkins+Will, one of the first big US studios to hire a Director of Global Diversity, who are aiming to do just that.  Our guests include: Gabrielle Bullock, an active member of NOMA (the National Organization of Minority Architects), Director of Global Diversity and leader of Perkins+Will’s Diversity+Inclusion+Engagement Strategic Plan; Nick Seierup, Design Principal in the Los Angeles office and inaugural Visiting Scholar at Tuskegee University; and Kevin Holland, Director of Operations at Perkins+Will LA, also on the Architectural Advisory Board at Tuskegee University and a past President of NOMA.  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast, which means we rely on YOU! If you like our intersectional take on urbanism, you can contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: Perkins+Will Diversity + Inclusion + Engagement Initiative: https://perkinswill.com/purpose/diversity Perkins+Will and Tuskegee University Annual Visiting Scholar Program: http://perkinswill.com/news/tuskegee-university-launch-annual-professional-visiting-scholar-program National Organization of Minority Architects: http://www.noma.net/ Architects Newspaper’s interview with Gabrielle Bullock: https://archpaper.com/2016/10/talks-gabrielle-bullock-director-global-diversity-perkinswill/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

We are so delighted to have been invited to this year’s annual NACTO Designing Cities conference! In this very special live recording we talk with Skye Duncan, Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative, about their upcoming initiative on children and caretakers. A huge thank you to Corinne Kisner and the entire team at NACTO for inviting us to present, and to Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire for the live broadcast and podcast recording!  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast! If you like our intersectional take on urbanism, you can contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron. Check out our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism for more details. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: NACTO’s Designing Cities Conference: https://nacto.org/conference/designing-cities-conference-chicago-2017/ The Global Designing Cities Initiative: https://globaldesigningcities.org/ The Overhead Wire podcast with Jeff Wood: https://theoverheadwire.com/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Airbnb can be a contentious issue — it can give you a more affordable place to stay, a more authentic experience in a city, and allow you to meet new people from the places you’re visiting. On the other hand, it can “black out” entire blocks of tourists, drive up prices, and take valuable rental units off the market that could otherwise potentially be affordable. In this week’s Next City partnered article, contributor Nina Feldman walks us through the New Orleans experience — a city reliant upon its tourism industry — six months after it implemented regulations on legalized Airbnb.  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast! If you like our intersectional take on urbanism, you can contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron. Check out our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism for more details. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: Main article by Nina Feldman, Here’s What New Orleans Looks Like Six Months Into Legalized Airbnb — https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/heres-what-new-orleans-looks-like-one-year-after-legalizing-airbnb Our live recording scheduled for NACTO’s Designing Cities conference this week! —  https://nacto.org/event/live-podcast-third-wave-urbanism/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

It’s been a busy month for us between trips abroad, conferences, and new jobs, so we thought it would be a good time to sit down for a catch-up chat. Tune in as we discuss blog baby anniversaries, feminist planning in Stockholm, and Placemaking Week in Amsterdam. And stay tuned for some special announcements from the two of us, including a live recording of Third Wave Urbanism at NACTO’s Designing Cities conference next week in Chicago where we’ll be interviewing Skye Duncan, Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative!  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: Our live recording scheduled for NACTO’s Designing Cities conference November 1st: https://nacto.org/event/live-podcast-third-wave-urbanism/ Placemaking Week in Amsterdam: https://www.pps.org/blog/placemaking-week-2017-hello-amsterdam/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Our cities are complex, and it will take more than one lens to tackle the issues we’re facing. But what does it mean to be interdisciplinary in urbanism? Deland Chan and Kevin Hsu, cofounders of the Human Cities Initiative at Stanford, are tackling this from the academic side — creating a program based on international collaboration and cross-cultural exchange for students from a wide range of degrees. In this episode we chat about their latest seminar in Hong Kong, Retaking the Commons, and the upcoming Human Cities Expo where the ideas come together.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: The Stanford Human Cities Initiative program: http://www.humancities.org/ The Retaking the Commons workshop in Hong Kong: http://www.humancityworkshop.org/2017-workshop.html Interdisciplinary Thinking: Stanford scholars and students imagine truly ‘human cities’: https://news.stanford.edu/2016/10/28/imagine-truly-human-cities/ The International Urbanization Seminar: http://www.internationalurbanization.org/ What is a Human City? By Deland Chan: https://medium.com/@delandchan/what-is-a-human-city-1e3b80379f07 --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Nearly two months after the violent and hateful events in Charlottesville, Virginia, we sit down with Elgin Cleckley — assistant professor of architecture and design thinking at the University of Virginia — to talk about his experience as a black designer in the city. We discuss his recent Next City article, I’m a Black Designer in Charlottesville. This Is What It Feels Like to Walk Through My City, about putting context to place, the optimism of design thinking, and how we can have better conversations around the future we want for our cities.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Episode references: Main article on Next City by Elgin Cleckley - I’m a Black Designer in Charlottesville. This Is What It Feels Like to Walk Through My City: https://nextcity.org/features/view/charlottesville-black-architect-city-tour Katrina’s GoFundMe to help kickstart the Women Led Cities Initiative meet-up at Placemaking Week this October 12th! (Every little bit helps! ❤) —  https://www.gofundme.com/women-led-cities-study-tour --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

A focus on walking can be the common denominator in making our cities more livable. In this episode we talk with Kate Kraft, Executive Director of America Walks, about celebrating 20 years of walking advocacy and what we can do to make our cities more equitable. Tune in for our discussion on what brought Kate to the world of walkability, the National Walking Summit call to action, and their upcoming webinar series Walking Toward Justice.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can find us on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Episode references: America Walks — http://americawalks.org/ New webinar series: Walking Toward Justince — http://americawalks.org/new-webinar-series-breaking-barriers/ National Walking Summit (recap forthcoming) —  http://walkingsummit.org/ Katrina’s GoFundMe to help kickstart the Women Led Cities Initiative meet-up at Placemaking Week this October 12th! (Every little bit helps! ❤) —  https://www.gofundme.com/women-led-cities-study-tour --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

In case you haven’t heard (somehow) Amazon is searching for its second headquarters and the cities of America — and Canada — are dressing to impress in a mad scramble to reply to the RFP. Which city will it be? How will Amazon choose the lucky winner? And what kind of impact do these veritable PR stunts have on the existing communities once the dust has settled? Tune in for this and more as we talk with Next City contributor Kelsey E. Thomas about her article on the competition that's taking the country by storm.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Next City —5 Mayors, 5 Lipstick Shades, 5 Amazon Seductions by Kelsey E. Thomas: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new-amazon-headquarters-city-selection An Open Letter to Amazon: Here’s the pitch for Philadelphia: http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/inga_saffron/why-amazon-should-pick-philadelphia-for-headquarters-20170913.html Baltimore’s Pitch to Amazon: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MDBALT/bulletins/1b59bdd Katrina’s GoFundMe to get to Placemaking Week! (Every little bit helps! And thank you to those who contributed already!!) https://www.gofundme.com/women-led-cities-study-tour --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Philadelphia is about to undergo an unheard-of overhaul into its parks, rec centers, and libraries through the Rebuild program — a much needed revival for many underserved communities who rely on these assets as veritable town centers. In this episode, as a part of our partnership with Next City, we talk to contributor Jen Kinney about her article on the recent research that was conducted with Gehl Studio, and what it means for the program as it prepares for launch.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Next City — Philadelphia’s Placing a $500 Million Bet on Play by Jen Kinney: https://nextcity.org/features/view/philadelphia-rebuild-initiative-park-rec-center-design Shout-out to #urbanistwomenatwork Kate Wagner of McMansion Hell: http://mcmansionhell.com/ Katrina’s GoFundMe to get to Placemaking Week! (Every little bit helps!) https://www.gofundme.com/women-led-cities-study-tour  --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

This week we have a special episode on the incredible storm surging through Houston this weekend, Hurricane Harvey. With our guest, Tanvi Misra, author of the CityLab article The Vulnerable Communities in Harvey’s Path, Mapped, we discuss the issues that disadvantaged populations face not only in times of environmental crisis but every day in our cities. As per Tanvi’s suggestions, we’re linking to an excellent thread on Twitter by Jia Tolentino that includes a list of local organizations she suggests supporting. Beyond that we can only ask ourselves, how do we consider compassion when planning our cities? Why does it take the worst case scenario to raise awareness of our citizens’ plights? What do we lose when we refuse to plan ahead, for hurricanes or others’ daily struggles?  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from CityLab: https://www.citylab.com/environment/2017/08/the-vulnerable-populations-in-harveys-path-mapped/538071/ ProPublica article on Houston’s preparedness: https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/harvey The Urban Edge on zoning in Houston: https://urbanedge.blogs.rice.edu/2015/09/08/forget-what-youve-heard-houston-really-does-have-zoning-sort-of/?sbe-widgetadd=true#.WaTUMZOGO1v An excellent current summary of events from Vox: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/24/16198030/hurricane-harvey-2017-texas-gulf-corpus-christi-galveston-houston --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

The recent discussions, protests, and removal of confederate monuments following the events in Charlottesville have helped revive the conversation around who we are as a country, who we were, and who we want to be — as memorialized in our public space. Mariah’s recent story in Next City discusses a hopeful shift in the installation of a new statue — that of a black woman, Maggie Walker — in Richmond, Virginia. In contrast to this, however, she also found herself asked to leave during a celebratory gathering of black women on a separate occasion because of a lack of a permit.  What does public space mean if it’s not for everyone? How does our civic space and our regulations reflect what — or who — we value? What can we do to improve the urban environment to not only allow for, but encourage, expressions of black joy? Join us as we continue our series of conversations around Next City content and unpack what the urban planning field needs to be more inclusive and community-oriented.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Next City — Cities Should Celebrate, Not Suppress, Black Joy in Public Space — by Mariah Williams: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/celebrate-black-joy-public-spaces Mariah’s organization, Black Girls Meet Up: https://www.blackgirlsmeetup.org/ Mansplaining the City — Alissa Walker’s article in Curbed that interviews Katrina + Kristen about Third Wave Urbanism and Women Led Cities: https://www.curbed.com/2017/8/16/16151000/mansplain-gentrification-define-richard-florida-saskia-sassen Monument Lab in Philadelphia — a new way to co-create our monuments? http://monumentlab.muralarts.org/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

This past weekend, the Third Wave Urbanism ladies, Kristen and Katrina, met for the second time to celebrate a birthday and record an episode — and promptly had technical difficulties (again). However, we re-recorded this important conversation about so-called “gender neutrality” in cities, and lighting in particular, based on The Establishment article by Josephine Hazelton: The Shocking Connection between Street Harassment and Street Lighting.  Join us as we discuss what being neutral even means, the relationship between the paradigm of male-dominated urban planning and women’s right to space, as well as our reflection — and condemnation — of the hateful acts of domestic terrorism that we witnessed in the US this past weekend. We hope this conversation is a light in the darkness, so to speak, and we hope to continue to inspire and inform as we unpack intersectional urbanism together.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our unsponsored efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist --- Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from The Establishment: https://theestablishment.co/the-shocking-connection-between-street-harassment-and-street-lighting-5db8497ef653  --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Historically, “jaywalking” wasn’t an issue. Until the dominance of vehicles (and auto companies assisted by police forces) people and vehicles of all kinds mixed on American streets. Today people walking in cities face the risk of prosecution — or worse — when crossing the street where no marking exists. But what does this mean for a human-centered city? Who loses when we criminalize walking?  Join us as we talk with Josh Cohen, Next City contributor and author of this week’s featured article on jaywalking, and how Seattle’s council may undo the law altogether. This is also the second episode in our partnership with Next City on a series of conversations about interesting stories found on NextCity.org. Check them out for more in-depth analysis of urban issues and stay tuned for our featured content from them every month! If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our unsponsored efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist And our guest Josh Cohen can be found @jcohenwrites on Twitter --- Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Next City — Seattle Council Member Questions Jaywalking Law: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/seattle-jaywalking-tickets-police-bias The Invention of Jaywalking: https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/  --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Mandatory parking minimums are an important part of how our cities are shaped (we swear!) and we are happy to see the subject explained in a more digestible way in a recent video by Vox and Mobility Lab. In our first video-inspired episode, we discuss what exactly these wonky requirements are, and unpack the nuance surrounding how to go about disincentivizing unnecessary driving in city centers in an equitable way.  We are also still doing a happy dance for our partnership with Next City on a series of conversations about interesting stories found on NextCity.org. Check them out for more in-depth analysis of urban issues and stay tuned for more frequent content from them every month! If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our unsponsored efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Articles referenced in this episode: Main video from Vox and Mobility Lab — The High Cost of Free Parking: https://mobilitylab.org/2017/07/19/voxmobility-lab-video-high-cost-free-parking/ Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

It’s no secret that the justice system in the United States needs reform. A proposal in New York City aims to address one specific link in the chain: city jails. What if jails were community hubs? How does treating people with dignity improve recidivism rates? And can the design of a space make us behave better? This week’s episode is based on the Next City article by Catesby Holmes on the now mayor-backed idea of smaller, community-based jails in each of the boroughs. We are also super excited to announce that this episode is the first in a partnership with Next City on a series of conversations about interesting stories found on NextCity.org. Check them out for more in-depth analysis of urban issues and stay tuned for more frequent content from them every month!  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our crowdfunded efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Next City — New York Has a Chance to Embrace This New Type of Jail Design: https://nextcity.org/features/view/new-york-rikers-closing-prison-design-humane-jail New Yorker — The Life of a South Central Statistic: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/24/the-life-of-a-south-central-statistic?reload=true The Atlantic — Why Scandinavian Prisons are Superior: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/why-scandinavian-prisons-are-superior/279949/ Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

You know it when you walk by a spruced up front stoop, or walk through a park with plentiful benches — the little design elements make a big difference in our day to day urban lives. Now, thanks to the Center for Active Design, science has shown just how much of an impact these “extras” have on not only how welcome we feel in a place, but also importantly our sense of trust in institutions and overall city satisfaction.  What implications do these findings have on our built environment? How do we apply these principles in an equitable way? And what can we do to ensure that our cities are promoting citizen-led action and prioritizing these small but mighty design elements for everyone? Tune in to hear more about this unprecedented survey, as well as the latest shoutout to #urbanistwomenatwork.  And if you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our unsponsored efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Fast Co Design — Science is proving why urban design matters more than ever: https://www.fastcodesign.com/90131075/science-is-proving-why-urban-design-matters-more-than-ever The original study, the Assembly Civic Engagement Study, from the Center for Active Design: https://centerforactivedesign.org/assembly-civic-engagement-survey A briefly mentioned article on Little Free Library controversy: https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/05/the-case-against-little-free-libraries/523533/ A proposed (and thankfully retracted) bill on getting approval for civic-minded sidewalk additions in Philadelphia: http://planphilly.com/articles/2017/02/06/after-blowback-blackwell-scraps-her-sidewalk-bill Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Gentrification has almost been labeled a veritable dirty word in many urbanist circles, oversimplified by some to encompass “societal ills” that should probably be called out for what they are. But whether alluding to racism and displacement, rising rent prices or new development, it’s not an easy subject to cover (which probably explains why it took us so long).  Join us on this week’s episode where we explain our personal feelings towards the phenomenon — the good and the bad — and learn more about what one community in Brooklyn is doing to prevent gentrification before it starts courtesy of Next City.  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Articles referenced in this episode: Main article from Next City — In New York, A Neighborhood Makes a Pre-gentrification Plan: https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/new-york-brownsville-jobs-businesses-arts-hub-economic-development NPR on the Tulsa Riot (audio): http://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=532076186:532076188 City Lab — Toward Being a Better Gentrifier: https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/06/toward-being-a-better-gentrifier/531324/ Gentrifier (the book): https://www.amazon.com/Gentrifier-UTP-Insights-John-Schlichtman/dp/1442650451/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1498682441&sr=1-1

How can we reimagine our streets and turn them into dignified, safe, and healthy places for people? Oslo is on its way to transforming its downtown into a completely car-free district, in an ambitious plan to make the city even healthier through walking, cycling, and public transportation. But even in Oslo they can encounter the usual problems when it comes to business owners and parking concerns.  This week we highlight the recent Guardian Cities article on Oslo’s new strategy and discuss how to apply this kind of planning to cities in the United States. From the sprawling suburbs to the new “Streetopia” vision for New York, we have a long way to go. As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist And if you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our unsponsored efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do!