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The ROAD to Housing Act Creates a Federal Pathway for Courtyard Urbanism
Point-access buildings, preapproved courtyard templates, zoning reform, public land, and implementation funding can now be assembled into a new…
Jul 11
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June Courtyard Urbanist Market Brief
Turning Housing Reform into Buildable Urban Form
Jul 3
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Alicia Pederson
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June 2026
Keep Families in the City: Building Neighborhoods for Lifelong Chicagoans
Get your ticket today for this important event on Sunday, August 16, where we start organizing to remove the regulatory barriers to better family…
Jun 30
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Alicia Pederson
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Courtyard Urbanism: Ordering the Intensity of the City
How courtyard blocks help cities capture the benefits of density while containing the harms
Jun 29
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How Amsterdam is reviving the fine-grained courtyard block
The Dutch are making artificial islands off Amsterdam and using them to build new courtyard-block neighborhoods using a subdivision and passport system.
Jun 8
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May 2026
Courtyard Urbanist Market Brief: May
How stair reform, permit shot clocks, and by-right housing are turning courtyard urbanism from a beautiful idea into a buildable development model
May 31
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Alicia Pederson
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Governor Pritzker, Shakespeare, and the Right to Build Middle Housing
Pritzker is leading a national bipartisan movement to restore property owners’ right to build middle housing—and to recover a building tradition that…
May 23
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Alicia Pederson
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The Policy We Need / The Policy We Have
A viral post about a proposed retail development reveals public outrage with Chicago policy that makes it easier to build drive-to box stores than…
May 14
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Alicia Pederson
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Invitation to join me at Edge City in California the final week of June
Courtyard Urbanism conversation is headed Healdsburg, CA, June 22-27, and you are invited
May 11
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Alicia Pederson
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Courtyard Urbanist Market Brief
April 2026: The Courtyard Window Is Opening Wider
May 3
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Alicia Pederson
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April 2026
The Death of the Office Tower and the Rise of the Live-Work Neighborhood
People want to live near their workplace -- now more than ever -- and courtyard urbanism is here to make it happen at the highest possible level
Apr 26
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Copenhagen's New 5-Minute Neighborhood: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Why high-cost, coarse-grained development struggles to produce complete neighborhoods
Apr 19
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