Voice: Diana Lind
A Contrarian Take on Broken Windows Policing
There's a better way to address the social disorder plaguing our city
By Diana Lind
How Cities Can Reverse The “Human Doom Loop”
What’s happening to people is more worrisome than the fate of office buildings. An urbanist has city-centric solutions.
By Diana Lind
Expand — Yes, Expand — Public Transit
New York City, Seattle and Sydney are doubling down on public transportation amid the ongoing work-from-home trend. Why this counterintuitive move is an idea Philly should steal
By Diana Lind
Reclaiming Our Time
Why Philly should adopt other cities’ policies to help with our harried schedules — some very good time management ideas we should steal
By Diana Lind
The Hottest New Real Estate?
Governments have started using the property they own to increase affordable housing. Canada is doing it nationally. Philly’s doing it … at 13th and Bainbridge
By Diana Lind
Should Philly Be More Like … Detroit?
The midwestern city has gone from bankrupt to transformational growth by embracing innovation and bling. Here, some ideas Philly might steal from Motor City
By Diana Lind
The Best Housing Bill on the East Coast?
Is Massachusetts’ new housing package an idea Pennsylvania should steal?
By Diana Lind
It’s Time For a Shademaking Movement
It’s getting hotter. We need to start planning for it.
By Diana Lind
Should We Envy Paris’s Swimmable River?
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo got a lot of attention for cleaning the Seine in preparation for the Olympics. But that may not be best goal for Philly’s local waterways
By Diana Lind
Why Cities Should Invest in “Second Places”
Forget "third places," we need better places for people to work
By Diana Lind