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Introducing The City Builders Collective
Here for everything you need to start building better cities.
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Michael Natelli
March 2023
How to Prepare for One Million Milwaukeeans
Questions, mindsets, and action steps for Milwaukee to achieve its ambitious target.
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Michael Natelli
Car Culture, Grace, and Lowering the Stakes
People make mistakes. But they shouldn't be killed for it.
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Michael Natelli
Humility: A City's Secret Weapon
Striving for importance never leads to good governance.
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Michael Natelli
February 2023
Make Urbanism Conservative Again?
I guess we have to talk about the 15-minute city protests.
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Michael Natelli
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The 15-Minutes-of-Sleep City
Designing for a tired world.
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Michael Natelli
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How Do You Get Out of Climate Debt?
Purity tests will only stand in the way of making real progress on curbing emissions.
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Michael Natelli
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Hope for the Suburbs Rests...in Mixed-Use Big-Box?
Connecting housing to major retailers is a major incremental step suburbs can take towards human-centered development.
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Michael Natelli
January 2023
Urbanism Wins Through Exposing False Choices
In sports, in politics, and in business, the way you win is by taking away your opponent's best weapon. The best weapon for opponents of urbanism…
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Michael Natelli
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Want Better Cities? Help Nike Sell Shoes
In 1978, Nike ran its famous "Man Vs Machine" ad that boldly declared machines were killing us. Can urbanists harness the power of corporate advertising…
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Michael Natelli
Well-Designed Cities Make New Year's Resolutions Easy
Often times, we only need "discipline" because we've put unnecessary obstacles in our way.
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Michael Natelli
Can Swyft Move the Urban Mobility Needle?
Gondolas aren't open streets. But they're still a gamechanger.
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Michael Natelli
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