The Messy City

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Welcome - my name is Kevin Klinkenberg, and this site "The Messy City" is my blog and company website. I started blogging on urban planning and design issues in 2007, and began working in the field in 1993. Please feel free to connect with me on any of the social media sites listed here. Thanks for reading.

Will SmartPhones make location irrelevant?

May 30

May 30 Will SmartPhones make location irrelevant?

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, The Bottom Line, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

"This is so damn beautiful"

May 24

May 24 "This is so damn beautiful"

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Savannah & the Lowcountry, Sustainable Design, Walkable Community

May 22

May 22 Beware the 18%

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, The Bottom Line, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Shrinking Cites - what's the cure?

Apr 10

Apr 10 Shrinking Cites - what's the cure?

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Sustainable Design, The New Poverty

Envision Baltimore

Mar 13

Mar 13 Envision Baltimore

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Transportation and Infrastructure

Messing with the NCAA tournament

Mar 12

Mar 12 Messing with the NCAA tournament

Kevin Klinkenberg

Kansas City & the Midwest

Cites are not Statistics

Mar 6

Mar 6 Cites are not Statistics

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, The Bottom Line, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

The over-supply of single-family housing

Mar 2

Mar 2 The over-supply of single-family housing

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, The Bottom Line, Walkable Community

Feb 8
Feb 8 What Traffic Engineering and Retail Analysis have in common (or My rules are better than your rules)

Kevin Klinkenberg

Congress for New Urbanism, New Urbanism, Walkable Community

Why are we so fat?

Jan 14

Jan 14 Why are we so fat?

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Resolutions for America - 2012 edition

Jan 11

Jan 11 Resolutions for America - 2012 edition

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community