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An evening of short documentary films that tell inspiring stories about how people have made their cities, towns, and neighborhoods better. Attend either showing to see all the films!
Built to Last
A brief primer on New Urbanism, the movement's vision for building places people love.
The Hangout
An abandoned lot is transformed into a public gathering space.
Zurich: Transportation System
See what happens when a city decides to aggressively pursue a comprehensive public transportation network.
Thoughts on Parking
A look at how parking influences the design and use of our neighborhoods and cities.
Working Cities Wednesday
Pittsfield Massachusetts is a city still in recovery from losing the General Electric plant. Now, residents and organizations are collaborating to empower their community and make their voices be heard.
Colosal Columbia
COLOSAL Cerro de la Campana narrates the process of creation of a 25.000 m2 mural that Colectivo Tomate and Comex´s social impact campaign “Comex, Por un México Bien Hecho.”
Omaha's Riverfront Revitalization
How do you breath new life into a static downtown? You build a huge park! The city of Omaha is building a 100 acre downtown park to attract people, families, and the business's that serve them.
LA’s Forbidden City
Follow urban planner Mark Valliantos on a walking tour of missing middle housing. Duplexes and fourplexes and courtyard apartments which were popular building types in the 1930s but are now illegal in most of Los Angeles.
Placemaking with Cycle Space
Some of Atlanta's top urbanism and cycling experts discuss the benefits of urban bicycle infrastructure.
Transform Your City With Tactical Urbanism
One only needs to sign on to one of the various social media feeds to see the daily movement that is sweeping across the world: groups of people are literally taking back their streets by implementing low-cost, temporary solutions to what they see as simple ways of making their streets safer or more livable.
The IDEA District
A new 21st century neighborhood is emerging in downtown San Diego founded on the principles of innovation, design, education and the arts
Tampa: Urban Conga
A group of activist architects builds a pink ping pong table in Tampa's downtown central park.
Urban Planning Lingo: A-Z
YouTube's Chris Jones gives a quick and sarcastic primer on urban planning terms.
The Fresno Miracle
The city of Fresno is undergoing a major revision to its general plan. The threat of further sprawl, threatens pollution, loss of farm land, further depression of downtown, and the city coffers. The residents of the city are united with passion like none other, the level of civic engagement was dubbed "The Fresno Miracle" This short film explores how the vibrant mixed use neighborhoods of downtown are rebranding and rebuilding from a grassroots movement.