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.

All tagged revitalize communities

Dec 23
Dec 23 How walkable neighborhoods increase home values

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Walkable Community

Dec 18

Dec 18 Path to Prosperity: for retail spaces, think small (and cheap)

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity

Nov 17
Nov 17 Park: Milwaukee's former planner embraces rail as key to urban development

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Uncategorized, Walkable Community

Oct 30
Oct 30 Eco design compliments green sustainability to the skylines

Kevin Klinkenberg

New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Uncategorized

Feb 23
Feb 23 New Urbanism Promotes Green, Walkable Communities

Kevin Klinkenberg

Form Based Codes, New Urbanism, Walkable Community

As cities are becoming more proactive to build walkable communities, they are turning to a new zoning tool known as form-based codes, a method of regulating development to achieve a specific urban form.

Dec 23 Dec 23 How walkable neighborhoods increase home values

Nov 17 Nov 17 Park: Milwaukee's former planner embraces rail as key to urban development

Oct 30 Oct 30 Eco design compliments green sustainability to the skylines

Feb 23 Feb 23 New Urbanism Promotes Green, Walkable Communities

Dec 23
Dec 23 How walkable neighborhoods increase home values

Nov 17
Nov 17 Park: Milwaukee's former planner embraces rail as key to urban development

Oct 30
Oct 30 Eco design compliments green sustainability to the skylines

Feb 23
Feb 23 New Urbanism Promotes Green, Walkable Communities