The "Urban Contract"
A useful way of thinking about urban/suburban tradeoffs
This is a little piece I meant to write up a long time ago, crediting a phrase I really like from Canadian urban planner Brent Toderian.
He wrote this on Twitter in 2023:
Want a livable, lovable downtown? Spot some of the key ingredients that support one, especially for families, in this downtown Vancouver snapshot I recorded a few years ago. Downtowns do…