From Streetfilms — Parking Craters: The Scourge of American Downtowns

Streetsblog's Angie Schmitt popularized the term "parking crater," and she explains it simply: A parking crater is "a depression in the middle of an urban area formed by the absence of buildings."

Different types of "meteors" left behind parking craters in the 20th Century -- sprawl subsidies, the erosion of manufacturing, highway building. Whatever the cause, parking craters absolutely destroy sections of downtowns and make the environment more inhospitable and unattractive for people. In these areas, there is virtually no street life. In warm weather the asphalt makes the air more oppressive. It's hell on earth. It's a parking crater.Parking Craters: Scourge of American Downtowns from STREETFILMS on Vimeo.

The Congress for the New Urbanism — #CNU22 Buffalo NY June 4 - 7

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City-owned golf courses overlaid on the West End @thecitylab

For context. City-owned golf courses overlaid on the West End, a neighbourhood with a population of about 45,000. pic.twitter.com/YtJtOr3q8M

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NYC Museum Mile— June 10 a traffic-free Fifth Avenue free admission at 9 museums @Guggenheim

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Federation of Cdn Municipalities Conference Live tweets #FCMycm @FCM_online

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Twitter List — Global city bloggers From @guardiancities

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