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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.

The Messy City Embracing change, unpredictability and local initiative

Oct 13
Oct 13 Suburban sprawl slowing to a crawl: Could your suburb fall victim to the housing bust?

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Oct 6
Oct 6 The Pitch features Kansas City's 180 Design Studio, Kevin Klinkenberg; highlights new urbanism design of downtown Blue Springs

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Oct 5
Oct 5 A Daily Dose of Architecture mentions Kansas City's own New Urbanism Blog, adds 180 to blogroll

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism

Oct 2
Oct 2 Kevin and New Urbanism profiled in the new 'Best Of' issue for The Pitch

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

David Martin and The Pitch profiles Kevin Klinkenberg in its People and Places section.

Path to Prosperity: One-story buildings, built in an urban fashion
Sep 25

Sep 25 Path to Prosperity: One-story buildings, built in an urban fashion

Kevin Klinkenberg
Path to Prosperity, Walkable Community

In an earlier post I extolled some of the virtues of one-story buildings as a means to "seeding" an urban market in many of our communities. To reiterate, while we still have some fine examples of walkable neighborhoods, the reality is that we've spent decades destroying most of what we had, and building new places with limited walkability at best

Sep 25
Sep 25 VIDEO: Master plans and form-based codes are key in putting right tools in place during city planning to empower small urban development

Kevin Klinkenberg
Form Based Codes, Walkable Community
The Path to Prosperity during rush hour: A final note on road design
Sep 16

Sep 16 The Path to Prosperity during rush hour: A final note on road design

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Transportation and Infrastructure
Excess urban pavement - Improved parking on The Path to Prosperity improves a downtown urban street
Sep 9

Sep 9 Excess urban pavement - Improved parking on The Path to Prosperity improves a downtown urban street

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure
Recapturing valuable pavement on the Path to Prosperity: Remove Rush-Hour Parking Restrictions
Sep 2

Sep 2 Recapturing valuable pavement on the Path to Prosperity: Remove Rush-Hour Parking Restrictions

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure

Aug 31
Aug 31 Re-Planning for Ottawa University; A growing school needs more space

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure
Street Food: Good eats important on the Path to Prosperity
Aug 26

Aug 26 Street Food: Good eats important on the Path to Prosperity

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community
Why Path to Prosperity? Suburban sprawl causing financial headache for cities
Aug 19

Aug 19 Why Path to Prosperity? Suburban sprawl causing financial headache for cities

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity
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