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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
How to Destroy Your City, in 3 Easy Steps
Nov 21

Nov 21 How to Destroy Your City, in 3 Easy Steps

Kevin Klinkenberg
Form Based Codes, Kansas City & the Midwest, New Urbanism, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community
Saturday interlude: Incubator Retail in Japan
Nov 12

Nov 12 Saturday interlude: Incubator Retail in Japan

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Sustainable Design, The New Poverty, Walkable Community
Make bus service free
Nov 9

Nov 9 Make bus service free

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Sustainable Design, The New Poverty, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community
What to do with a cul-de-sac?
Oct 26

Oct 26 What to do with a cul-de-sac?

Eric Brown
New Urbanism, Savannah & the Lowcountry, Sustainable Design, The Bottom Line, The New Poverty, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Oct 21
Oct 21 Learn to love Sprawl?

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Sustainable Design, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community
Road construction can be fun
Oct 13

Oct 13 Road construction can be fun

Kevin Klinkenberg
Kansas City & the Midwest, New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community
Alleys - so much more than places for trash and cars
Sep 21

Sep 21 Alleys - so much more than places for trash and cars

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, Savannah & the Lowcountry, Sustainable Design, The New Poverty, Transportation and Infrastructure, Walkable Community

Sep 2
Sep 2 Bob Kramer

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism
What would a CCC or WPA do today?
Aug 31

Aug 31 What would a CCC or WPA do today?

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, The Bottom Line, The New Poverty
Repost: the ASCE Infrastructure Cult
Aug 10

Aug 10 Repost: the ASCE Infrastructure Cult

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Path to Prosperity, The Bottom Line, The New Poverty, Transportation and Infrastructure
Musical Interlude: Arcade Fire, Part II (letters)
Aug 8

Aug 8 Musical Interlude: Arcade Fire, Part II (letters)

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Walkable Community
Musical Interlude: Arcade Fire, Part I (the Sprawl)
Aug 5

Aug 5 Musical Interlude: Arcade Fire, Part I (the Sprawl)

Kevin Klinkenberg
New Urbanism, Walkable Community
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