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My New Year's Resolution? Redesigning My Life Around Movement
We've built our homes and our work around sitting
Jan 1
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Diana Lind
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Where's the American Dream for Renters?
Renters deserve economic mobility, too
19 hrs ago
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Diana Lind
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The Ultimate List of the 26 Conferences to Attend this Spring
How will you ever choose what events to go to?
Jan 8
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Diana Lind
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The Never-Ending Lockdown
Nov 26, 2024
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Diana Lind
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Send Your Kid to a "Good Enough" Public School
Apr 26, 2024
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Diana Lind
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Do We Need a Placemaking Movement for Young Men?
Oct 22, 2025
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Diana Lind
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State Housing Policy Is Having a Moment
Oct 30, 2025
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Diana Lind
27
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5 Cities Going Big on Pedestrianization
Oct 24, 2024
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Diana Lind
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Building Code is the New Zoning Reform
Jan 21, 2025
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Diana Lind
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Housing
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Where's the American Dream for Renters?
Renters deserve economic mobility, too
19 hrs ago
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Diana Lind
6
9
4
State Housing Policy Is Having a Moment
Local zoning is not where it's at
Oct 30, 2025
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Diana Lind
27
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When YIMBY Met Pronatalism
This alliance might help build family-friendly apartments
Oct 13, 2025
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Diana Lind
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Former Colleges Make Great New Places
Four vibrant new visions for old campuses
Oct 7, 2025
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Diana Lind
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Some Impressions from YIMBYtown
The movement is taking some victory laps
Sep 19, 2025
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Diana Lind
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Placemaking
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Do We Need a Placemaking Movement for Young Men?
Why did we get rid of a place where young men wanted to hang out?
Oct 22, 2025
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Diana Lind
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The Never-Ending Lockdown
Nearly five years after the pandemic, we're at home and online more than ever
Nov 26, 2024
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Diana Lind
176
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It's Time For a Shademaking Movement
Like placemaking, but for shade
Aug 5, 2024
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Diana Lind
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Interview with Carol Coletta: Why Public Space is Fundamental to Democracy
A conversation spanning Coletta's pathbreaking work in public, private, and civic sectors
Feb 22, 2024
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Diana Lind
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Let's Reconsider Moveable Chairs in Public Space
How to Get Public Space Out of Its Design Rut
Sep 6, 2023
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Diana Lind
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Urban Life
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18 Books to Read This Spring About Public Space, Housing, Cities and More
There's so much I want to read
Jan 5
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Diana Lind
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My New Year's Resolution? Redesigning My Life Around Movement
We've built our homes and our work around sitting
Jan 1
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Diana Lind
30
12
6
Subscriber Only: My "joyride" in 2025
And a bunch of podcasts, op-eds, and other things I did
Dec 28, 2025
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Diana Lind
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Harvard's Billion-Dollar Village
Remaking Allston -- again
Dec 10, 2025
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Diana Lind
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5 Vibe-y Predictions for 2026
Some big ways I think things are going to shift in 2026 and beyond
Dec 2, 2025
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Diana Lind
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