Archive - Build the Next Right Thing

Reflections on the Strong Towns National Gathering

And thoughts on where we go from here.

Jul 1 •

May 2025

What’s with the vacant storefronts?

Some other reasons retail spaces stay dark

May 9 •

April 2025

We're never getting to abundance if we reject market-rate development

And why making that case matters.

Apr 9 •

March 2025

Strong Towns missed the point of the City Builder Institute

A response to Chuck Marohn's comments on the Upzoned Podcast

Mar 28 •

October 2024

Getting Serious About Providence’s Housing Crisis

Lesson's from the Providence we built in the Industrial Revolution

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Toward a new way of educating city builders

The manual says…

Sep 13, 2024 •

June 2024

The Path Back to Quality

A Half-Baked Idea

Jun 17, 2024 •

March 2024

This chart is a big freakin’ deal

Why zoning reform is not (on its own) going to make housing affordable

Mar 6, 2024 •

Seth Zeren interviewed on the Messy City Podcast

Hello all, I recently did a podcast with Kevin Klinkenberg on his Messy City Podcast podcast where we were able to go into depth small scale…

Mar 2, 2024 •

November 2023

When New Urbanists and YIMBY's fight

Why, despite all their commonalities, do some New Urbanists and YIMBY’s get into regular, and often surprising fights?

Nov 1, 2023 •

October 2023

Landlords are the Localest Branch of Local Government

And it’s time we take that seriously

Oct 24, 2023 •

October 2022

Do things need to burn for new things to grow?

Lessons from the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Oct 1, 2022 •

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