Are efforts to preserve “neighborhood character” simply classist (or racist) objections to change? Or could neighborhood character actually contain something worth protecting—namely, time-tested design principles that help make a place feel coherent, livable, and pro-social? In “Can We Afford to Care About Design in a Housing Crisis?,” Daniel Herriges uses the misguided furor over celebrated urbanist Jeff Speck’s criticism of this Brookline house (hint: think garage not garish) to make the case for why practicing good urbanism means we can’t afford not to be concerned with design.
Brookline By Design
“Can we afford to care about design in a housing crisis?” by Daniel Herriges
Updated: Dec 6, 2023
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