Victor Brandon Dover
@VictorDover
Town Planner, Urban Designer, Futurist. Past Chair, CNU. FAICP. CNU Fellow. Principal @DoverKohl. Ironman (5x). Past President, Parks Foundation of Miami-Dade
The Four Corners in Kingston, NY is the only intersection in the United States in which all four structures date before the American Revolution. The oldest, the Jansen House, was built between 1663 and 1667 when the region was part of the New Netherlands colony.
Few people recognize that "progressive" planning policy was originally eugenics-based, banning forms of housing that undesirable classes (and races, and religions) were more likely to live in. Thus, it matters when (latter-day) progressive college towns take action to undo…
The Madison City Council passed multiple pro-housing reforms this week including allowing duplexes on all residential lots city-wide, decreasing some dimensional requirements and allowing up to 6-floors in the Downtown Core and Urban Mixed Use districts. 📍Madison, WI
What a US neighborhood street could look like.
The treatment for America’s ever-increasing health problems is infrastructure that promotes physical activity and social connections. US Surgeons General have been sounding the alarm for years: “We need to make our communities more walkable, bikeable, and accessible to public…
The anti-bike Karens when they learn what's most likely to give you a head injury:
Please pass the word: *AUG 1st DEADLINE* for submitting candidate artworks for Volume 2 of The Art of the New Urbanism (2010-2025) exhibition & book. Submit up to 10 pieces: artofthenewurbanism.com @NewUrbanism @univmiami @DoverKohl @cnupublicsquare @WileyGlobal @SouthernUrb
Engineers not only design today’s roads to earn good grades on the pseudo-science report card, but also for a future they can’t possibly predict. f-st.co/SpYpd7A
This gets at one of the biggest mistakes the urbanist movement made and continues to make Being “anti-car” is a losing argument Cars are a great tool. People love them The real pitch of urbanism is a life where driving a car is *optional* Where you can walk to the coffee shop…
It's bizarre to think a person who adores walkable neighborhoods must hate cars.
“Parking minimums cost small businesses significant amounts of money, prevent them from using their land in the way they see fit, and deprive cities of connectivity.” @IJ
How art launched New Urbanism, changing planning history. The Art of the New Urbanism is more than a beautiful book—it tells the story of an urban planning movement through the lens of its drawing skills. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…
It's true! The standard metric for traffic "success" has no redeeming quality.
Old Town, New Town: From Cortona on the hill to Camucia in the valley, basic construction hasn’t changed much: masonry, usually stuccoed white, with clay tile roofs. Novelty may be amusing for a moment, but timelessness is lasting.
Bus-only lanes provide several key benefits: 1. Faster Travel: Dedicated lanes allow buses to bypass traffic congestion, leading to quicker and more reliable journeys. 2. Increased Ridership: More efficient bus service encourages people to use public transport instead of…
A village built to the human scale in the middle of an American town. Dan Camp's extraordinary Cotton District proves it can be done. Buying underdeveloped land in Starkville Miss. Dan started building the the kind of village he thought university students wanted to live in...
Stunning. We plan to build things like this in the not-too-distant future. While no groin vaults, Townsend will be a similar scale and will have some real magic to it like this does. Oh, and we’ve got gas lanterns going in.
"The bike lanes are a waste because they're empty." The bike lanes: