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Brett Widness

Brett Widness is the managing editor of Urban Land. Previously, he worked in online editorial at the Washington Post, AARP, and AOL, now part of Yahoo!

Design and Planning
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Video: Explaining the Benefits of a “Road Diet”
Jeff Speck, planning expert and author of Walkable City and coauthor of Suburban Nation , has created a series of videos that illustrate how cities are reducing on-street parking and better utilizing their existing roads to create calmer traffic patterns, wider sidewalks, and dedicated bike lanes.
August 31, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
Video: Here Come the Married Millennial Homebuyers
According to forecasting firm Demographic Intelligence, a wave of millennial marriages and parents is on its way.
August 24, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
July/August Issue of Urban Land Is Available for Download
The latest issue of Urban Landis now available for download via the app. If you have not downloaded it before, you can do so now at no charge. The cover package for this issue is titled “Crafting Authenticity: Designing retail spaces that consumers embrace.”
August 14, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
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Resilience and Sustainability
Video: How San Francisco Is Striving for Zero Waste
Only one third of the waste in the United States is recycled or composted. Racing to Zero, a highlights some of the amazing solutions in San Francisco, which is successfully taking the necessary steps to reach zero waste by 2020.
August 10, 2015
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Design and Planning
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News
Video: Can Redesigned Corner Stores Make Us Crave Healthier Foods
Healthy Retail SF is a program designed to help retailers in high-poverty neighborhoods in the Bay Area transform their markets into places that offer a variety of affordable and healthy food options.
July 17, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Time Lapse: A 57-Story Tower Built in 19 Days in China
On the outskirts of Changsha in southern China stands a new tower. At a mere 204 meters (669 feet) it’s less than a third of the height of Shanghai’s tallest, but a time-lapse video by the BBC shows it shooting up at the rate of three floors per day.
July 7, 2015
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Development and Construction
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Real Estate Trends
May/June Issue of Urban Land Is Available for Download
The latest issue of Urban Landis now available for download via the app. If you have not downloaded it before, you can do so now at no charge. The cover package for this issue is titled “Crafting Authenticity: Designing retail spaces that consumers embrace.”
June 22, 2015
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Resilience and Sustainability
Video: Designing for Social Impact
In a talk for TedXMidAtlantic, a local version of the nonprofit TED Talks, Liz Ogbu explains why she sees herself as an architect that designs for social impact, not buildings. Ogbu is an expert on sustainable design and spatial innovation in challenged urban environments and will be one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Housing Opportunity conference.
June 22, 2015
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Economy, Market & Trends
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News
Timelapse: See Two Years of Construction on the SFMOMA
Snøhetta, the architects behind the expansion of San Francisco Modern Museum of Modern Art, posted a time-lapse on Instagram, condensing the past two years of construction down to roughly six seconds.
June 11, 2015
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Design and Planning
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Video: What If Your Commute Inspired Yourself and Others?
A project called SubArt is has launched a video campaign to bring the kind of interactive art installations more common in Paris, Taiwan and Montreal to name a few examples to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system.
June 10, 2015
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