Courtyard Urbanist, founded by Alicia Pederson, PhD, is a research and development platform advancing courtyard block design for North American cities, drawing on Europe’s best neighborhoods to upgrade U.S. cities with family-friendly courtyard blocks.
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From the Mushroom Kingdom to Haussmannian Paris
An evening stroll through Universal’s Paris. Families fill a dense, car-free street lined with shops, cafés, and the suggestion of apartments above—even though those homes exist only in the architecture’s story.
I wasn’t expecting to think...
How to Build a Fine-Grained City: Party Walls, Point Access, and the Granular Block
A century ago, the Queensboro Corporation built the Greystones in Jackson Heights (above, left) as a coordinated development of fourteen contiguous apartment buildings on fourteen separate lots. The block was planned as a whole, but it rema...
Today, Chicago makes 49 luxury townhouses easier to build than a fine-grained neighborhood of 260 homes.
Developers build what the city makes legal and practical. We won’t have the dense, walkable neighborhoods that everyone wants until we change the laws.
The Chicago Plan Commission recently approved a 14-townhouse expansion of RiverWard, wh...
A Mixed-Use Courtyard Vision for Western and Lawrence
The southwest corner of Western and Lawrence occupies one of the most Lincoln Square’s most valuable locations. A short walk to the Western Brown Line station, to the main commercial area, and to several excellent public and private schools...
The Courtyard Block Enters American Housing Policy: July 2026 Market Brief
Dear Friend, Subscriber, and Courtyard Urbanism Enthusiast,
On July 11, a federal housing bill became law without a presidential signature. Ten days later, Michigan raised the statewide single-stair limit from three stories to four. Two we...
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Courtyard Urbanist, founded by Alicia Pederson, PhD, is a development brand advancing courtyard block design for North American cities, drawing on Europe’s best neighborhoods to revitalize U.S. cities with family-friendly housing.
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