Courtyard Urbanist
Alicia PedersonCourtyard Urbanist, founded by Alicia Pederson, PhD, is a research and development brand advancing courtyard block design for North American cities, drawing on Europe’s best neighborhoods to upgrade U.S. cities with family-friendly courtyard blocks.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 35 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Keep Families in the City: Building Neighborhoods for Lifelong Chicagoans
Overview
Chicago families shouldn’t have to choose between the neighborhoods they love and the space they need. Let’s talk about how we can fix that.
Do you love your neighborhood, but wonder if Chicago has room for your family...
Courtyard Urbanism: Ordering the Intensity of the City
This article is adapted from a presentation I gave at Edge Esmeralda, in Healdsburg, California, on June 25, 2026.
Tavola Strozzi, c. 1470s. A fifteenth-century panoramic view of Naples, showing the walled Aragonese city, harbor, towers, g...
How Amsterdam is reviving the fine-grained courtyard block
At Centrumeiland, a new district in Amsterdam’s IJburg expansion, the city is avoiding one of the great failures of contemporary urban development, the large-parcel megaproject. Rather than handing the 37 acres over to a few large developer...
Courtyard Urbanist Market Brief: May
Dear Friend, Subscriber, and Courtyard Urbanism Enthusiast,
In May, the courtyard urbanism movement continued its shift from architectural idea into statutory language, code reform, and development strategy.
The most important housing-pol...
Governor Pritzker, Shakespeare, and the Right to Build Middle Housing
One Friday morning last month, I boarded the Brown Line downtown to hear Governor J.B. Pritzker deliver his State of the State address at the City Club of Chicago. When the Governor’s office invited me to attend, I rescheduled my prior comm...
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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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