The Messy City
KevinEmbracing change, uncertainty and local initiative for our cities and towns
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 170 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Midtown KC, Unfiltered
Stand by for a very Kansas City-focused episode. For this one, Abby Newsham and I were invited to record a live podcast during KC Design Week, at the Kansas City Art Institute. Abby now hosts the Unconventional Urbanism podcast.
While ther...
Route 66 - America's Main Street
The tale of Route 66 might seem like just a tale of freedom on the road, the great American desire for exploration, and our love affair with the car. And it is all that. But it’s also much more. It’s about the cities, towns and unique place...
Chicken on a Bridge
Sometimes a local story is just that - a local story. And sometimes it transcends. Yes, Mike Zeller is very much rooted in Kansas City, and this is a very local story about how to take advantage of our long-overlooked river assets.
But thi...
Seeking Faith-Based Solutions to Housing
Every so often, an idea comes along that makes so much sense it makes you wonder - why haven’t we been talking more about this? In that vein comes today’s guest, Eli Smith, who is pioneering something called the Faith-Based Housing Initiati...
Talking Messy Cities on the Strong Towns Podcast
I was grateful to be hosted on the Strong Towns podcast recently by Chuck Marohn. There’s a lot of good things I can say about Chuck, but first and foremost he’s just a really good human being. For me, that matters.
Strong Towns Podcast wi...
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Welcome - my name is Kevin Klinkenberg, and this site "The Messy City" is my personal blog. I started blogging on urban planning and design issues in 2007, and began working in the field in 1993. Thanks for reading.
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