The American Alley, Part 4: Rediscovering the Forgotten Human Scale
By Thomas Dougherty, Strong Towns
It is time that we recognize that the potential for spatially formed, human-scaled, beautiful, and prosperous urban places already lies within every urban block.
The American Alley, Part 3: The End of the American Alley
By Thomas Dougherty, Strong Towns
As ADUs are developed along alleys in the next few years, we are presented with an opportunity: to construct ADUs which front the street and transform the service alley into a minor street, or to construct ADUs which only look into the private lot, simply leaving the alley as it is.
The American Alley, Part 2: Origins of the American Alley
By Thomas Dougherty, Strong Towns
Understanding the alley’s past reveals it for what it is today: a hidden resource for making our cities stronger and more prosperous.
The American Alley, Part 1: A Hidden Resource
By Thomas Dougherty, Strong Towns
It is rare to find a street in America that does not seem to be almost wholly oriented around the movement of cars from one point to another. The street understood as part of the public realm seems to be forever lost, a thing of the past.