Let's Keep Quick Fixing!
The City of Atlanta’s zoning rewrite is going to be a long slog. That’s why it’s not the right place to focus immediate efforts for folks...
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Thoughts on Zoning Strings
Zoning Past The City of Atlanta is exploring new ways to define and limit how properties are developed as part of the ongoing zoning...
Mar 9, 20239 min read
Why ADUs Are So Hard To Build, and How Atlanta Could Make it Easier
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a popular tool for addressing the nation’s affordable housing crisis. Every homeowner with an attic,...
Oct 29, 20208 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 4: Incremental Design
(This post is Part 4 of a series on evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 3) In this series we have covered...
Sep 24, 20209 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 3: Outside Subsidy
(This post is Part 3 of a series on evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 2) So far in this series we’ve...
Sep 24, 20205 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 2: Project Costs
(This post is Part 2 of KUA's guide to evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 1: Setting Goals) In our last...
Sep 23, 20207 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 1: Setting Goals
After over a year’s worth of engagement by respondents and community members, the Atlanta Beltline Inc. (ABI) recently announced that...
Sep 23, 20208 min read
Love(able Neighborhoods) in the Time of Corona
After a month of social distancing, the KUA team is settling into our new normal. Aside from your standard working from home woes - hours...
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Partners for Better Places
Making places better takes a lot more than great architecture and urban design. Our work over the last decade has expanded beyond...
Feb 10, 20204 min read
I’m so glad I live in an Atlanta where there are Biketobers
Kronberg Wall – Biketober Results When October 1st rolls around, most people dust off their flannel shirts and flock to the nearest...
Nov 14, 20195 min read
KW Blog Turns Five – A Look Back at Our Favorite Posts
Today marks the five-year anniversary of our very first blog post. To mark the occasion, we took a look back at over 100 posts to select...
Nov 12, 20194 min read
PORTLAND YIMBYs, AND SO CAN YOU
Bayside Variety, Portland Maine (credit: John Phelan via Wikimedia Commons) We had the pleasure of visiting Portland, Maine this week to...
Nov 1, 20193 min read
Making Affordable Housing Cute Again
Atlanta has many charming historic Missing Middle Housing types, and we even have a new Missing Middle Housing zoning category to...
Oct 31, 20193 min read
Durham Leads the Way for Housing Choice and Zoning Reform
“Zoning reform isn’t magical, but it’s crucial.” So said Mayor Steve Schewel of Durham, NC in a stirring speech given earlier this month...
Sep 20, 20193 min read
A Tale of Two Bridges: Infrastructure and Equity
Urbanists in Atlanta and around the country are tearing their hair out after discovering the Northside Drive pedestrian bridge at the...
Aug 8, 20193 min read
Lessons from Market Street
Some will recognize the image above as a still from the film “A Trip Down Market Street”, shot in 1906 in San Francisco by Harry Miles....
Jul 31, 20193 min read
Parking Updates and Why They Matter: Part Two
A few months ago we sang the praises of Atlanta’s new parking-related zoning updates, and hinted at a follow-up post. Our feelings on...
Jul 24, 20192 min read
The Not-So-Great Scooter Debate
Can you believe it? Some opaque industry polluted the public spaces of our city with dangerous vehicles and we are all complicit in...
Jun 29, 20195 min read
Atlanta Streets Alive: Help Us Advocate for Complete Streets!
KWA and ABC’s vision for a complete Dekalb Ave Come see us on Sunday at Streets Alive! We’ll be stationed on Dekalb Ave, right in front...
Jun 7, 20191 min read
Parking Updates and Why They Matter
It’s 2019. Does your city still have minimum parking requirements? So starts a recent Strong Towns post, and while Atlanta does still...
Apr 25, 20193 min read