Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns

Architect and urbanist, John Massengale knows how to fix America’s neighborhoods, cities and towns by making them walkable again. In this next episode of ON CITIES, Massengale will share his insights on how good street design can increase happiness, unlock economic value, improve our health and lower our carbon footprint. Tune in Friday, August 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM EST, 8:00 PST on the Voice America Variety Channel https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/4119/on-cities; and find all previous episodes on Spotify, Apple iTunes or your favorite podcast platform.

John Massengale, AIA, is a thought leader on the connections between urban design, architecture, walkability, and placemaking. As principal at Massengale & Co. and the author of three books, he has more than 25 years' experience designing projects in Europe and across America. His planning work spans a range of situations from suburban retrofits and designing new towns to urban infill and urban regeneration. At every scale--from arranging rooms to arranging buildings to organizing street plans--Massengale emphasizes context and the importance of making places where people want to be. Massengale is co-author with Victor Dover, FAICP, of Street Design: The Secret to Great Cities and Towns (Wiley, 2014) with foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales. He is also the co-author, with Robert A.M. Stern and Gregory Gilmartin, of New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915 (Rizzoli, 1983) and The Anglo-American Suburb (St. Martin's Press, 1981). A Board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, Massengale was previously the founding Chair of CNU New York. He also served as a Director of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. As the founder of Massengale & Co., John leads a design team that is known for creative and beautiful work in regional and Classical traditions from New York to New Mexico. Massengale has taught design studios at various institutions; and he holds an A.B. from Harvard College and an MARCH from the University of Pennsylvania.