![]() And just in time, because today more human beings live in cities than not. Cities are getting more environmentally sound, more fun, and more beautiful. High tech materials, sensor networks, new science, and better data are all letting architects, designers, and planners work smarter and more precisely. So let’s jump to now: A century, plus or minus, after human beings started putting their minds toward designing cities as a whole, things are getting good. Functional decisions determined aesthetic outcomes-not always for the best. Laws and regulations dictated the shape of the envelope. ![]() Beginning with New York City’s zoning laws in 1916, development began to occur by commission, not omission. But around the second decade of the 20th century, things changed. At least, that’s the way things worked for most of human history.
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