Nearly a century after their decline as informal housing for the working poor, Washington, DC’s alleys are experiencing a resurgence of popularity.

Florida’s oldest city, St. Augustine harkens to a much different era of city building. The narrow streets in its historic center delight visitors with their European charm, reminding us just how popular places built for people are.

The suburban experiment, a well-known phenomenon in Florida, results in enclaves of adjacent residential communities. These subdivisions may share property lines, but rarely do they share roads, sidewalks, or connectivity points.

What happens when 80% of a country’s population lives in public housing?

Thailand’s automotive industry is the largest in Southeast Asia, and car-oriented development has already reshaped much of the streetscape in cities like Bangkok. In motorbike-centric Vietnam, will history repeat itself or will active, human-scale streets prevail?

Four factors that help make the streets of Vietnam’s cities lively, dynamic, and fluid.

Many Vietnamese cities create “walking streets,” temporarily closing their major thoroughfares to motorized traffic and inviting pedestrians to take over. Has it worked?

How a popular aspect of Vietnamese architecture symbolizes incremental neighborhood development—and enhances the safety, vibrancy and resiliency of communities.

What happens when motorbikes—instead of cars—are the transportation mode of choice?