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Category Archives: New Urbanism

The Dilemma of Density

October 12, 2006by Alan Loomis 2 Comments

Housing and Community in Southern California as seen from Pasadena | Presented at “Surfacing Urbanisms,” the 2006 ACSA West Conference, hosted by Woodbury University

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Los Angeles, New Urbanism, Pasadena, Places, Policy, Writings

Town Centers

June 10, 2005by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary published in “Los Angeles: Building the Polycentric City” for the 13th Congress of New Urbanism, June 2005

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Los Angeles, New Urbanism, Writings

Neighborhoods of Los Angeles

June 10, 2005by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary published in “Los Angeles: Building the Polycentric City” for the 13th Congress of New Urbanism, June 2005

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Los Angeles, New Urbanism, Writings

Victoria Gardens

June 10, 2005by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Commentary published in “Los Angeles: Building the Polycentric City” for the 13th Congress of New Urbanism, June 2005

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Architectural Shorts, Architecture, Los Angeles, New Urbanism, Places, Shopping, Writings

Urban Utopias

June 15, 2000by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

Fifty Years of New Town Ideology: A comparative analysis of three New Towns outside of Washington DC: Greenbelt, Reston, and Kentlands

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History, New Urbanism, Places, Writings

Urban Conversations

April 1, 2000by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

A review of the “Urbanisms: New and Other” conference, held at the College of Environmental Design, University of California Berkeley, 24-26 February 2000

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New Urbanism, Writings

Urban Debates

November 22, 1999by Alan Loomis Leave a comment

A review of the “Exploring (New) Urbanism” conference, held at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, 4-6 March 1999

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New Urbanism, Writings

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Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "The Americana at Brand" written for the Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia, 2018. Link in Bio.
Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "Victoria Gardens" written for the Congress for New Urbanism, 2005. Link in Bio.
Revisiting some of my essays on shopping centers and the role of retail in the City this Black Friday. "The Once and Future Mall" written for the Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, 2004. Link in Bio.

Associations / Memberships

  • American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
  • APA Los Angeles
  • Congress for New Urbanism
  • LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
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