Architect and author Chapin describes existing pocket neighborhoods and co-housing communities while providing inspiration for creating new ones.

Based on a popular New York Times Op-Ed piece, this is the quirky, heartfelt account of one man's quest to meet his neighbors--and find a sense of community. **

By the 1870s, the word was out about Colorado. East coast and Midwest prospectors, European immigrants, and African Americans newly freed from slavery, rushed t

Common Place is about how we can develop community and create convivial and sustainable places in the face of disjointed and fast-placed growth. It offers strat

The city is more than just a sum of its buildings; it is the sum of its communities. The most successful urban communities are very often those that are the mos