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This Parisian neighborhood could be a blueprint for better American cities

April 21, 2025/

Europe is embracing the ‘ecodistrict’ as a new way to build thoughtful, car-free neighborhoods. Why can’t the United States do the same?

The ecodistrict and the 15-minute city can offer a new framework for city-building, an antidote to mindless sprawl. Or, these urban design principles can remain a foreign delicacy, a way of living to appreciate on vacation, but never here at home.

BY Liz Stinson

 


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