Courtyard Urbanism--an Introduction - by Alicia Pederson
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Why and how I became a courtyard urbanism advocate.
Courtyard Urbanism--an Introduction Why and how I became a courtyard urbanism advocate. Alicia Pederson Jul 19, 2025 73 17 10 Share Around 2022–2023, I became increasingly aware of the real estate pressures that were driving families out of the city and into the suburbs, and of the urban planning and architecture norms that exacerbated these real estate pressures. At that time, I was a stay-at-home mom raising three young children and a dog in Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood, where my husband Pete and I had bought a home in 2017. As our kids reached elementary school age, I watched many
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