Chuck in the News

Web/Print Resources

The following 2019 articles and reviews reference Urbanism Without Effort, rev. ed.:

• Charles R. Wolfe, “Urbanism Without Effort: When a city’s character, honors and reflects the local culture, everyone benefits,” Next City

Video and Audio from the First Edition (2013-14)

In September, 2014, the author took part in the keynote conversation for Bellwether Housing’s annual Closer to Home breakfast in Seattle.  To watch the video that preceded the keynote, click below:

In September, 2014, the author described open spaces from Nice France, for the Seattle Design Festival’s “Public Space in Motion” Panel.  To watch now, click below:

In November 2013, writer David K. Thorpe interviewed the author from his office in South Wales for Sustainable Cities Collective.  To watch now, click below:

In August, 2013, the Project for Public Spaces released video of the author’s first presentation about the book, at the Placemaking Leadership Council Inaugural Meeting in Detroit last April.  To watch now, click below:

Chuck Wolfe Placemaking Leadership Council Detroit Presentation from Project for Public Spaces on Vimeo.

The Seattle Channel broadcasted the June 19, 2013 Town Hall/Seattle presentation, as part of the “American Podium” series. To watch now, click below:

Author interview by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns Podcast, Show 140

Urbanism Speakeasy author interview, featured on Sustainable Cities Collective

HuffPost Live feature. “Real Life SimCity“, featuring the author with architect Eric Owen Moss and Project for Public Spaces’ Fred Kent

An invitation from the author to the May 7, 2013 Book Launch:

Web/Print Resources from the First Edition (2013-14)

The following representative 2013 and 2014 articles and reviews reference Urbanism Without Effort:

• Planetizen, “The Importance of Inter-Urban Walkability“
• Planetizen, “Revisiting the Common Sense Elements of City Life “
• Planetizen, “New Series: In the Urban World, Juxtapositions Matter“
• Colin Poff, “Rethinking Placemaking: Book Review of ‘Urbanism Without Effort’“, Global Site Plans/The Grid
• Holly Richmond, “‘Sit-able cities’ might be even more important than walkable ones“, Grist
• Lloyd Alter, “Sit-able Cities Are as Important as Walkable Cities“, treehugger
• Michael McKenna, “Prishtina: The ‘Sit-able City‘”, Kosovo 2.0
• Kristen Gagnon, “Urban Planet: Please Seat Yourself“, Spacing|Canada
• Cornell University College of Architecture, Art and Planning News Entry, “New Book Lauds Urban Spontaneity”
• Philip Langdon, “Review–Urbanism Without Effort“, Better! Cities & Towns
• Yuri Artibise, “Book Review–Urbanism Without Effort”, Spacing|Canada
• Knute Berger, “NW Urban: “Will the Eastside Get a Pearl District?“, Crosscut
• Juan Carlos Garcia de los Reyes, “LA CIUDAD SIN ESFUERZO. 4º Aniversario de La Ciudad Comprometida (V)“, La Cuidad Comprometida, Granada, Spain
• Planning Magazine, “Doing what comes naturally“
• Kaid Benfield, “Urbanism without effort: sometimes the best places are created instinctively“, NRDC Switchboard; also posted on Sustainable Cities Collective, here, and Better! Cities and Towns, here
• Planetizen, “Three Everyday Ways to Inspire Urban Change“
• University of Oregon School of Law Newsroom Entry, “Alumnus Charles Wolfe ’84 authors e-book on urban social interaction”
• Nat Levy, “From the Great Wheel to alley movie night, Seattle can show how to make better cities“, Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
• “Green book review: Urbanism Without Effort by Charles Wolfe”, Eco-Libris
• University of Washington News Entry on “Charles Wolfe e-book”
• Ronald Holden, “Chuck Wolfe’s urban manifesto“, Cornichon
• Real Estate Bisnow Seattle Newsletter Entry on “Urbanism Without Effort”
• ULI-Northwest Blog Entry on Book Launch Event (with downloadable Powerpoint presentation)
• Roger Valdez. “Urbanism Without Effort? Let It Be!“, Seattle’s Land Use Code
• Planetizen, “The Dynamic Potential of Urbanism Without Effort“, Planetizen
• Miriam Axel-Lute. “Where Community is at Work Making Itself“, Shelterforce
• Juan Carlos Garcia de los Reyes, “Urbanismo Sin Efuerzo“, La Cuidad Comprometida, Granada, Spain
• Kaid Benfield, “How City Lights Change the Way We Experience Places“, NRDC Switchboard

The following representative 2013 and 2014 articles by the Author reference Urbanism Without Effort:

• “How to Place-Decode the Elements of Urbanism“, The Huffington Post
• “Timeless or Time-Bound in the City“, The Huffington Post
• “Why the ‘Sit-able City’ is the Next Big Idea“, myurbanist
• “Public Pianos and the Urbanist Dividend“, The Huffington Post
• “The Rural Landscape and Urban Lessons Learned“, The Huffington Post and Crosscut, here
• “Three Everyday Ways to Inspire Urban Change“, The Huffington Post
• “Urban Ruins and the High Line Next Door“, Planetizen
• “Urban Ruins: Does Seattle need a High Line?”, Crosscut
• “The Urban Diary as a City-Dweller’s Tool“, Planetizen
• “Understanding cities through urban diaries“, Crosscut
• “The Compelling Promise of Urbanism Without Effort“, The Huffington Post
• “Alley Movie Nights: Can you say urbanism without effort?“, Crosscut
• “Exploring the Premise of Urbanism Without Effort“, Sustainable Cities Collective
• “The Dynamic Potential of Urbanism Without Effort“, The Atlantic Cities
• “Picturing 10 Qualities Every City Should Have“, The Atlantic Cities
• “Picturing 10 Urban Qualities Central to Every City“, Crosscut
• “Reclaiming the Urban Memory“, Sustainable Cities Collective
• “Movement and Settlement, Upside Down“, The Huffington Post