# ![@UrbanCourtyard Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1795606048767610881.png) @UrbanCourtyard Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist

Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist posts on X about copenhagen, prague, stockholm, paris the most. They currently have [------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"With ai-assisted robotics cutting time and labor costs of architectural stone its time to start imagining new USPS office entrances @RepMikeQuigley @40thforward"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1797733844499783912)  2024-06-03T20:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@the_transit_guy These examples from Copenhagen and Berlin have better courtyards and better density. Courtyard urbanism is the only way you can give families large apartments with car-free green space without sacrificing density. We have to bring it to North America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1798038230178365757)  2024-06-04T17:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Snate_deHaan @Nerd4Cities I support congestion pricing. But families wont move to cities unless they have big houses with private yards. The only way to achieve big houses with private yards and not become a suburb is courtyard urbanism which is the format of every nice European city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799158754426110415)  2024-06-07T19:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Sanilac_J Its the density of the nicest neighborhoods of Florence Berlin Copenhagen Barcelona. Its a time tested and wonderful format for families because you have access to all the amenities and conveniences of the city while maintaining private yard space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799178024853676212)  2024-06-07T20:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@reneecallier @Nerd4Cities Many families move to the burbs when their kids turn five raising families in the city is a luxury of the rich: middle class families move to burbs because they cant afford a nice house with yard in the city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799201613393043660)  2024-06-07T22:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@MarketUrbanism I started this account/courtyard campaign because every other day I encounter a family who is leaving Chicago for the burbs because they cant find/afford a house with a yard in the city. The yard is important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799472451421913341)  2024-06-08T16:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MarketUrbanism The highest fertility groups in the US are the Amish (rural) and evangelical Christian (suburban). They both have above replacement fertility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799521066202665246)  2024-06-08T19:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"True. However the midrise density neighborhoods have a more intimate and connected feel than the high rise ones. And as the cliched Barcelona example shows you can have strong density with a six story max norm. Also high rise construction and maintenance require a fossil fuel economy whereas six story neighborhoods can be built and maintained in the absence of cheap energy inputs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799581073229087226)  2024-06-08T23:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@mollyfleck @UrbanEnviroIL Glass and steel construction requires massive energy inputs to put up and to maintain. We are close to having AI enhanced robotics massively reduce the cost of structural stone. I cannot wait to see the first structural stone mixed use mid rise buildings go up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1799908375116886446)  2024-06-09T20:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The courtyard is not enclosed and therefore not safe for young children. The Copenhagen courtyard blocks described by David Sims in "Soft City" published by @IslandPress are enclosed and secure. Ideally the perimeter buildings should form a wall around a protected green space which is consequently safe from cars but also other hazards of the public way. Courtyards should be private to the residents of the building and not open to the public"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1800636979287056716)  2024-06-11T21:11Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"What a family-friendly courtyard unit looks like in a dense walkable Roman neighborhood: Here is a 4br/2ba ground floor unit in a courtyard building in the San Giovanni neighborhood of Rome near the Caracalla Terme. The family has a private patio and garden that is enclosed within the courtyard block which protects the interior space from the noise pollution and dangers of the streets. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1800710574042497120)  2024-06-12T02:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@TCBCommunities Free idea for your next Lincoln Square project What a family-friendly courtyard unit looks like in a dense walkable Roman neighborhood: Here is a 4br/2ba ground floor unit in a courtyard building in the San Giovanni neighborhood of Rome near the Caracalla Terme. The family has a private patio and garden that is enclosed https://t.co/Btqr8Ce3xo What a family-friendly courtyard unit looks like in a dense walkable Roman neighborhood: Here is a 4br/2ba ground floor unit in a courtyard building in the San Giovanni neighborhood of Rome near the Caracalla Terme. The family has a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1800713515482972543)  2024-06-12T02:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@cornoisseur @AldMattMartin So the solution to this is to get a developer to build a proper mixed-use building here 4-6 stories (this would be a good site for a courtyard buliding) and have Cane's go into the ground floor. Like they did with this McDonalds in Hungary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1800973026630172989)  2024-06-12T19:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@CharlestonArchi What material are you going to use for the cladding As we wait for the AI robotics team to bring down the price of architectural and structural stone I'm really loving the rusticated stucco on buildings like these"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1801707048553341288)  2024-06-14T20:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@CharlestonArchi Florence and Rome get pretty muggy in the summer. Enough to sustain a nasty mosquito population anyway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1801737363569221813)  2024-06-14T22:03Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@matthewswspence @holz_bau Where is the high impact nerd center of PaB in Chicago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1801784065487438147)  2024-06-15T01:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@LionBlogosphere @TheAtlantic This is just a population density issue. Europeans city centers are noisy and always have been. And you know what Charles Murray found about the association between city centers and human accomplishment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1801803154167611686)  2024-06-15T02:25Z [---] followers, 12K engagements


"@Steve_Sailer @TheAtlantic And yet almost all of the eminent writers have been connected with the activity and bustle of urban centers of their times. I doubt Shakespeares London or Huxleys LA were very quiet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1801805361088807356)  2024-06-15T02:34Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@scjohnson90 @AaronCSmith1 @Steve_Sailer @TheAtlantic Historical connection between cities and accomplishment is very strong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802105756721840359)  2024-06-15T22:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@the_transit_guy Looks like Florence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802157320585007325)  2024-06-16T01:52Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@_Murphy_Dan @berkie1 Its the lack of courtyard blocks which are key to nice walkable cities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802332415693566306)  2024-06-16T13:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@berkie1 @_Murphy_Dan There are lots of walkable neighborhoods in North America but they arent as dense as courtyard blocks of European and theyre not family friendly. Possibly courtyard blocks protect against suburbanization by providing family sized housing with private green space in the city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802337339961700524)  2024-06-16T13:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Cobylefko So many major social problems would be solved if we just put family-friendly mixed-use housing in the city (such as courtyard blocks). Dense walkable neighborhoods do more for the climate teen mental health city finances housing affordability local small businesses etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802366576600998238)  2024-06-16T15:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Living in the city is not only a good real estate investment. Cities create the conditions for human accomplishment in the arts and sciences. Two decades ago Charles Murray showed that almost all the significant figures in the arts and sciences in modernity were based in cities. The suburbs are not just soul-sucking; they're anti-civilization"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802370532995711404)  2024-06-16T15:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Who knows someone with a stone quarry near Chicago who can get going on structural stone Why stone as a substitute for all steel or RC structures Versatile & looks great Cheaper as it eliminates need for water & fireproofing external & internal finishes 32.6kgCO2/m3 for stone vs 12000kgCO2/m3 for steel (36800% more) & 1500kgCO2/m3 for RC (4600% more) https://t.co/nsp6OVe93T Why stone as a substitute for all steel or RC structures Versatile & looks great Cheaper as it eliminates need for water & fireproofing external & internal finishes 32.6kgCO2/m3 for stone vs 12000kgCO2/m3 for steel (36800%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802425084474437823)  2024-06-16T19:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@unusual_whales I have many empty nesters neighbors who want to sell and move into a condo in the neighborhood. But theres no inventory and mortgage rates are prohibitively high"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802846052690923579)  2024-06-17T23:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@noone79751 Chicago is a massive metro. There are many neighborhoods with no homicides. Almost all of the homicides are gang related. Ive lived here for over a decade have a big social network and know [--] people affected by violent crime. And murders are down after the post-Floyd increase"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1802892354245787770)  2024-06-18T02:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I agree that this is a change in preference. But as long as people have the option of moving to the suburbs for the space they want then the city loses. It not only loses a lot of tax money (that it really needs) it loses its middle class families and becomes a hollowed out society of the very rich and the very poor. Ive never seen a 4br two flat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803614528766374226)  2024-06-20T02:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ninnymuggins95 @Culture_Crit I was providing an anecdote to illustrate a social fact that even as household size is declining home square footage is increasing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803616583241130160)  2024-06-20T02:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Moreover everyone should care about this because school enrollment is cratering as the population of school aged children is declining. Its a problem for CPS for city finances for local businesses and for American society generally that middle class families are priced out of urban life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803617374912069875)  2024-06-20T02:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ninnymuggins95 @Culture_Crit MFH are converted to SFM because that is what the market wants. People want larger homes with safe yards. If they want to stay in the city often their best option is buying a two flat and living in it as a single family"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803626137106382851)  2024-06-20T03:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ninnymuggins95 @Culture_Crit Any development over [--] units must have 20% affordable units. The courtyard blocks are for middle class families and income eligible residents"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803627620644372792)  2024-06-20T03:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"What makes Lincoln Ave. circa Giddings Plaza so nice Not only is the street narrow and calmed there is a diversity of uses and users who come together here. While my kids train martial arts @degerberg I grab a drink with a friend at the bar north of the dojo or get nails done at salon south of it or get a gift at Gearhead or groceries at genes etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803925693186871777)  2024-06-20T22:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@YIMBYLAND @katewillett Lincoln square has gained population and housing but lost middle class families with children"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803966473561321689)  2024-06-21T01:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Bad idea. Millennials are leaving the high-cost cities and retiring to the suburbs because they can't find LARGE kid-friendly housing for their families. Cities can stop this loss of middle class families by encouraging the development of MASSIVE condos in dense low courtyard blocks. https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research-areas/journal-article/back-suburbs-millennial-residential-locations-great-recession https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research-areas/journal-article/back-suburbs-millennial-residential-locations-great-recession"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1803988594387796269)  2024-06-21T03:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Yes fertility is declining almost everywhere so the population is aging everywhere (which is a problem everywhere). Lincoln Square is my neighborhood and the declining # of kids is causing enrollment problems at neighborhoods schools and youth-targeting businesses. The rising cost of SFH confirms my sense that many millennials are leaving not because they prefer the suburbs to the city but because they cannot afford family-sized housing in the city. The city faces many consequences of losing millennials and their children not least of which is the loss of their tax dollars"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1804289303029113036)  2024-06-21T23:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@mollyfleck This is a truly lovely home. But at 1600sqft it is not an optimal space for families with young children. To compete with the suburbs Chicago needs to have more 3000sqft condos with private green space. This can be accomplished with midrise courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1805438943367729175)  2024-06-25T03:12Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@AustinTunnell And yet there is massive urgent demand for family-sized housing in the cities. The creativity we need now is building 3000sqft condos in mixed-use multi-family courtyard blocks so cities can compete with suburbs for middle class families who want urban living"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1805714397035217391)  2024-06-25T21:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@jfkaestnerjr @slucy @mollyfleck Families dont want to go into towers. If you want to keep middle and upper middle class families and their tax dollars in the city you have to do midrise density"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1805722093650329962)  2024-06-25T21:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@JakeSheridan_ This study reflects disturbing trend in Chicago where low and middle income whites leave the city for the suburbs leaving a missing middle demographic situation where you have a lot of high income whites and low income minorities and no middle class"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806061611398074408)  2024-06-26T20:26Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@MemphisPours @JakeSheridan_ I think the middle class Mexicans are also moving to the suburbs too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806103670997602330)  2024-06-26T23:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@MemphisPours @JakeSheridan_ Population of middle class whites is larger so the trend is more white middle class coded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806103863423824263)  2024-06-26T23:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@chicagobars We are losing too many middle and high income families to the burbs because of real estate cycle. We should be taxing the hell out of commercial parking to incentivize the sale of parking lots for redevelopment as housing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806186584980574298)  2024-06-27T04:43Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Great defense of luxury new builds. The rich pay for and move into fabulous new buildings freeing up their formerly luxury homes to upper middle class who then hand down their formerly upper middle class homes to middle class etc etc Finally yesterdays luxury is todays average. These buildings will undoubtedly trickle down to upper middle class in a foreseeable future when the rich move to yet another new luxury project. The new apartment building at address Emserstrasse [--] in Berlin is such a project. https://t.co/YfPqTHV17D Finally yesterdays luxury is todays average. These buildings will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806376481162932373)  2024-06-27T17:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@helenlw_ The 15-minute city marketing was badly botched. They needed to show people attractive photos of 15min courtyard blocks in Amsterdam Copenhagen and Florence and tell them they want to do build walkable neighborhood developments like these in the mix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806429537712087531)  2024-06-27T20:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@WMATASoldier @helenlw_ The euro cities are tourist destinations because they exude charm and walkability.l"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806535039875748209)  2024-06-28T03:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@SLSadler66 @JGrantGlover More foot traffic and eyes on the street improves public safety. In Lincoln Square car violence is a greater threat than gun violence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806722595670409468)  2024-06-28T16:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@SLSadler66 @JGrantGlover So in traditional mixed-use midrise urban neighborhoods people get from their homes to stores and other destinations by foot. No mandates. Its a natural and spontaneous consequence of dense mixed-use neighborhoods. This is how all cities and towns worked before the 20thc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806724862226174438)  2024-06-28T16:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@JGrantGlover @SLSadler66 lol you need to find some meme for this quote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806732862822961319)  2024-06-28T16:54Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@SLSadler66 @JGrantGlover My eight year old daughter who walks her little brothers to school every morning thinks its hilarious that there are grown men who are afraid to walk around Chicago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806735466609197502)  2024-06-28T17:04Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@snchalmers79 @schiller_don @Eric_Erins They certainly had a lot of totally foreseeable negative impacts on student learning and teen mental health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1806878831971549573)  2024-06-29T02:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@eyeslasho I wish there were an anonymous mode that allows real name accounts to comment anonymously on controversial issues"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1809273422809080076)  2024-07-05T17:09Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@one_more_EIS My block is full of empty nesters who would love to find a nice condo in the neighborhood and sell their homes to growing families but there is zero inventory of any sort in the neighborhood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1810063007617073283)  2024-07-07T21:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Is Vienna the best exemplar of traditional courtyard urbanism It seems to have resisted the urge to infill courtyard interiors with more housing or parking. I want a unit right above the grocery store"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1810068309351563528)  2024-07-07T21:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Interior of a nested Vienna courtyard. With stucco walls and zero ornamentation this shows how beauty can be achieved inexpensively through geometry and enclosure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1810071228721533062)  2024-07-07T21:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@NBA_Body @ProfLCB @the_transit_guy My husband takes the brown line to the loop every day. We have one car that is convenient with three little kids but we could do without"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1811764385733378477)  2024-07-12T14:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@mdwainwright @Driving_Is_Sin Economies are in constant flux. Personally I would prefer a local economy where big trucks are not allowed for safety and other reasons and we could see where mini trucks or traditional brick and mortar retail win in the no big truck environment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1811884574646960470)  2024-07-12T22:05Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@eyeslasho Vance will be the second HBD trouble maker in the White House (Nixon was first )"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1812939746907463685)  2024-07-15T19:58Z [---] followers, 16.5K engagements


"@Driving_Is_Sin Yes. I want to law-and-order people to make a compromise with the decarcerate people where justices and law enforcement zealously uphold traffic and gun laws"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1813564262771749003)  2024-07-17T13:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@cornoisseur Biden announced that he was dropping out of the presidential race on Twitter. The viewpoint diversity provides opportunity to preach to people not already in the choir. The other platforms are echo chambers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1815488844424241217)  2024-07-22T20:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"And Prague Vienna Copenhagen Amsterdam and neighborhoods in Florence Milan Berlin etc etc. Google Earth allows anyone to see the courtyard block pattern that makes up the nicest neighborhoods in our favorite cities. Just a matter of time before North America repurposes courtyard platting patterns to make family friendly cities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1817752576030617739)  2024-07-29T02:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@YIMBYLAND This is the size of courtyard interior in Copenhagen. If were going to compete with suburbs American courtyard blocks need to be at least this large"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1820651946757226662)  2024-08-06T02:43Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@AJManaseer @greenfieldjohn @ajlatrace @cornoisseur @mollyfleck @jasonshah @johnxkenny I think the idea is to build the kind of bike-friendly car-disciplined society that exists for example in the Netherlands where bikers dont wear helmets because biking is so safe there is no need to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1820670650136006758)  2024-08-06T03:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@bobbyfijan This is cute but its not going to turn the head of the middle class family choosing between buying a condo in the city or buying a sfh in the burbs. We need HUGE stacked condos in good school districts to keep suburbanites"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1820671665979699655)  2024-08-06T04:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Checking in on courtyard blocks in Zurich. Birds eye view versus view from street"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1821975829016129733)  2024-08-09T18:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@pushtheneedle No way. Midrise density is more popular politically and economically viable and sustainable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1821979018280804375)  2024-08-09T18:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pushtheneedle The Minecrafty boxes are midrise. The taller ones look like they might meet the definition for high rise (75 feet taller than floor accessible to fire dept) but would need more info to say for sure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1821984012560166973)  2024-08-09T18:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pushtheneedle But the Minecraft ones look awful. What percent of people would honestly prefer them to courtyard block building with windows on street and courtyard sides 10%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1822006511305961643)  2024-08-09T20:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JGrantGlover Hahah I sent my kids to Welles Park (within walking distance and they swim every day) and they came home with a lot more profanity and video game references. I hope queen of angels reopened there day camp next summer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1822256192896303205)  2024-08-10T12:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Read about my plan to bring Euro-style courtyard blocks to Chicago to combat the exodus of young families to the suburbs https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/opinion-chicago-family-flight-suburbs/ https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/13/opinion-chicago-family-flight-suburbs/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1823421314205721078)  2024-08-13T18:08Z [----] followers, 26.4K engagements


"@jessezorr @rwsolinski @williamskylew @holz_bau I think the solution is putting large elevators/stairs at centers of the east and west ends of the block and connecting the central units to them via exterior balconies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1824256946834231410)  2024-08-16T01:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@SilicaZilla @CityBureaucrat Lincoln square has roughly the same amount of gun violence as Copenhagen which keeps families in the city with courtyard blocks like this "  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1824295471742919008)  2024-08-16T04:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CitiesAndBooks There are courtyard buildings in Chicago that differ from euro courtyard blocks because they are smaller (buildings not entire blocks) not enclosed on four sides and are typically not mixed use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1824767659243700249)  2024-08-17T11:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Courtyard BLOCKS are not the same as courtyard buildings. The size and scale matters a lot. Courtyard BLOCKS have large parks in the interior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1839999846834462896)  2024-09-28T12:05Z [----] followers, 49.4K engagements


"New Courtyard blocks are being built in European cities (here Berlin) to create family-friendly neighborhoods in the city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840004038995091606)  2024-09-28T12:22Z [----] followers, 21K engagements


"Q: Courtyard blocks in America sound great except where do we put the cars A: The courtyard is on first floor and rests on ground floor parking garage and waste management (enclosed with commercial store fronts)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840008581703172518)  2024-09-28T12:40Z [----] followers, 11.1K engagements


"Q: arent YIMBYs supposed to prefer stacking units in towers to maximize density A: as Jan Sim shows courtyard blocks offer comparable density to towers and with much better disposition of units"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840011879680270735)  2024-09-28T12:53Z [----] followers, 275.5K engagements


"@TobiasM1111 Why do courtyard blocks require more real estate than towers You can get comparable levels of density on the same amount of land. Barcelona a city famous for its density is made entirely of courtyard blocks. It has zero towers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840035631759511959)  2024-09-28T14:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@TobiasM1111 This is ok for childless people and old people. Young families need easily accessed units with convenience to private yard space and other kids activities. The only way to do that in the city is with lowrise courtyard blocks. Like theyve been doing in Europe forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840046311703248921)  2024-09-28T15:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TobiasM1111 They are leaving Lincoln square because family-sized housing starts at $1m (because we dont build large condos). They arent moving to spacious condos on the lake shore because they dont want to live in towers. They want to live in a big house with east yard access"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840050119950929981)  2024-09-28T15:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@TribTowerViews @TobiasM1111 Im talking about courtyard BLOCKS not courtyard buildings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840057875067969918)  2024-09-28T15:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@KarlAlexPauls Im not sure what your point is but I love this photo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840066765532872902)  2024-09-28T16:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@mr_archenemy @KarlAlexPauls @jmith_sohn_2000 Thank you. I think people mean Manhattan when they say that nyc has higher density than Barcelona. But everyone needs to be more precise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840102579163779238)  2024-09-28T18:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@OskSta Interesting. Have you seen the ones in Copenhagen I want to live in one like this so badly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840107098903920911)  2024-09-28T19:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Sometimes interiors are public mostly theyre not. The difference I think between the NJ block and the typical European block is size and use. Euro blocks are typically larger and the building is 4-6 stories tall with commercial space on the ground floor. So it might look like a big park in the interior and mixed use midrise building from street view"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840149425752043619)  2024-09-28T21:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@GeorgeWHerbert @zsbradt @maxdubler Suburbs of Des Moines IA Groton MA Lansing MI and Grand Rapids MI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840191068677009711)  2024-09-29T00:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@bogazkere Thats not what the Chicago zoning authorities have told me. You will need to get a few variances but if there is political support it will pass"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840222033029870007)  2024-09-29T02:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I lived in a courtyard block in Florence Italy for two years in my twenties. I became obsessed with the fact that the high-income Florentine families lived in beautiful mixed-use condos right along side renters and pensioners and not in detached single family homes on fancy residential streets. But of course they wanted to be downtown and walk their kids to school and have access to all the amazing amenities that come with living in a dense mixed-use city Now Ive been raising three kids in Chicago and its very nice where we are but it could be sooooo much better if we put a few courtyard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840371433001598996)  2024-09-29T12:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This is the street view of the courtyard block I lived in when I lived in Florence after undergrad and working as an au pair for a Florentine family. Street side we had immediate access to bakeries pharmacy cafe a butcher a grocer and every kind of retail"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840373200552612014)  2024-09-29T12:48Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Central Prague is all courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840394534024270317)  2024-09-29T14:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Families living in these blocks have on their block multiple European and Asian restaurants multiple groceries cafes bars pharmacies "  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840395088066720216)  2024-09-29T14:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Would you guess walking along this Prague street that a green park is enclosed within the block perimeter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840395396482236820)  2024-09-29T14:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I asked midjourney to create a European style courtyard block but with Chicago architecture. Will American families prefer massive condos with courtyards in a walkable city neighborhood to suburban house with a yard Yes. Millennial families want to stay in the city but currently cant find family-sized housing with a yard that they can afford. https://t.co/zk3N6Dmm0v Will American families prefer massive condos with courtyards in a walkable city neighborhood to suburban house with a yard Yes. Millennial families want to stay in the city but currently cant find family-sized housing with a yard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840402601788973441)  2024-09-29T14:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@antonia_mdprjct Sorry my bad. The first I made using midjourney. Is the second yours using the same program"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840413811926307129)  2024-09-29T15:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CoolCzech1 I said they have easy access to a church if they ever feel the need. I am aware of church attendance rates for Europe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840423241237619021)  2024-09-29T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@bobbyfijan Americans need family-friendly density in the form of courtyard blocks. Since the 90s Copenhagen has been renewing its courtyard blocks with the goal of making cities better for families by providing spacious MFH with access to shared but private outdoor space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840476981667774901)  2024-09-29T19:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@wight1984 @TobiasM1111 I think you are misunderstanding what Im advocating. I want higher level of density levels that are consistent with Copenhagen and Prague. This is mid-rise density. Not high-rise density"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840487432606851239)  2024-09-29T20:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Berlin has many courtyard blocks that have been subdivided into mini courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840540841019863466)  2024-09-29T23:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If anyone is in Copenhagen and knows the story behind this massive courtyard block with two pools I am here to hear you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840542008349184114)  2024-09-29T23:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@clearSNR @PoetGooner It would be like this (@JATompkins) but the block will be enclosed by buildings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840725995407479102)  2024-09-30T12:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I gave Midjourney a recent image of the [----] block of W. Lawrence (left) and asked it to imagine the street developed with six-story mixed-use Berlin-style courtyard blocks but with traditional Chicago architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1840935767343837467)  2024-10-01T02:04Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"How do we stop the exodus of young families from American metro areas As recent analyses of census data shows millennials parents are fleeing the cities they moved to in their 20s and 30s. The main cause The cost of the aspirational "house with a yard" is prohibitive in the city so young families move to the burbs. Cities can keep these families in the city by building courtyard block neighborhoods"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841812273133768705)  2024-10-03T12:07Z [----] followers, 709.3K engagements


"In my neighborhood of Chicago the population of children has declined *even though* the total population and total housing units have increased"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841813439599010111)  2024-10-03T12:11Z [----] followers, 91.9K engagements


"If we build it they will come. Millennials parents will stay in the city and raise their kids in courtyard blocks if we build them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841815559471607811)  2024-10-03T12:20Z [----] followers, 33.6K engagements


"Right the MFH that can compete with the suburbs needs to be high-quality point access (no double-loaded corridors) with family-oriented units that provide easy access to a private yard. Courtyard blocks have been doing this in Europe forever. Ive lived in one. The US can do this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841905463962800367)  2024-10-03T18:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Not a yard in a Copenhagen courtyard block. I would VASTLY prefer this to my urban SFH yard because a shared courtyard means you can send your little kids to play with friends without having to arrange and supervise a special play date. @UrbanCourtyard Courtyard is not a yard. Need more townhouses with private yards of some sort. @UrbanCourtyard Courtyard is not a yard. Need more townhouses with private yards of some sort"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841946282509611255)  2024-10-03T20:59Z [----] followers, 49K engagements


"We need courtyard BLOCKS not courtyard buildings. Courtyard blocks frame an entire city (point access) block with wall-to-wall buildings built right up to the property line (no set back) so that the interior of the block is a PARK instead a gross alley and garage system (sorry Chicago alley enthusiasts). @UrbanCourtyard These are vastly much larger than the lightwells in 10-12-15 floor buildings designed nowadays. @UrbanCourtyard These are vastly much larger than the lightwells in 10-12-15 floor buildings designed nowadays"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841975937224564953)  2024-10-03T22:57Z [----] followers, 137.9K engagements


"@DanR_Breen You will like the relaxed Copenhagen courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1841979982387593525)  2024-10-03T23:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ClickingSeason If youre in a decent urban neighborhood youre walking within walking distance of 95% of your destinations. The train is for special trips to the Art Institute or CSO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842042485821894831)  2024-10-04T03:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@WyMastaCrane @rtvrn2svbvrb @ClickingSeason City dads are the best 🫶🏻"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842179217913520325)  2024-10-04T12:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"This account comments that a courtyard block that has been standing for hundreds of years looks like a fire hazard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842258906547929107)  2024-10-04T17:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In my twenties I lived in this courtyard block in Florence Italy when I was an au pair for a lovely family with a spacious condo opening up into this courtyard. It was built in the 1500s. Not a fire hazard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842259435013460342)  2024-10-04T17:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And then there are low-trust societies such as the American suburbs where residents do not share any yard building or public space with neighbors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842550727849152535)  2024-10-05T13:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"A lot of courtyard blocks in southern European cities such as Barcelona were lost to historical urban infill. This also happened in Copenhagen but in the late 20th century the city made a concerted effort to clear out the blocks to make them better for families. The new courtyard block in Berlin have spacious commons in the center. @UrbanCourtyard But make sure they wont get filled with parking and car repair shops like in Barcelona. There there is no park inside of those Barcelona blocks. @UrbanCourtyard But make sure they wont get filled with parking and car repair shops like in Barcelona."  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842614032827842875)  2024-10-05T17:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@atlanticesque My theory is that American cities would have retained the middle class and maintained a high standard of family-friendly urbanism were it not for the post-war construction boom cheap car culture and suburban development"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842618305019863255)  2024-10-05T17:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@jiceman Thanks that is interesting. I lived in Boston for several years and had no idea that there was a courtyard block on Tremont. The Isabella Stewart Gardner museum of course is a lovely Italianate courtyard building "  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842720700924092571)  2024-10-06T00:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jiceman It's not a TRUE courtyard block--the kind that can create mixed-use family friendly density--because it does not stack condos and it does not have commercial space on the ground floor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842720882822635747)  2024-10-06T00:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@EVanDyk @borger_v @InnocuousShark Look at this $2M eyesore on a narrow lot these are going up all over the place as builders buy dilapidated two flatsand replace them with SFHs to meet the insane demand for nice family-sized housing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842733015941710314)  2024-10-06T01:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dj5law Here is a million dollar CONDO that doesnt even have a yard. You think there wont be demand for condos with courtyard access here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842733855272476804)  2024-10-06T01:09Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dj5law The old ladies in Italy and Greece live in walkable towns and cities and are among the longest lived"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842739136521794050)  2024-10-06T01:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dj5law Im pleased to have your enthusiastic support. The tower in the park was a garbage idea and smart people said so at the time. The courtyard block has stood the test of time. And of course the new world courtyards will surpass the European ones in all kinds of ways"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842741869488247133)  2024-10-06T01:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@InnocuousShark @EVanDyk @borger_v And some might resent those who fail to comprehend the argument here which is that courtyard blocks can provide suitable housing for the many families who want to stay in the cities but are currently priced out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1842906006763823515)  2024-10-06T12:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mrtuffguy The photo shows suburban Grand Rapids in West Michigan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1843083436334211457)  2024-10-07T00:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@dj5law Our parish and school are doing way better than most but the declining enrollment is what caused me to become interested in how the real estate cycle affects population of young families in the city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1843421928960471509)  2024-10-07T22:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Interesting idea of rebuilding hurricane zone as courtyard blocks with flooding-impervious ground floor parking podium and residences on floors 1-5. @StatisticUrban They could come back as @UrbanCourtyard blocks. Parking on the ground floor with housing above. Get the residential spaces [--] or [--] feet higher off of the ground. @StatisticUrban They could come back as @UrbanCourtyard blocks. Parking on the ground floor with housing above. Get the residential spaces [--] or [--] feet higher off of the ground"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1843775414436872434)  2024-10-08T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Reminder that much of Venice Italy rests on top of sunken timber. Venice too has some beautiful courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1843780279078735951)  2024-10-08T22:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Large metro areas are hemorrhaging young families who are moving en masse to the burbs for family-oriented housing. Few people aspire to raise a family in a featureless glass and steel high rise. Cities can retain middle class families by promoting attractive mid rise mixed-use building with private yard space such as courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1844554159527498203)  2024-10-11T01:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@JGForrest The point of courtyard blocks as they've existed forever for Europe is to give homeowners access to a secure and private interior courtyard/park which is not accessible to the public. Here are contemporary courtyard block interiors in Rome and in Copenhagen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1844927686461768063)  2024-10-12T02:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"As @OldUrbanist pointed out in an old blog post the tall and thin courtyard blocks of Berlin provide greater density AND more outdoor space and ventilation/natural light. Meanwhile the thick and squat apartment blocks of Brooklyn have greater lot coverage but inferior use of outdoor space lower density and worse ventilation/natural light. https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2015/06/fall-and-rise-of-euro-block.htmlm=1 https://oldurbanist.blogspot.com/2015/06/fall-and-rise-of-euro-block.htmlm=1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845177507261362288)  2024-10-12T18:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@LegeLawyer I am obsessed with stucco and want to understand what about modern American construction makes it impossible to use stucco. I notice that that other northern latitude cities such as Copenhagen use stucco on their buildings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845179467691593765)  2024-10-12T19:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"People live in the city because they prefer walkable mixed-use neighborhoods to car-dependent residential neighborhoods. You cant have walkable mixed-use neighborhoods of single family homes. They dont create the density the income diversity and the commercial integration necessary for walkable neighborhoods. @UrbanCourtyard @JGrantGlover I'll never understand the war against single family homes. @UrbanCourtyard @JGrantGlover I'll never understand the war against single family homes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845181615762288942)  2024-10-12T19:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"That said I live in a SFH because we have three kids and a dog and could not find a large condo with secure yard. I would love to sell our SFH and move to a condo in a courtyard block. I created this account to promote the housing type I would prefer to a SFH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845182419789328731)  2024-10-12T19:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@bobbyfijan I am here for your thoughts on the thick/squat apartment block versus the tall/think courtyard blocks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845184535564046606)  2024-10-12T19:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Thanks this is interesting. I understand that Copenhagen also put a lot of time and money into clearing out unsanitary overly dense courtyard conditions. It's a reminder that all building types need to be maintained and adapted for new circumstances. But if American cities do courtyard blocks they will likely surpass their European models for size and amenities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845205593709215838)  2024-10-12T20:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Copenhagen is a family-friendly courtyard block city and has a population of about [-----] per square mile. Barcelona has a much denser courtyard block system and has a population density of about [-----] people/square mile. The population density of Chicago is about 12000/sq mile although it is greater in many of the high demand north side neighborhoods"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845251765324636177)  2024-10-12T23:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Yeah Copenhagen had a massive initiative beginning in the 90s to clean out the courtyards to open them up for families. Many of the southern European courtyards have diminished through courtyard infill. The lesson for American developers is that that should not skimp on the courtyard if they want to compete with the burbs for families"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845260823888859256)  2024-10-13T00:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@jdobalina They do. Its all over Northern Europe. And there are 1920s stucco homes in my Chicago neighborhood that are still in great shape according to the homeowners. But architects tell me stucco doesnt work with modern insulation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845275324650528848)  2024-10-13T01:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In my dream Chicago courtyard block I get to play euchre with my friends on a balcony while my kids run around with their friends in the courtyard playground"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845292117477704035)  2024-10-13T02:34Z [----] followers, 244K engagements


"I made it with midjourney. The prompt asked midjourney to imagine a traditional European courtyard block but with Chicago architecture and show a group of parents playing euchre and having drinks on the balcony while their kids played on a courtyard playground. Courtyard blocks currently do not exist in North America. I lived in one in Italy and have been obsessed with bringing them to Chicago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845436373349634539)  2024-10-13T12:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Reminder that living within walking distance of your kids school is the biggest quality of life bump you get. Unpopular opinion: school choice incentivizes parents to look far afield for the best school they can drive their kids to rather than investing in their neighborhood school. Driving through a city should never be the most convenient option. An option yes but not the most convenient. Driving through a city should never be the most convenient option. An option yes but not the most convenient"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845440822788907214)  2024-10-13T12:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@ashwindollar lol I added more description and scene setting language. I dont have the exact wording on my phone. You need to describe the courtyard and the scene in more detail. Imagine a balcony where several young parents have drinks and play cards below them is a balcony etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845441866700849501)  2024-10-13T12:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@ashwindollar Also you have to tell midjourney a lot that the courtyard is unusually big. I think the smaller Barcelona courtyards have influenced its um conception of courtyard blocks. You have to say that the courtyard is really big and grassy with mature trees etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845442205592227942)  2024-10-13T12:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Thank you Jason Im an English teacher with three little kids so this is totally a labor of love (as time allows) but Im optimistic that the first Chicago courtyard block will go up in my neighborhood in the next 3-5 years. Lots of support from the community and public servants at city state and federal level"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845461698607517955)  2024-10-13T13:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@AndrewBylerPA The row homes What Philadelphia neighborhood/zip code do you think exemplifies a walkable mixed-use neighborhood of single family homes The metastasis of Philadelphia suburbs shows that the city has not grown to accommodate mid and high income families"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845485236840226932)  2024-10-13T15:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Speaking of the serendipity and convenience of urban communities I was at a neighborhood bar for a kid event and telling the grown ups about my crazy idea to bring courtyard blocks to the neighborhood when @patio11 kindly showed me how to use midjourney to imagine what a Chicago courtyard block would look like. finally a correct perhaps the best use of ai finally a correct perhaps the best use of ai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845492948407873782)  2024-10-13T15:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Yes I think that would be a better land use than is current. But if the cities want to get serious about keeping middle class and high income families in the cities they need to throw some courtyard block neighborhoods in the urban fabric. These are the only way we give parents the big house with a yard without sacrificing density and commercial integration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845511860537168264)  2024-10-13T17:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Chicagoans already live in fairly dense blocks but the interior of the block is alley and garbage/garage and isnt really usable as a yard. Converting these blocks to euro style courtyard block would mean moving the buildings to the property line (no set back) making the units shallower but wider and adding three stories and commercial on the bottom. The noise would be comparable with what most Chicagoans already experience. @UrbanCourtyard LOL neighbors will complain because kids are noisy and you will end up in an endless fight. You americans have zero clue of reality. @UrbanCourtyard LOL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845512086820147622)  2024-10-13T17:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@the_UrbanWolf Next time Im in the mood to play with midjourney Ill have it imagine my Chicago courtyard in January with snow forts and ice skating going on in the courtyard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845515176251924752)  2024-10-13T17:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@emre_mayo @jax_nope Yes. High income families do not send their kids to Amundsen. They have many other options they prefer. Im in a Catholic bubble and most kids go to st ignatius or DePaul. Land tech Payton and north side are also good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845682833223778559)  2024-10-14T04:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@ddiamond Anything by Richard scarry. What do people do all day Etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845792512125894873)  2024-10-14T11:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Agree. A nice transit system depends on compact neighborhoods. Sprawl not only consumes open space and agriculture but makes a city virtually impossible to access by transit. https://t.co/joSswhtEcU Sprawl not only consumes open space and agriculture but makes a city virtually impossible to access by transit. https://t.co/joSswhtEcU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845826215745098229)  2024-10-14T13:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Several times a year I drive my three little kids from the north side of Chicago to West Michigan to visit my parents and my sisters who all live in far flung regions of the Grand Rapids sprawl. This drive is not fun. But even if Amtrak provided decent train service to GR it still wouldnt make sense to take the train because we would still need a car to get around Kent County. No one lives in GR proper"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845827745424584787)  2024-10-14T14:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@PaulJHeer I had such a hard time getting midjourney to make a plausible looking euchre game"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1845909288159473869)  2024-10-14T19:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nice. I favor cutting federal and state funding of interstate and state highways that make the sprawl cost effective. At that point people can affinity-group their way into whatever more compact settlement makes sense in the absence of cheap car culture. I expect the present patterns of difference to continue but densify"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1846022003729531234)  2024-10-15T02:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I agree. The main stated concerns here were density and parking. Im not sure of the lot size here but a courtyard design that includes luxury condos with private yard space (in addition to affordable units) could help the developer get the needed ROI. As for aesthetics I have observed that an attractive facade (that matches the existing architectural standards of the neighborhood) can help the density medicine go down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1846962625617281112)  2024-10-17T17:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"For this Fridays courtyard posting we travel again to Prague because I have discovered the immersive view in google maps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847426967122936101)  2024-10-18T23:58Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Prague shows how courtyard blocks can be independently developed by many different builders each doing a five-story building on the property line and conjoining building side walls so that when all lots are built a courtyard forms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847427739193676204)  2024-10-19T00:01Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Street side Prague courtyard block residents have access to supermarket eateries and shops of all kinds on the ground floor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847429280713621695)  2024-10-19T00:07Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Raising Canes would be fine if it went on the ground floor commercial space of any mixed use building with residential on top. The city should direct national restaurant chains to develop urban prototypes of their businesses that can be easily plugged into a proper mixed-use city format. A plan for Raising Canes in Roscoe Village has been scrapped after neighbors rejected a drive-thru. https://t.co/9yp6KK1xtJ https://t.co/TzgnAxlPW4 A plan for Raising Canes in Roscoe Village has been scrapped after neighbors rejected a drive-thru. https://t.co/9yp6KK1xtJ https://t.co/TzgnAxlPW4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847435994393354349)  2024-10-19T00:33Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Architects what is this facade material is this too stucco that is contoured to look like stone Love the sage and mustard paint Prague shows how courtyard blocks can be independently developed by many different builders each doing a five-story building on the property line and conjoining building side walls so that when all lots are built a courtyard forms. https://t.co/8gXP0kO5k3 Prague shows how courtyard blocks can be independently developed by many different builders each doing a five-story building on the property line and conjoining building side walls so that when all lots are built a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847444605249200211)  2024-10-19T01:08Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements


"RE: making national retailers wishing to do business in the city come up with urban prototypes of their businesses. we already do this sometimes. Home Depot in Manhattan occupies the ground floor of a multi story building with no parking apron"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847615776523464720)  2024-10-19T12:28Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements


"The commercial real estate analysts in Chicago are always bemoaning the sad state of brick and mortar retail downtown but the city has allowed all the businesses that people want to go to to build suburban-format stores in commercial centers with acres of surface parking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847619021069263177)  2024-10-19T12:41Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Brick and mortal retailand commercial real estate do better in cities where chain businesses are plugged into the commercial ground floors of proper mixed-use buildings without a parking apron. People living on the same block as Home Depot would obviously prefer to walk there than to drive to a commercial center miles away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847619790095183910)  2024-10-19T12:44Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Saturday mornings in my dream Chicago courtyard block I get to have coffee and laptop time on my balcony overlooking a car-free park where my little kids play with friends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847648498537132387)  2024-10-19T14:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Renn regrets climbing a regional (midwestern) status hierarchy maxing out in Chicago rather than a national one that would have landed him in NYC/DC. Fortunately we have many talented midwesterners who focus on what they can do for their region rather than what their regions can do for their status. Let me tell you about one of my biggest mistakes in life courtesy of @tylercowen. Cowen says one mark of talent is knowing the right status hierarchies to climb. I chose the wrong status hierarchies though hopefully some of that was not entirely my fault. As a Midwest "farm Let me tell you about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847676665427874044)  2024-10-19T16:30Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@L0m3z https://www.youtube.com/watchv=g3k81__bwrM https://www.youtube.com/watchv=g3k81__bwrM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847771528848462310)  2024-10-19T22:47Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@L0m3z Schubert was born and raised in a courtyard block in Vienna"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847773104925249862)  2024-10-19T22:53Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"In the Middle Ages the cities depopulated as people moved to rural areas. Because scientific and artistic achievement are concentrated in cities (and probably dependent on urban social networks) its not surprising that the louvre doesnt contain many works from 200-1000AD. Wow The Dark Ages are actually even visible in items hung up in the Louvre. https://t.co/CLM0s9fnob Wow The Dark Ages are actually even visible in items hung up in the Louvre. https://t.co/CLM0s9fnob"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1847802610956247128)  2024-10-20T00:50Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@zacharywefel So one of my favorite things about my Chicago neighborhood is that the local priest runs a bridge club and has brow-beaten all these euchre-loving millennials into learning bridge euchre for smart people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848184686280901014)  2024-10-21T02:09Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@DrewLukacs Tell me what you've read I know very little about Helsinki and am unqualified to speak about the state of their courtyards. HOWEVER I can offer some observations drawn from Google maps images of the city "  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848532231599309022)  2024-10-22T01:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"At the request of @DrewLukacs a few thoughts on Helsinki's courtyard blocks possibly the northernmost exemplar of the perimeter block type. While many of the old Helsinki courtyards have become parking lots this 19th-century courtyard block next to St. Paul's Lutheran church has maintained a beautiful park-like interior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848543347436359833)  2024-10-22T01:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"At the street level we appreciate the timeless simplicity of the facade. However the block fails to show mature urbanism because it lacks commercial-residential integration. Imagine this block if the ground floor had shops cafes a pharmacy offices. The sidewalks would be wider to accommodate the foot traffic and commerce. The residents would benefit from the convenient access to commercial venues and the businesses would benefit from having a customer base directly above them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848543350582088058)  2024-10-22T01:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Other Helsinki blocks show better commercial-residential integration but the courtyards have been paved over for automobiles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848543353991782822)  2024-10-22T01:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Helsinki could follow the example of Copenhagen which in the second half of the 20th century cleared out the pavement and infill within its courtyards and restored them to parks. Their future-oriented urban policy aimed to make the city more attractive for young families by providing multi-family housing with car-free green space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848543356781265076)  2024-10-22T01:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In Soft City David Sim (the UK architect who moved to Copenhagen to work for Jan Gehl) understands urbanism as largely a project of ENCLOSING SPACE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1848931422226014235)  2024-10-23T03:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"At the level of the street Hannover blocks show the appeal of mid-rise mixed-use density. Lots of grocery stores and pharmacies doing fine in the ground floor commercial space"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1849962352617160885)  2024-10-25T23:52Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Inside the courtyard block residents have their private car-free park in the midst of a city of over [--] million people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1849962364893806646)  2024-10-25T23:52Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Awwwhere is an American on Reddit discovering courtyard urbanism five years ago and Germans are chiming in that ja courtyard blocks are even better than you suburban clowns can imagine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1849962373819293832)  2024-10-25T23:52Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Comparative anatomy of city blocks. In San Francisco the two-story SFHs are narrow and deep the density is low and the block interior is parceled into many small yards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1849969526395502726)  2024-10-26T00:21Z 11.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Maybe I havent seen courtyard projects that resemble courtyard blocks on all the main points (totally enclosed block midrise with commercial on ground floor street). When I lived in a condo block in Florence the units were all privately owned as far as I could tell. Maybe some people received rental assistance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1849997669336240372)  2024-10-26T02:13Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements


"I think millennials are ready for attractive MFH. My family lives in a sfh in a Chicago neighborhood that is walkable by American standards. But thats because we couldnt find a big condo with yard access. I would prefer a courtyard block with access to commercial space and a shared yard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1850002157879128229)  2024-10-26T02:31Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@abolishzoning I think whoever buys this eyesore for $729k will buy a condo in a courtyard block in the same neighborhood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1850008832530874622)  2024-10-26T02:57Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements


"New construction is never affordable in Chicago. But new luxury units take pressure off of older housing stock which becomes more affordable for mid income households etc. But yes Im interested in using courtyard blocks to keep the families in the city who cant afford a $2m SFH but who can do a $600k-$1M condo. We are currently losing those families to the burbs and its bad for the citys finances and culture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1850014295532458243)  2024-10-26T03:19Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Okay but numerous compact cities and towns may be better than one megalopolis for the same reason that a federal system is better than a single centralized state. More cities mean for more diversity in culture government urban organization etc. Think of renaissance Italy with the various city states. The problem is suburban development"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1851038683224555727)  2024-10-28T23:09Z 11.9K followers, [---] engagements


"CIMBY is a punning reference to the YIMBY/NIMBY tension within the American development discourse. Generally YIMBYs say "yes" and NIMBYs say "no" to new development in their "backyards" ("backyards" here is a synechdoche for the neighborhood). By "CIMBY" I mean quite literally that I want a courtyard in my backyard. Like the backyard of everyone living in this Helsinki courtyard block"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1852194197710725408)  2024-11-01T03:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Or like the backyard of everyone living in this courtyard block in Copenhagen. Because this private-but-shared backyard functions as a private car-free "third place" where my kids could play with neighbor kids with little to no adult supervision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1852194201326284833)  2024-11-01T03:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SquirrelChat I made it with midjourney"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1852399914224881895)  2024-11-01T17:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Anyone wishing to get involved in improving Chicago should join UE and get on the slack channel UE IL member Alicia (@UrbanCourtyard) was featured in @Bloomberg () for her work on promoting family-friendly courtyard housing in Chicago 👏 https://t.co/OFFGvBG69C UE IL member Alicia (@UrbanCourtyard) was featured in @Bloomberg () for her work on promoting family-friendly courtyard housing in Chicago 👏 https://t.co/OFFGvBG69C"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1852729916359368768)  2024-11-02T15:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@L0m3z I hope they can find better people for the housing dept this time. Surely someone has a list of smart centrist housing and real estate professionals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1853063814301753525)  2024-11-03T13:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In Italy and Spain many courtyard blocks have nested mini-courtyards within the corner of the larger courtyard block. This is an AI approximation of one in a private home which I remember from Florence Italy "  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1853606569151185149)  2024-11-05T01:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Yes I agree that the OP did not mean that we should intentionally build junky housing. However the "shit" word choice evokes the lack of a civic scope and purpose (what do we build for whom and why) that drags on the YIMBY movement. If cities want to maintain themselves as the cultural political and economic centers of society they need to build attractive urban housing and neighborhoods for middle class families"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1854684582232346936)  2024-11-08T00:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark but it's not the courtyard blocks In rhus (second largest city in Denmark after Copenhagen) the centuries-old courtyard block neighborhoods are still flourishing "  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1854988586950799407)  2024-11-08T20:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Setting aside the begged question of whether the US should buy Greenland from Denmark I will offer that the Danes don't dream of tower cities because they know from experience that courtyard block neighborhoods are best at providing family-friendly density. The Danes haven't dreamed big enough. https://t.co/P3bs71QPjo The Danes haven't dreamed big enough. https://t.co/P3bs71QPjo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1854992026686591365)  2024-11-08T20:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Passenger rail depends on compact metro areas. I COULD in theory take an Amtrak train from Chicago to Grand Rapids to visit my family. But I have never done that because once I am in Grand Rapid I absolutely need a car to get around. None of my family lives in Grand Rapids proper but in far flung regions of the GR sprawl. When I lived in Italy it was obvious to take the train from Florence to Rome because once I arrived at the termini in Rome I could easily get to all of my destinations via foot train bus etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1855061135034130674)  2024-11-09T01:33Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Steve we can't have nice passenger rail because we don't have compact cities. I could hypothetically take the train from Chicago to Grand Rapids to visit my family in that area. But I have never done--I have always driven--because I absolutely depend on a car to reach all my far-flung family in the greater GR sprawl. In the compact cities of Europe and Asia you can take a train from city center to city center and take a city train bus or foot it to your destination"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1855068463691174150)  2024-11-09T02:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@CompletedStreet Once you see it you cant unsee it. We dont build cities for the complete life cycle or for families across generations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1855285100629369144)  2024-11-09T16:23Z [----] followers, 10.1K engagements


"@mattyglesias What role do you think geographic segregation (urban vs suburban/rural) plays in lefts divergence from popular opinion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1855373351667056788)  2024-11-09T22:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Compilation of the private (but shared) yard of courtyard blocks. Aarhus Denmark"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1855378260277744008)  2024-11-09T22:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Vienna Austria"  
[X Link](https://x.com/UrbanCourtyard/status/1855378281467363714)  2024-11-09T22:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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