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Cities don't just happen. They're shaped by the choices we make about housing, transportation, infrastructure, public spaces, and the communities we want to become. Yet too often, the systems we rely on make it difficult to build the places people need. Building Better Cities with Dr. Kate Gasparro goes behind the scenes with the leaders, builders, thinkers, and innovators reimagining how cities grow. Each episode explores the ideas and solutions helping create more sustainable, equitable, and thriving communities. Breaking norms. Building cities.
Unknown Host hosts Building Better Cities, a society show with 44 episodes published.
What if the biggest obstacle to building more housing and creating more sustainable urban development isn't zoning or financing — it's how we tax land? In this episode of Building Better Cities , host Kate Gasparro sits
Walk through any major American city and notice what's missing. Not coffee shops or co-working spaces — those are everywhere. What you won't see much of are children. Families with kids. People who chose the city not jus
In 2014, the Philadelphia school district auctioned off a shuttered vocational school in South Philly — 340,000 square feet, built like a bomb shelter. Seven developers looked at it. Some bid a dollar. Lindsey Scannapiec
What does it actually take to invest in a neighborhood — not just a building — and get it right? In this episode, Brian Murray , CEO and co-founder of SHIFT Capital , takes us inside 15 years of community development pro
The zoning debate is about what we build and for whom . The building code is supposed to be about how we build it. But the "how" has a way of quietly dictating the "what" and "whom" — making the building code just as pol
For generations, cities were built by the people who lived in them. That's why so many of our most beloved neighborhoods feel like quilted fabrics of architectural styles, mixed uses, interwoven public spaces, and human-
For generations, California has approached housing growth through a familiar playbook: long planning processes, neighborhood-by-neighborhood debates, and major reforms that often struggle to deliver homes at scale. But e
How do you measure whether a city is actually getting better? Most people know LEED as the gold standard for green buildings. But cities are more than buildings—they’re systems made up of housing, transportation, public
Transit ballot measures are often seen as a long shot — especially when affordability is top of mind and voters are being asked to raise their own taxes. But in November 2024, 66% of Nashville voters said yes to Choose H
You pay rent or a mortgage every month and you know exactly what that costs. But how much are you spending just to get where you need to go? For a lot of Americans, transportation is the hidden cost of where they live —
Upzoning is often pitched as the silver bullet for the housing crisis — change the rules, let developers build, and supply will bring prices down. But the reality is a lot more complicated. In this episode, host Kate Gas
Building better cities requires getting the relationship between cities, counties, and the state right. And few people understand that dynamic better than someone who's lived on both sides of it. In this episode of Build
For decades, communities across Appalachia have watched jobs disappear, resources drain, and local wealth flow outward. But in Morganton, North Carolina, a nonprofit called The Industrial Commons has been quietly rewriti
California has record levels of federal infrastructure funding and some of the most ambitious climate goals in the country. But why are transportation emissions still rising? In this episode of Building Better Cities, we
If we know how to build healthier, more sustainable and regenerative buildings, why do so few of them actually get built? This conversation focuses on the execution gap holding cities, developers, and institutions back f
Downtowns across the country are struggling after COVID — with empty storefronts, declining foot traffic, and major uncertainty about the future of office districts and city centers. In this episode of Building Better Ci
One year ago, the Los Angeles wildfires made one thing unmistakably clear: climate risk is no longer peripheral to urban life — it is a defining condition for many cities . The loss of thousands of homes has forced urgen
How do you make mission-driven development pencil in a neighborhood shaped by decades of disinvestment? In this episode of Building Better Cities , host Kate Gasparro sits down with J. Byron Brazier , lead developer of W
Why is housing so expensive — and what are states doing about it? Well... California has passed SB 79 to spur transit-oriented development. This upzoning will leverage infrastructure investments to increase supply and bu
When the Building Better Cities podcast launched just over a year ago, we set out to explore how we design and deliver the infrastructure and buildings that shape our lives. So this week, Kate is revisiting the very firs
Jim Heid
family physician
1 appearance on this show
Colin Parent
Vice Mayor of La Mesa · Circulate SD
1 appearance on this show
Michael Tubbs
former mayor of Stockton, candidate for California Lieutenant Governor · Mayors for Guaranteed Income
1 appearance on this show
Eric Corey Freed
Principal, Sustainability Director · CannonDesign
1 appearance on this show
Todd Richardson
Director · NACAT
1 appearance on this show
Brian Ross
Quarantine Kitchen
2 appearances on this show
Lindsey Scannapieco
Scout
1 appearance on this show
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