Crypto News: How courtyards can make cities family-friendly

In the midst of an "urban family exodus" in the US, an age-old design approach may be the answer to cities struggling to retain young kids: the courtyard.

New housing experiments from Brooklyn to Santa Monica show how shared and protected outdoor space within multifamily housing can provide places for kids to play with minimal planning and supervision. For parents, they also help build communities by encouraging casual encounters with neighbors. But restrictive zoning laws in many places have made these kinds of courtyard housing difficult to build, writes contributor Alexandra Lange. Today on CityLab: The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards.

— Linda Poon

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