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Tactical Urbanism
Mike Lydon & Anthony Garcia
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Overview of Tactical Urbanism

Transform your city overnight! "Tactical Urbanism" reveals how guerrilla interventions - from DIY bike lanes to pop-up parks - create lasting urban change. Named a Planetizen Top 10 book, it's what former Curitiba mayor Jaime Lerner calls "this century's most valuable guide for urban changemakers."

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Picture Times Square on a spring morning in 2009. For decades, this iconic intersection had been a chaotic river of yellow cabs and honking horns, where pedestrians squeezed onto narrow sidewalks while dodging traffic. Then, over a single Memorial Day weekend, something extraordinary happened. City workers rolled out beach chairs and planters where cars once ruled. No construction crews. No million-dollar budget. Just paint, chairs, and a bold idea. Within weeks, people were lounging where taxis used to speed through. Street performers found new stages. Tourists lingered instead of rushing past. And a global movement was born-one that would transform how we think about building cities. This wasn't traditional urban planning with its decade-long timelines and endless committee meetings. This was Tactical Urbanism: the art of changing cities through small, quick, low-cost interventions that prove what's possible before committing massive resources. What makes this approach revolutionary? It flips conventional planning on its head. Instead of spending years debating whether something might work, you test it this weekend. Instead of hiring expensive consultants to tell you what your neighborhood needs, you show them. And instead of waiting for permission from bureaucrats who may never come around, you create change that's so obviously beneficial they have no choice but to make it permanent.

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The Philosophy Behind the Paint: What Tactical Urbanism Really Means

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Three Pathways: From Guerrilla Action to Government Policy

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Your Neighborhood, Your Project: A Practical Guide

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The City You Deserve Starts With You

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