| 1 | Jan 26, '23 | All I ask is for one city in the US to look like this. Just one! | 1534× | 56.1M | 216k | 9.1k | 12k |
| 2 | Jul 20, '23 | Lancaster, CA transformed its downtown in just 8 months by redesigning it's main street from a mini-highway to a tree-lined boulevard. For the cost of just $11.5M, the project has | 162× | 5.9M | 32k | 4.6k | 2.1k |
| 3 | Jul 26, '23 | A perfect city corner | 130× | 4.7M | 13k | 655 | 706 |
| 4 | Jan 30, '23 | The fact that it's impossible to walk somewhere as simple as a coffee shop nearly anywhere in the US, because we've made it illegal, is really one of the craziest things about mode | 91.9× | 3.4M | 23k | 1.3k | 771 |
| 5 | Apr 19, '23 | Apartment buildings save nature, tell a friend! | 80.7× | 3M | 17k | 1.7k | 709 |
| 6 | Apr 28, '23 | Tree lined streets are great, but buildings faced with greenery are often just as good! | 67.6× | 2.5M | 2.4k | 107 | 96 |
| 7 | Jul 9, '25 | They built Sim City on a beach in Albania | 64.5× | 2.4M | 3.5k | 234 | 650 |
| 8 | Jan 26, '23 | And for a state or city to let me be the one who develops it, thanks in advance! This city in this picture is Rovinj, Croatia, a place whose beauty and charm defy imagination. I me | 48.4× | 1.8M | 19k | 656 | 2.8k |
| 9 | Jan 15, '23 | A near perfect street in Valencia. Tree lined, narrow street with buildings right up to the property line in a variety of styles, but all at a human scale, and some with commercial | 40.4× | 1.5M | 16k | 1.1k | 838 |
| 10 | Jan 23, '23 | The Bronx is Beautiful 😍 | 38.9× | 1.4M | 6.8k | 300 | 641 |
| 11 | Jan 27, '23 | For those new here - hi! My name’s Coby, and I’m working to create more beautiful, sustainable, & attainable cities. In addition to my own projects, I work with folks around th | 38.7× | 1.4M | 2.5k | 43 | 56 |
| 12 | Jan 1, '23 | One of the more underrated buildings in New York, The American Radiator Building! | 37.7× | 1.4M | 15k | 707 | 530 |
| 13 | Mar 27, '23 | Exciting News: San Diego's City Council has unanimously approved the creation of a 7-block pedestrian plaza in the heart of the city! | 33.3× | 1.2M | 11k | 667 | 219 |
| 14 | Jul 9, '23 | Utrecht may be the most under-ratedly beautiful city in the world | 31.1× | 1.1M | 10k | 411 | 866 |
| 15 | Jan 8, '23 | The average suburban street should look like this | 30.2× | 1.1M | 10k | 542 | 240 |
| 16 | Jun 1, '25 | This is how cities were meant to look | 27.8× | 1M | 68k | 3.1k | 1.5k |
| 17 | Nov 4, '24 | Brooklyn Heights (arguably the best suburb in North America) an excellent model in how to build places for all ages, household types, and stages of life, without compromising on be | 25.4× | 930k | 10k | 323 | 1.9k |
| 18 | Apr 29, '23 | Suburbia at its finest - Park Slope! This sort of walkable neighborhood with a gentle density, tree lined streets & a robust offering of retail/commercial amenities was the sta | 24.3× | 889k | 3.3k | 170 | 289 |
| 19 | Feb 2, '25 | London is building some extraordinary new commercial buildings. | 21.6× | 789k | 9.2k | 508 | 1.5k |
| 20 | Oct 29, '25 | Tokyo is far stranger, and far more wonderful than I could have expected It’s the most compelling city in the world | 18.2× | 666k | 2.9k | 137 | 400 |
| 21 | Jan 18, '23 | While the world has been focused on Saudi Arabia’s ambitious (and outrageous) Line & Neom proposals for new cities, they’re quietly building another sort of city, with its foun | 17.8× | 652k | 3.3k | 349 | 387 |
| 22 | Jan 29, '23 | This post has spread to a staggering amount of people. The jokes & memes have been amazing, but it also seems like it's really touched a nerve. In positive, & more cynical | 17.1× | 625k | 2.4k | 149 | 546 |
| 23 | Mar 4, '23 | A perfect little street in Malcesine, Italy | 16.9× | 619k | 3.9k | 176 | 142 |
| 24 | Dec 29, '22 | Few things make me happier than new townhomes that are really well done | 16.6× | 607k | 7.8k | 258 | 244 |
| 25 | Jan 11, '25 | Brilliant concept for a new mid-rise in Manchester. So many new apartment buildings would benefit from taking notes on this design! | 16.6× | 606k | 4.7k | 215 | 702 |
| 26 | Mar 24, '25 | If I were Mayor of Los Angeles, I would simply allow for buildings like these on every block and create the best city in America | 16.1× | 588k | 5k | 231 | 468 |
| 27 | Jul 11, '23 | The idea that buildings like this should be illegal in the vast majority of our cities is absolutely senseless. They’re beautiful, economically productive, and lead to far more sus | 16× | 587k | 2.7k | 173 | 93 |
| 28 | Oct 7, '23 | New York is amazing for many reasons, but particularly because people will pass by a building like this and hardly register it because there are so many exceptional buildings, when | 15.6× | 569k | 4.5k | 191 | 199 |
| 29 | Jan 25, '23 | The design of storefronts is critically important for the vitality of cities. When the ground level is welcoming, it activates the street which leads to more people walking around, | 14.4× | 527k | 5.5k | 742 | 361 |
| 30 | Mar 20, '23 | Our cities are at their best when we unlock creativity to do bold, and sometimes crazy things. This can result in remarkable places that exist for no reason other than to inspire j | 14.3× | 525k | 2.8k | 168 | 135 |
| 31 | Mar 5, '24 | A handsome new 6-story building with 11 homes on a narrow lot. This should be legal in every city in America by right! | 14.1× | 515k | 3.4k | 146 | 261 |
| 32 | Feb 24, '23 | It doesn’t take a lot to create wonderful places in our cities! | 13.9× | 507k | 4.5k | 264 | 119 |
| 33 | Dec 2, '24 | The quality of French social housing continues to astound me | 13.7× | 502k | 9.9k | 681 | 1.3k |
| 34 | Aug 5, '24 | Mexico City architecture is staggeringly good | 13.5× | 495k | 10k | 609 | 1k |
| 35 | Jun 8, '23 | We need more housing desperately, but can it please be a bit better than stuff like this? | 13.2× | 482k | 2.5k | 117 | 82 |
| 36 | Jun 27, '23 | A perfect little piece of city life | 12.5× | 457k | 11k | 540 | 312 |
| 37 | Jul 13, '22 | What people What environmentally think environmentally friendly actually looks friendly looks like ❌ like ✅ | 12× | 0 | 29k | 1.6k | 837 |
| 38 | Apr 26, '25 | The great high-rise masonry revival is well underway in New York, long may it continue! | 11.8× | 432k | 3.9k | 239 | 456 |
| 39 | Feb 26, '25 | It's been a little time since I gave an update on our quest to try to build a better 5-over-1, so here are some notes! | 11.4× | 418k | 2.8k | 99 | 766 |
| 40 | Jan 12, '23 | Vietnam offers a really intriguing vision of what our future cities can look like that's not often considered in the west: colorful, vibrant, full of character, dominated by two wh | 11.3× | 412k | 5.7k | 664 | 344 |
| 41 | Jul 24, '25 | The best street in America | 11.2× | 411k | 6.4k | 125 | 649 |
| 42 | Jan 5, '23 | These buildings are new and terrific. We should build a lot more like them, everywhere! | 10.5× | 385k | 3.7k | 200 | 165 |
| 43 | Dec 23, '22 | Some fantastic looking newish townhomes in Columbus. The best part? They replaced a parking lot! | 10.5× | 384k | 3.4k | 147 | 155 |
| 44 | Dec 31, '24 | As the year ends, I wanted to provide an update on our quest to build the best new housing in America. The purpose of this project is not to claim, or be given, this title with obj | 10.3× | 378k | 3.2k | 144 | 1.3k |
| 45 | May 22, '23 | Most people would love to live in a beautiful city where they don't need a car to get around. The problem is, there aren't many places like this. The few that offer economic opport | 10.2× | 375k | 3.1k | 255 | 160 |
| 46 | May 15, '23 | To me, this is perfect | 9.8× | 359k | 3.5k | 175 | 91 |
| 47 | Jun 7, '23 | Wonderful new housing in a small city in Indiana. There's no reason we can't build high quality housing like this everywhere! | 9.8× | 357k | 3.2k | 147 | 150 |
| 48 | Jul 14, '23 | There's something magical about public spaces that feel intimate through enclosure of beautiful buildings and narrow paths. A lovely form of citybuilding! | 9.7× | 356k | 6k | 392 | 276 |
| 49 | Feb 5, '23 | Don't lose hope in our ability to do great things. We can still do fantastic work & create lovely places like these condos in Columbus, Ohio! | 9.7× | 355k | 2.7k | 118 | 182 |
| 50 | Mar 25, '23 | If you want to create a better city, start by building these on every corner! | 9.5× | 347k | 3.6k | 171 | 121 |
| 51 | Jan 14, '23 | 100 years ago, small towns across the US were building incredible structures like this. Today, big cities can barely approve cheap one story buildings. It's time we demand better f | 8.8× | 322k | 3.7k | 275 | 110 |
| 52 | Aug 4, '25 | Fabulous new hotel in Barcelona. We can still build as well as we ever have! | 8.6× | 315k | 5.4k | 335 | 739 |
| 53 | Nov 16, '23 | Solving the housing crisis in major North American cities will require building a lot of mid-rise buildings across many neighborhoods that are currently low rise | 8.6× | 314k | 3k | 140 | 205 |
| 54 | Mar 12, '23 | This is how to create great new buildings in cities. Well done Chicago! | 8.5× | 310k | 2.4k | 126 | 67 |
| 55 | Jan 20, '23 | If every city’s streets looked more like this, the world would be a better place! | 7.3× | 268k | 4.2k | 263 | 106 |
| 56 | Dec 19, '22 | Now that's what I call an upgrade! | 6.9× | 252k | 2.8k | 78 | 49 |
| 57 | Mar 6, '23 | Building like this is illegal nearly everywhere in the US today. We should make it legal. Thank you for your time | 6.9× | 252k | 2.4k | 104 | 48 |
| 58 | Mar 14, '23 | Can't think of many things that would be better for my mental health than walking down a street like this everyday | 6.8× | 248k | 4.7k | 276 | 68 |
| 59 | Jan 16, '23 | Stringing lights in cities is a simple, but magical way to improve our streets. The warm glow draws us in, making us feel cozy in places that might otherwise go unnoticed. | 5.9× | 214k | 2.9k | 125 | 80 |
| 60 | Jan 27, '23 | @QuietNotion It’s not reply bait, it’s an attempt to get people to appreciate and then demand something like this in the US so they don’t have to uproot their lives just to be able | 5.7× | 209k | 2.4k | 28 | 21 |
| 61 | May 6, '23 | We shouldn't be afraid to take risks with the decoration & ornament of our cities. Worst case, we can always replace things we don't like. But when it goes right, these little | 5.4× | 197k | 2.7k | 210 | 165 |
| 62 | May 29, '24 | Sunnyside Gardens, one of the finest gems New York City has to offer | 5.2× | 190k | 3.2k | 161 | 619 |
| 63 | Sep 15, '24 | This handsome 6 story building is an excellent template for cities to adopt/encourage. It delivers much needed accommodation without overwhelming the street level, while also beaut | 4.8× | 174k | 2.9k | 157 | 347 |
| 64 | Jul 11, '23 | Removing on street parking in Toronto in favor of dining parklets led to a nearly 50x increase in revenue as compared to parking fees. The math is common sense - we should build ci | 4.7× | 173k | 2.4k | 353 | 69 |
| 65 | Apr 2, '23 | To me, this is perfect! | 4.6× | 170k | 2.5k | 85 | 74 |
| 66 | Mar 19, '23 | Build more curved corner buildings! | 4.4× | 161k | 3k | 90 | 37 |
| 67 | Apr 30, '25 | Forest Hills Gardens, the crown jewel of American planned communities | 4.2× | 154k | 3.3k | 154 | 560 |
| 68 | Mar 28, '23 | Uzbekistan, you're beautiful 😍 | 3.6× | 132k | 2.6k | 143 | 50 |
| 69 | Apr 17, '22 | Every new suburb should look like this! | 3.6× | 0 | 8.2k | 491 | 410 |
| 70 | Nov 26, '22 | The city of the future isn't about taller buildings, wider highways, & monumental architectural statements. The city of the future is more like the city of the past. It's highl | 3.4× | 0 | 7k | 1.3k | 248 |
| 71 | Oct 19, '22 | The perfect street doesn't exi- | 3.2× | 0 | 8.3k | 308 | 262 |
| 72 | Dec 14, '22 | Every once in a while a building makes you stop and say "Wait, what? That's real? I didn't know we could make places as magical as this anymore!" and this is one of those for me | 2.9× | 0 | 7k | 359 | 441 |
| 73 | Aug 31, '24 | Fantastic contemporary infill in Norway! | 2.9× | 105k | 2.6k | 113 | 323 |
| 74 | Feb 23, '25 | Spread the word, we're building beautiful architecture in America again | 2.6× | 96k | 2.8k | 157 | 356 |
| 75 | Jun 20, '22 | This is how to build new townhomes. Well done Chicago! | 2.5× | 0 | 6.4k | 259 | 211 |
| 76 | Jul 17, '22 | Trillion dollar idea: Tree lined streets where homes are affordable & everything you need is only a short walk away, from grocery stores, coffee shops, work, friends, family, o | 2.4× | 0 | 5.6k | 448 | 159 |
| 77 | Oct 13, '22 | In the last 10 years, Frankfurt demolished its technical town hall (left) & reconstructed part of its old town that had been previously destroyed (right). There's now more home | 2.3× | 0 | 4.9k | 528 | 198 |
| 78 | Nov 24, '22 | Italian Hill Towns are some of the most magical places on Earth | 2.2× | 0 | 5.1k | 229 | 456 |
| 79 | Nov 19, '24 | It's a hopeful work about our ability to create places today that are as good as have ever existed. Our best days are not behind us. All it takes is a little bit of Optimism to get | 2.2× | 80k | 139 | 11 | 56 |
| 80 | Jul 13, '22 | View post on X | 2.1× | 0 | 5.7k | 194 | 50 |
| 81 | May 8, '22 | Americans will travel around the world to live in walkable cities for a week & love it, but somehow think building walkable places here is impossible or crazy | 2.0× | 0 | 4.7k | 550 | 52 |
| 82 | Feb 20, '25 | Gentle density done well | 2.0× | 74k | 2.6k | 69 | 258 |
| 83 | Jul 11, '22 | When we don't build our towns & cities around cars, some pretty amazing things can happen! | 1.9× | 0 | 4k | 370 | 232 |
| 84 | Nov 6, '22 | A Yokocho is a narrow Japanese alleyway that’s packed with intimate small bars and places to eat. They’re magic realms hidden away from the world, free from the traffic & anony | 1.8× | 0 | 3.8k | 362 | 320 |
| 85 | Nov 16, '22 | You might not like it, but folks, this is as sustainable as it gets | 1.7× | 0 | 4.2k | 233 | 124 |
| 86 | Jun 15, '22 | Every street should be a tree lined street | 1.6× | 0 | 4k | 314 | 41 |
| 87 | Jul 13, '22 | (I wrote the original tweet on my computer and then realized it's incomprehensible on mobile based on formatting, so hopefully the above is easier to see for those on their phones! | 1.6× | 0 | 4.8k | 14 | 12 |
| 88 | Dec 12, '22 | First snow of the year in my area, so this will be my aesthetic for the next several months | 1.6× | 0 | 3.9k | 58 | 366 |
| 89 | May 4, '22 | We mourn lovely buildings that have been replaced by empty space & sad structures, but we don't have to accept it. If we're thoughtful enough, we can reverse the tide! The old | 1.6× | 0 | 3.7k | 337 | 95 |
| 90 | Oct 17, '22 | This is the apartment building all other apartment buildings wish they looked like | 1.5× | 0 | 3.9k | 161 | 118 |
| 91 | Dec 6, '24 | All street corners should be mixed use | 1.4× | 53k | 2.9k | 122 | 99 |
| 92 | Jul 15, '22 | There's no good reason why duplexes like this shouldn't be legal in every neighborhood in America | 1.4× | 0 | 3.5k | 169 | 73 |
| 93 | Mar 9, '22 | It’s a problem that you can’t walk to do basic things in like 98% of America | 1.4× | 0 | 3.3k | 294 | 17 |
| 94 | Jul 2, '22 | New corner mixed-use building just dropped; it's fantastic! | 1.3× | 0 | 3.3k | 103 | 98 |
| 95 | Nov 8, '22 | How to build a beautiful city: Human scaled, fine grained, walkable, curving streets that provide enclosure & a sense of mystery at what might be around the corner. Throw in so | 1.3× | 0 | 2.9k | 231 | 171 |
| 96 | Sep 20, '22 | Tree canopies can make any street feel magical! | 1.3× | 0 | 3.2k | 219 | 36 |
| 97 | Apr 15, '22 | Building housing more densely doesn't mean you have to sacrifice open space, light, or air. Older cities have long taught us this. The notion that a private yard is the only way to | 1.2× | 0 | 2.4k | 269 | 244 |
| 98 | Apr 18, '22 | Who says we can't create great new communities in the US anymore? USC Village is a new mixed-use neighborhood that provides housing for 2,500 students, has shops, grocery stores, & | 1.2× | 0 | 2.6k | 171 | 178 |
| 99 | Nov 9, '22 | The dream of owning a single family home has historically been fairly narrow: a McMansion or ranch home with a large front yard that never gets used, with a several car garage. It' | 1.2× | 0 | 2.7k | 122 | 123 |
| 100 | Mar 27, '22 | We should have tree lined streets on every block in America | 1.0× | 0 | 2.5k | 135 | 41 |
| 101 | Oct 8, '22 | Public transportation & new mid rise apartments; Portland showing cities how it’s done! | 0.9× | 0 | 2.3k | 97 | 62 |