Title: Suburbs Are Changing, Like It or Not - The New York Times
Headings: Like It or Not, the Suburbs Are Changing
Like It or Not, the Suburbs Are Changing
What prompted you to write a sequel to “Retrofitting Suburbia”?
You talk about three kinds of retrofits: redevelopments (demolishing and reconstructing underperforming shopping malls to make them mixed-use town centers, with retail, offices and housing); repurposing existing spaces; and regreening.
That raises the question of supporting older suburban residents, the population you describe as “perennials.”
Which retrofitting interventions provide the greatest benefits at the least cost?

Content: But then you take a left and there are more units behind, and the shared green manages the storm water. Four are subsidized housing. Ms. Dunham-Jones: Cottages on Greene is a great example of how design helps overcome Nimby resistance to affordable housing. And it meets the market for much smaller homes. The suburbs were built on this assumption that the first buyers of new homes are going to be a young family with kids. We’re seeing a resurgence of that in many places, but two-thirds of suburban households do not have kids in them. Ms. Williamson: A lot of our examples speak to the high percentage of suburban rental houses and apartments. I think people have this preconceived idea that suburbia is all detached houses and owner-occupied.