City Beautiful is a YouTube channel dedicated to educating everyone about cities and city planning. Cities are amazing! I cover topics such as transportation, land use planning, and urban design. I post new videos regularly.
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Let’s talk about cities and open some Pokemon packs! Pidove is the most urban Pokemon (in my opinion) so I’m going to be opening packs and counting how many Pidoves I can find. In between packs, I’ll take questions about cities, city planning, the channel, and more!
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-will-lagos-be-the-first-city-to-100-million Demographers believe that African cities will be some of the largest in the world by 2100, and soon after Lagos, Nigeria could cross the 100 million people barrier. Why Lagos? And what…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) This is an opportunity to ask questions about what it’s like to get a degree in city planning. It’s led by me, Dave Amos, the producer of City Beautiful. In addition to my role as producer, I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Receive 10% off anything on bellroy.com: https://bit.ly/3LYgYNh Zoning codes are often obscure and complicated. But if you change a few key parameters, you change things like residential density in the suburbs. This video demonstrates how those numbers shape our cities. Produced by Dave Amos and the fine…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-dont-cities-use-hexagon-blocks Most cities have streets with gridded, organic, or cul-de-sac patterns. Why don’t they use hexagons? They can be tiled indefinitely and create safer intersections. This video relied on this great article: Ben-Joseph,…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/citybeautiful Boston is notorious for its confusing street network. Why did it end up with one, when cities like New York and Philadelphia didn’t? Resources on…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-the-highway-fight-that-changed-cities-forever Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses were influential in the destiny of New York City, and battled it out directly over the Lower Manhattan Expressway. This battle would come to define the fault…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) For information from the group developing the city, see https://californiaforever.com. There’s obviously more to say about this project than I can in one minute. Here are some other articles about the project: https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/billionaires-build-new-city-rural-california-convince-voters-102866927 https://abc7news.com/travis-air-force-base-flannery-associates-solano-county-land-purchase-california-forever-website/13724300/
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Learn more about SGC’s work at https://sgc.ca.gov/ Vacant lots and underused parking lots can be redeveloped into housing, offices, shopping and more. When that happens, the environmental and social benefits are immense. This video is all about the policies that can make infill development possible. Watch this…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Visit https://brilliant.org/citybeautiful/ to get started for free and get 20% off your annual subscription. Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-real-estate-development-explained City planners don’t build cities, real estate developers do. This video takes you through the real estate development process and all of its many challenges. Resources on…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-can-we-fit-entire-cities-in-a-single-building Arcologies—self-contained mega-cities—have appeared in Sim City, Bladerunner, and sci-fi novels. Where did this idea come from, and will we all be living in an Arcology someday? Isaac Arthur video on arcologies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqKQ94DtS54…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) If you want to learn more about 90210, check out my recent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8_NBbqYkMw This list comes from: https://ktla.com/news/list-of-most-expensive-zip-codes-released-guess-how-many-are-in-california/
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Visit https://brilliant.org/citybeautiful/ to get started for free and get 20% off your annual subscription. Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-why-is-beverly-hills-so-rich-and-famous Beverly Hills is known in pop culture (Clueless, Real Housewives) as being a haven for the rich, famous, and influential. How did it get that way? Is…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-i-destroyed-a-european-city-with-us-planning-in-townscaper Townscaper is a wonderful little game for making charming, walkable cities. But what if you tried to add public housing projects, freeways and sprawl? Get Townscaper: https://www.townscapergame.com Videos referenced: Can we fix…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Visit https://brilliant.org/citybeautiful/ to get started for free and get 20% off your annual subscription. Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-history-of-paris-ancient-rome-to-the-present Check out my Great Cities video on Paris (On Nebula): https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-how-boulevards-changed-paris-forever Paris is an amazing city with an incredible history. This video tracks that history year by…
From “City Beautiful”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) For more narrow street goodness, check out my longer form video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9fWEekFUM