Watch: What it Takes to Retrofit Suburbia

June Williamson explains the necessary components of the next generation of the suburban retrofitting project, and why these actions are so necessary.

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April 27, 2019, 5:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell

The Georgia Institute of Technology is sharing video footage from its Speedwell Foundation Talks on the subject of redesigning cities.

A video posted on April 15 features June Williamson, associate professor of architecture at the City College of New York and co-author of the book Retrofitting Suburbia, who speaks on the theme of that book, with case studies from

"The big challenge of suburban retrofitting," according to Williamson, "is to improve the resiliency of the suburban landscapes where the vast majority of the U.S. population currently lives."

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