--- title: Buffalo, America's Best Designed City description: Buffalo, America's Best Designed City image: https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/hubfs/64_Buffalo%2c%20Americas%20Best%20Designed%20City.png --- # Buffalo, America's Best Designed City [mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&body=https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/buffalo-americas-best-designed-city](mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&body=https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/buffalo-americas-best-designed-city) [Book](https://www.lascatalinascr.com/section/booking) ### August 21, 2019 I just can't stop myself from sharing this video, which I found out about courtesy of [The Congress for the New Urbanism](http://www.cnu.org/cnu-news/2013/10/buffalo-americanbsps-best-designed-city).  This video is long by today's standards, but it is worth it.  Las Catalinas is about creating a wonderful, beautiful, loveable place where people can have satisfying, memorable, enriching experiences.  We are starting from scratch, with all the advantages and challenges that entails.  I just *love* this story about Buffalo and how the people there are remaking a great city.  Same topic, totally different setting, totally different challenges. PS - The video is produced by [First + Main Media](http://www.firstandmain.tv/).  They have done some work for Las Catalinas and also produced the American Makeover series of videos, Episode One of which is entitled [Sprawlanta](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XoVXoB6x3vM) and prominently features the [Glenwood Park](http://glenwoodpark.com/) development that Stuart Meddin and I worked on (start around minute 4).   ## See related posts ## [The Use of Plants and Greenery in Urban Areas in Las Catalinas](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/plants-and-greenery-in-urban-areas-las-catalinas) [ At the town’s founding, 80% of the land in Las Catalinas was dedicated to the long-term restoration of the surrounding tropical dry forest landscape. In this way, Las Catalinas could grow in harmony with the environment, and maintain a constant connection to the natural beauty of Guanacaste. ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/plants-and-greenery-in-urban-areas-las-catalinas) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/plants-and-greenery-in-urban-areas-las-catalinas) ## [Building a Beautiful Place to Live, and Why That Matters](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/building-a-beautiful-place-to-live-and-why-that-matters) [ Part of the founding vision of Las Catalinas was to create a place that would be beautiful. Beauty can be hard to quantify or measure, but the effect that a beautiful town or city can have on the people who live there can be very tangible. People are happier. They’re more active, and spend more ... ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/building-a-beautiful-place-to-live-and-why-that-matters) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/building-a-beautiful-place-to-live-and-why-that-matters) ## [Las Catalinas at PreCOP25](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/las-catalinas-at-precop25) [ Costa Rica hosted PreCOP25, a preparation meeting before the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year, a global meeting of stakeholders seeking to combat climate change will take place in Santiago, Chile, and PreCOP25 served as a gathering to workshop ideas, meet, and prepare before ... ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/las-catalinas-at-precop25) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/las-catalinas-at-precop25) ## [Line of Sight: Windows in Las Catalinas](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/windows-in-las-catalinas) [ Windows can serve both a functional purpose and an aesthetic one, and in Las Catalinas, like with many of the aspects of town’s design, these two purposes blend together. ](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/windows-in-las-catalinas) [Read more](https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/windows-in-las-catalinas) #### Subscribe to The Blog, The Daily, The Newsletter, and more Additionally you will receive our occasional newsletter. Absolute confidentiality. Never SPAM. You can unsubscribe at any time. ```json { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Buffalo, America's Best Designed City", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4917861/64_Buffalo,%20Americas%20Best%20Designed%20City.png", "width": 1040, "height": 640 }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://theblog.lascatalinascr.com/buffalo-americas-best-designed-city" }, "description": "

I just can't stop myself from sharing this video, which I found out about courtesy of The Congress for the New Urbanism.  This video is long by today's standards, but it is worth it.  Las Catalinas is about creating a wonderful, beautiful, loveable place where people can have satisfying, memorable, enriching experiences.  We are starting from scratch, with all the advantages and challenges that entails.  I just love this story about Buffalo and how the people there are remaking a great city.  Same topic, totally different setting, totally different challenges.

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