Andres Duany is now a chastised, but never humble, new urbanist. He might be making more sense now - integrating the two new urban planning 'mega trends' - small municipal budgets and impending climate change.

Here's a taste of the "new" New Urbanist flavors: to show how small, incremental changes can transform a whole neighborhood is the Wynwood Arts District in Miami. The well-known developer, Tony Goldman, transformed the industrial area void of any activity or culture, into a thriving neighborhood. With little investment, Goldman painted all the interior of the buildings white, asked talented graffiti artists to paint the outside, and filled the space between with a fine aggregate asphalt. He filled them with lighted chain link fences and tractor tires as furniture. The industrial buildings become a perfect place for budding artists to exhibit their work. The result was that over time, the real estate market followed and it became one of the hottest places in town. Adjacent development proved it."

This is very different from Phoenix development - even up to today.

Let's take a page from one proud man's rethinking and change our own, Phoenix!