Cities have long been fertile grounds for romance: chance encounters in the street, furtive glances on the subway, long meandering walks with a new crush, and introducing loved ones to favorite neighborhood haunts. Traditional urban planning and urban design practices often don’t provide the space to think critically about the ways that cities can be designed to foster love, be it romantic, familial, or platonic. What would cities look like if we prioritized love as a necessary ingredient of a full life with as much seriousness as other worthy goals like affordable housing, good jobs, and safe transportation?