The towns along 30A in Walton County, Florida, have inspired many New Urbanist emulators, including Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas. Cinnamon Shore is a series of walkable urban developments along State Highway 361 on Mustang Island and is not...
Amid a shift to a new website platform, CNU seeks to establish a comprehensive database of new urbanist developments to be used by academics, professionals, and students.
A new BRT line brings transit to an underdeveloped central district with ample frontage for development.
Architect Steve Mouzon is one of the most prolific photographers of urban places, particularly New Urbanism. It’s not easy to take a photo that makes you feel like you are inside, or want to be inside, a great place. This is a photo of the Entry...
A nationwide Realtors survey reveals that a majority of Americans prefer a walkable neighborhood, and they are willing to pay for it. That tracks with higher values in highly walkable neighborhoods.
The Reynolds Cottages are a good example of missing middle housing, reusing a vacant block in Brunswick, Georgia.
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
HUD awards first Choice Neighborhoods planning grants
The $4 million in grants to 17 cities build on the HOPE VI program. Finalists for larger implementation grants were also announced.
The first Katrina cottage was occupied in New Orleans according to a September 27 report from ABC Ne
The first Katrina cottage was occupied in New Orleans, according to a September 27 report from ABC News. Omaira Falcon was the first resident to...
Minneapolis suburb turns ‘main drag’ into ‘Main Street’
St. Louis Park, a first-ring suburb of Minneapolis, is two-thirds of the way through constructing a town center — a pedestrian-scale gathering place...
Markham, Ontario, plans neighborhoods on a large scale
In Canada’s foremost laboratory for the New Urbanism, planners knit together many projects to create a ring of interconnected neighborhoods around...
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