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Welcome to the archives of Better Cities & Towns, a publication founded by Robert Steuteville as New Urban News in 1996. This archive holds two decades of the best news and analysis on compact, mixed-use growth and development, from 1996 to 2015.
Photo 1 caption (on page 1): White concrete tile roofs give Alys Beach in Florida a distinctive look. See article on page 10.
Edited by Stephen R. Kellert, Judith H. Heerwagen, and Martin L. MadorJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008, 400 pp., $75 hardcover
Transit-oriented residential development generates far fewer automobile trips than conventional development, according to recent research conducted by PB PlaceMaking, Robert Cervero, the Urban Land Institute, and the Center for Transit-Oriented...
Baldwin Park, a large TND in Orlando, recorded 282 new and existing home sales in 2007, down from 448 sales in 2006, according to a recent report in the Orlando Sentinel. The peak year was 2005, when 524 houses were sold. House values have held up...
Seventeen blocks of Pratt Street in Baltimore would be upgraded into a grand “Avenue of the Inner Harbor” if a design concept produced by Ayers/Saint/Gross in association with the Olin Partnership is carried out. The two firms received a Downtown...
Edited by Paul Stanton KibelThe MIT Press, 2007, 216 pp., $22 paperbackOf the six riverfronts carefully examined in this book, the one with the most exciting prospects is the Anacostia — sometimes referred to as Washington, DC’s “other river.” Much...
The redevelopment of an Old Sawmill District into a neighborhood has received approval from the City of Missoula, Montana. The 46-acre site will provide housing, common areas, commercial uses, and access to the existing riverfront trail and park...
A New York Times article of February 27 comments on the revival of Downcity Providence, Rhode Island, in the last decade. The article gives substantial credit to new urbanist Buff Chace, a developer who has restored eight buildings at a cost of $80...
Tax subsidies that would help General Growth Properties redevelop the obsolete Cottonwood Mall in Holladay, Utah, into a 57-acre town center won endorsements recently from the local and county governments and school district. The Salt Lake Tribune...
The current woes of the housing market and subprime mortgages are only the beginning of troubles for suburbia, according to an article in The Atlantic by Christopher Leinberger, a developer, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, and...
Back-to-back cottages — a model that could be used on small lots in many towns and cities — are under construction in the Bywater section of New Orleans. Corner Markers/Bywater LLC, a partnership of architect Andres Duany, New Towns publisher...
Redevelopment of 711-acre Mueller Airport combines New Urbanism, green features, and affordable housing.By early March, the first 50 families will have moved onto the site of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, about three miles northeast...