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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.
About 200 builders, developers, public officials, and architects attended a conference “Great Houses for Great Neighborhoods” cosponsored by the Seaside Institute and the Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority in September. Attendance, which...
For CNU members, the annual Congress is a powerful experience. They get exposed to a range of successful new urbanist projects. They learn from leaders in the fields of urban planning, architecture, development and government. And they interact with...
It’s the season for state meetings of the American Planning Association and American Institute of Architects. If you will be speaking at or attending one of these state meetings, and would like to publicize CNU, please contact Sandrine Milanello (...
In late July, the federal government agreed to fund the development of a context-sensitive design guidebook for major streets. The project, funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — brings...
How to revitalize 80 acres in the center of Coatesville, an 8,000-population southeast Pennsylvania steel town that has fallen on hard times, will be the focus of an Oct. 21-27 charrette conducted by Fellows in the Knight Program in Community...
Ferchill Group of Cleveland and Wispark LLC of Milwaukee have teamed up to buy the historic, long- empty Pabst Brewery complex west of downtown Milwaukee and convert it into “Pabst City,” a seven-block complex that will contain 450,000 square feet...
Once the garage placement on the lot has been settled, and the spaces immediately around the garage have been studied for their social and technical performance, it remains to design the garage itself. Two aspects are discussed here. Some are...
The first traditional neighborhood development in Iowa — the Peninsula Neighborhood in Iowa City — is off to a good start in terms of sales and aesthetics, but costs have been a problem. Three months after the grand opening, more than half of the 81...
CNU will participate in a forum on Latino New Urbanism October 17 in Los Angeles. The forum will begin a discussion around the nexus between the nation’s growing Latino population and future development patterns in Southern California. If you are...
New from the National Charrette Institute, the NCI Charrette Start-Up Kit is an instructional CD-ROM authored by NCI executive director Bill Lennertz, board member Steven Coyle, and program director Aarin Lutzenhiser. It features a 96-minute...
Continuum Lakewood Development Company (CLDC) has announced details of the first phase of Belmar, a $500 million public/private project that will transform a 104-acre former mall site into a traditional mixed-use downtown for the suburban Denver...
The July/August 2003 issue, on page 19, incorrectly described the Community of Christ as Mormon. The church — the owner of land in Independence, Missouri, that is slated for development as a new urban community — had its historical origins in the...