Archives
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.
The first major round of US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Hope VI grants under the Bush Administration, totaling nearly $500 million, focuses on principles of the New Urbanism.
Begun in 1993, the Hope VI program has...
The number of allies grow, but the principles remain the same.
The support for the New Urbanism and smart growth gets wider all the time.
To the list that includes many environmental groups, governors, mayors, planners, transit advocates, and...
The University of North Carolina’s Center for Urban and Regional Studies launched the Smart Growth and the New Economy Program to examine links between the two topics. Communities that pursue smart growth may have a competitive edge in attracting...
One of the greatest challenges for a developer or public official who wants
to promote New Urbanism is finding the best way to concisely explain the basic principles. New presentations from the CNU help get across the big picture. CNU’s “Tour of...
The third phase of Heritage at Freemason Harbour, an infill development in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, was recently completed. The project now has 184 apartments and a one-block main street, which includes a 3,000 square foot grocery store....
Miramar, Florida, is planning a $130 million, 54-acre town center designed by Torti Gallas & Partners/CHK. The project includes a new city hall, cultural arts center, and library, in addition to 225 apartments, 290,000 square feet of office...
A huge opportunity for transportation reform will present itself in the next decade as many current planners and engineers in the field prepare for retirement, according to a recent paper by the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable...
For the past year, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has been attracting attention for producing evidence that greyfield malls can become walkable neighborhoods. New research, now available in CNU’s report Greyfields No More, shows that many...
Ground has broken at Marsh Gardens, a 14-acre infill project in Beaufort, South Carolina. With vernacular architecture and an urban form, Marsh Gardens includes a 120-room hotel, 190,000 square feet of flex space, and 24 townhomes. Developer 303...
Atlanta-based Post Properties has announced the completion of the urban infill development Post Roosevelt Square in Phoenix, Arizona. The mixed-use community of 403 apartments is 90 percent leased. Post has also completed the first $65.4 million...
The destruction of the World Trade Center has left a mountain of rubble and grief in the heart of New York. As that mountain is carted away, the valley that will emerge will leave us with emptiness and sadness.
It is essential that we rebuild the...
Most new urban developments offer some environmental advantages; Highlands Garden Village in Denver, Colorado, is set apart by its comprehensive approach to resource conservation. Plus, with the project’s affordable housing components and broad...