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.
Sprawl Watch’s recent report, “Creating a Healthy Environment: the Impact of the Built Environment on Public Health,” cites primary connections between sprawl and health as found by doctors and researchers from the CDC. Contact: allison@sprawlwatch....
“Smart Growth: The Alternative to Suburban Sprawl,” a 23-minute video by William B. Morton, begins by describing the loss of quality of life and environmental degradation caused by suburban sprawl, contrasts current development patterns with those...
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...
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...
Mouzon Design of Huntsville, Alabama, has released the Historic District Photo Catalog, a collection of eight CD-ROMs with high-resolution images of historic structures in Southern cities and towns. Each disk contains between 700 and 900 color...