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.
A blighted Indianapolis neighborhood gets another chance with the help of federal funds and new urban design guidelines.
The fate of the Fall Creek neighborhood on Indianapolis’ near north side mirrors that of countless urban neighborhoods in the...
The city picks a design and development team for a $350-million, transit-oriented, walkable neighborhood that will fill oceanfront property on the Rockaways peninsula in Queens.
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development...
The 209-unit Mirasol apartments are under construction adjacent to downtown Celebration near Orlando, Florida. The units average 1,700 square feet and will rent from $900 to $1,900. The project increases the density downtown, and raises the number...
The annual report on real estate investment trends, Emerging Trends in Real Estate, is once more a benefit of CNU membership. This year, we are mailing it to all members except for associate members, at the beginning of the year, rather than waiting...
In its heyday, Longview Farm in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, about 20 miles from downtown Kansas City, was one of the premier horse farms in the country. Seventeen of the original 40 buildings remain — all are listed on the National Register of Historic...
Education, outreach, interdepartmental coordination, and charrette-based community planning are among Rick Bernhardt’s chief tools for transforming Nashville’s planning department.
Ayear after new urbanist planner Rick Bernhardt took over the...
PolicyLink has released a new report. The 168-page Sharing the Wealth: Resident Ownership Mechanisms explains PolicyLink’s framework for equitable development, and details financial and economic tools to enable residents to participate in and...
The visually striking town center opened its doors five years ago — the first complete new urban town center — perhaps the first new US downtown in three quarters of a century. While its success is debatable, one thing is for sure — it can’t be...
One of the basic tenets of new urbanist planning is to establish an open street grid that promotes the free flow of pedestrian and automobile traffic. But what if a closed street has become a haven for pedestrians? Should the need for...
Kevin Kelly, a developer who sold his share in Civano, a Tucson new urbanist project earlier this year, now has a new Arizona project north of Nogales, Arizona. Kelly was hired by developers Art Martori, Jerry Dixon and Al Wareing to revive a 5,200...
St. Joe Company broke ground in September on Southwood, a 3,200- acre traditional neighborhood development (TND) project near Tallahassee, Florida.
A $115 million federal Hope VI project , the New East Capitol, is moving forward in Washington, DC. The project will consist of the demolition of 1,100 public housing units and construction of a mixed-income community of 555 units, a neighborhood...