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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.
At the Fall task force meeting, CNU decided to reorganize the task forces. We have grown in membership and initiatives, and are adapting to these changes. A new format for task forces will make getting involved easier and more rewarding. We will...
Construction began on the Fruitvale Transit Village in Oakland, California, in November. The $100 million, mixed-use project is centered on the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station. A retail and entertainment paseo will replace a current parking...
The completed renovation of a nursery building from the 1920s gives Historic Malbis in Daphne, Alabama, an architectural focal point and a link to the Greek farmers who first settled on the site in the early 1900s. The 2,500 square-foot building...
Washington, D.C., has some good examples of new urbanist infill housing. Parkside, in the Northeast section of the city, shows that affordable new urbanist housing can be built on a strict budget. The 26-acre site currently includes townhomes,...
A study of about 200 school sites in South Carolina concludes that schools built in the last two decades discourage children from walking to school and contribute to urban sprawl. In Wait for the Bus: How Lowcountry School Site Selection and Design...
As the nation’s largest financier of commercial and residential real estate, Bank of America wields considerable influence in the market, and the bank now claims it wants to use that influence to make the market more attentive to environmental...
Top West Coast new urbanist projects and plans were recognized at the Smart Growth conference in San Diego, when the Local Government Commission’s Center for Livable Communities presented its annual Ahwahnee Awards.
The awards for projects built in...
Pulte Homes’ Florida region remains committed to trying New Urbanism after Salamanca’s defeat.
Pulte Homes, the nation’s largest home builder, has struggled for three years to get approval for Salamanca, a 160-acre traditional neighborhood...
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company has announced that the following books will be published in 2000 or 2001: DPZ: A Chronology of Buildings, by Joanna Lombard and Beth Dunlop and published by Princeton Architectural Press, will cover the...
The Congress for the New Urbanism has published Transportation Tech Sheets, covering traffic calming and other new urbanist transportation issues, and Principles for Inner City Neighborhood Design, on revitalization issues. These booklets are...
Three times a year, the CNU Board of Directors gathers in quiet rooms to contemplate and decide on the direction of the organization. Though CNU’s strength comes from its members, the Board plays an important role by focusing the group’s strategies...
A neighborhood of multifamily housing designed by Torti Gallas & Partners/CHK will begin construction in early spring in Celebration’s South Village. Developed by Pritzker Residential, the 50-acre project will include 720 apartments and...