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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.
In today’s difficulty economy, three published new urbanist practitioners look at how to get projects going — in the suburbs or elsewhere.
Many more middle-class parents would live in big cities if they could pick the schools their kids attend, argues Congress for the New Urbanism president and CEO John Norquist.
The transit-oriented redevelopment of a 500,000 square foot suburban strip mall in Farmingdale, NY, is New Urban Network's May 2011 Plan of the Month.
A 2,000-word piece by Andres Duany recently published in Metropolis speaks directly to the "avant garde establishment" and attempts to set the record straight on New Urbanism.
Review of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World, a book by Ross Chapin. Taunton Press, 2011, 224 pp., $30 hardcover
The grand prize for professional projects was awarded to South Coast Rail Economic Development & Land Use Corridor Plan by Goody Clancy.
Standing united with Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, CNU has been at the forefront of the fight in opposition to the $3.1 billion bored hole tunnel that is slated to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Madison, Wisconsin, beckons brightly over the course of June 1-June 4 this year, as CNU 19: Growing Local heads to town.
CNU’s resident Planning Director Heather Smith, along with CNU Board member Norman Garrick, joined a coterie of Smart Growth-focused minds in Los Angeles this March to discuss and develop a “master blueprint” for the streets of Los Angeles County.
Not many cities can boast of being home to buildings from Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and H.H. Richardson all situated within their borders.
Planetizen recognizes some of the best websites for urban planning, design, and development.
The Charter-Award-winning DC Streetcar Land-Use Study, which looks at the economic and development impacts of the city's coming streetcar system, is New Urban Network's April Plan of the Month.