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 “Laneway Loft House” — a 624 sq. ft. dwelling designed to be placed along an alley — was the star of this year’s BC Home + Garden Show in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the urging of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association, Smallworks...
The current downturn, says a top retail expert, is “shaking out plans and centers that were poorly conceived.”
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration intends to experiment with closing five blocks of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan to vehicular traffic, possibly as early as this May. “Although it seems counterintuitive, officials believe the move will...
Brent Warr, the mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, who participated energetically in the Mississippi Renewal Forum after Hurricane Katrina, announced in March that he will not seek reelection. The Sun Herald said Warr “is facing Katrina fraud charges...
Coming to Denver, June 10-13, the 17th Congress for the New Urbanism gathers the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the New Urbanism under one roof.
“Lifelong Communities” charrette spurs a warming of relations between new urbanists and disability-rights activists.The Atlanta Regional Commission had Andres Duany lead a charrette in February aimed at helping municipal and county governments...
Recently released and soon-to-be released studies show that people who live in cities and near transit generate substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions, both in the US and internationally.
A study by the International Institute for Environment...
By Bernard Zyscovich with Douglas R. PorterUrban Land Institute, 2008, 137 pp., $69.95 hardcoverMiami architect Bernard Zyscovich has done some interesting urban things. He is credited with devising the redevelopment plan for Miami Beach’s Lincoln...
Buoyed by the federal government’s agreement to provide funds for the first phase of Metro rail service to Dulles International Airport, developers are reviving long-dormant plans for hotels, convention centers, shops, and housing on property...
Reid Ewing, a co-author of Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, recently joined the faculty of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah, where he hopes to establish a center for...
DOT and HUD announce a joint effort to merge land use and planning to improve livability.
Photo 1 caption (appears on page 01):The redevelopment of the Columbia Heights Metro station area in Washington, DC, won a Charter Award for 2009. See story on page 5. courtesy of the congress for the new urbanism