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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.
Costa Pacific Communities has begun construction of the village center of Villebois, a new urban community in Wilsonville, Oregon, the firm announced. The center includes 650 residential units and buildings with first-floor retail.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has begun awarding grants of up to $400,000 to communities that try to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity by increasing opportunities for physical activity and by improving access to healthy, affordable...
The Seaside Institute selected author James Howard Kunstler as the recipient of the 2009 Seaside Prize. The honor is awarded to an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the quality and character of our communities....
The Ohio Department of Transportation announced in December that agreements have been reached on a federally funded $50 million series of road, tunnel, and intersection improvements for Cleveland’s West Shoreway, a six-lane limited-access highway,...
New Haven, Connecticut, has taken another step toward turning a short expressway near downtown into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard lined by mixed-use buildings. Nine firms have submitted bids for the task of helping the city devise a plan for...
In the nation’s capital, Jeff Speck’s new home reconciles Modern architecture and L’Enfant’s street pattern.
The Seaside Institute with Andres Duany, H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Leon Krier, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Witold Rybczynski, Robert A.M. Stern, et alSeaside seems to have seared itself into the consciousness of most of the writers, who use the...
NorthWest Crossing, a traditional neighborhood development in Bend, Oregon, has found a way to increase its sales despite the sharp drop in real estate activity nationwide. General Manager David Ford says that for several years, developer West Bend...
Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards, two thoroughfares that run through the thriving Metro rail transit corridor in Arlington, Virginia, have been designated as “Great Streets” in the American Planning Association’s award competition for 2008.
F. Barton Harvey, former chairman and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners Inc., is the recipient of the 2008 J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development from the Urban Land Institute.
The town plaza and first 40 houses in the 470-acre Oshara Village in Santa Fe, New Mexico, have been completed. The development features a “sustainable business zone.”