On The Park Bench:
A Public Square Conversation

  • Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating
    Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating
    Trumpeting a cultural revival
    <strong>Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market</strong>&nbsp; <em>New Orleans, Louisiana</em>

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  • Southside
    Ten acres that transformed a city #thisiscnu

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  • Mercado District | Tucson, Arizona
    A timeless place from the ground up. #thisiscnu

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  • Crosstown_Concourse_2018_Charter_LooneyRicksKiss
    Crosstown_Concourse_2018_Charter_LooneyRicksKiss
    From former warehouse to "vertical village"
    <strong>Crosstown Concourse</strong>&nbsp; <em>Memphis, Tennessee</em>

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  • Historic arcade houses young professionals
    <strong>Microlofts at The Arcade Providence</strong>&nbsp;<em>Providence, Rhode Island</em>

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  • Expanding options for a car-oriented suburban area
    <strong>Village of Providence</strong> <em>Huntsville, AL</em>

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  • A unique building becomes a hub for historic neighborhoods
    <strong>Ponce City Market</strong> <em>Atlanta, GA</em>

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  • From parking lot to urban tour-de-force
    <strong>UCLA Weyburn</strong>&nbsp;<em>Los Angeles, California</em>

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  • A mixed-use center for town and gown
    <strong>Storrs Center</strong> <em>Mansfield, CT</em>

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Upcoming webinars

Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 12 noon ET
Author’s Forum: New Building in Old Cities
Join Steven Semes to discuss his new book, New Building in Old Cities: Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation. Semes, a Notre Dame professor, will explain how Giovannoni promoted new urbanist ideas in 1931 and was one of many influential 20th-century designers neglected in the history books. The interviewer is the architect and academic Matt Bell.
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On The Park Bench is CNU's webinar series presenting interactive conversations with thought leaders in New Urbanism and allied industries, providing an opportunity for the audience to engage in real time. Powered by the Congress for the New Urbanism, Public Square and On the Park Bench are built to add depth and rigor to the practice of urbanism and improve our capacity for creating inclusive, resilient places—places that people love.

Author’s Forum on Urbanism is a monthly series featuring authors in an hour-long, interactive discussion of recent publications on urbanism. The series, part of CNU’s On the Park Bench webinar program, takes a deep dive into each author’s insights through the lens of New Urbanism. The focus will be on one or two ideas that are embodied in the book, which advance the understanding of precedents and design strategies to repair and make sustainable urbanism. Attendees will have an opportunity to engage the authors during the session.

All live On the Park Bench webinars qualify for one CEU credit from AICP (click here for more on tracking and reporting). Additionally, CNU-A members can earn one CEU credit for all live and recorded On the Park Bench webinars (click here for more information on tracking and reporting).

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PAST WEBINARS
 

December 3, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: NEW BUILDING IN OLD CITIES
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November 26, 2024
WALKABILITY FOR A RESTORATIVE URBANISM
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November 12, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: THE VENETIAN FACADE
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October 29, 2024
DISASTER RECOVERY THROUGH PLACEMAKING
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October 15, 2024
REIMAGINING CITIES: DISRUPTING THE URBAN DOOM LOOP
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August 27, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: BUILDING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSE
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August 20, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: SUSTAINABLE URBAN DESIGN HANDBOOK
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July 2, 2024
RECLAIMING OUR VANISHING THIRD PLACES
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June 25, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: KILLED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER
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June 11, 2024
MITIGATING HARM THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED IDEAS
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May 7, 2024
AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION
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April 30, 2024
CONNECTING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS
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April 16, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: TAKING A PEN FOR A WALK
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April 2, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: CITY LIMITS
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March 19, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: THE EQUITY PLANNER
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March 12, 2024
GUERILLA URBANISM
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February 6, 2024
AUTHOR'S FORUM: HUMAN TRANSIT
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January 31, 2024
CHALLENGES IN PRE-APPROVED BUILDING PLANS
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December 19, 2023
PLANNING FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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November 28, 2023
AUTHOR'S FORUM: CLIMATE RESILIENCE FOR AN AGING NATION
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November 14, 2023
A STORY CAN CHANGE A CITY
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