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CNU XV Blog, Part 13: fire departments and skinny streets
Submitted by MLewyn on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 8:34pmFor most of Saturday morning and early afternoon I was at historic Mikveh Israel synagogue (www.mikvehisrael.org), site of America's second oldest (I think) Jewish congregation- so I missed more CNU s
CNU XV Blog, Part 12: Duany on cities vs. suburbs
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 4:49pmThis afternoon, Andres Duany spoke about the relationship between cities and suburbs.
CNU XV Blog, Part 11: China and India
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 3:00pmJohn Ellis spoke this afternoon on sprawl-producing policies in China and India. Like America in 1900, China has historically suffered from overcrowding.
CNU XV Blog, Part 10: highways
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 12:13pmThis morning, there was a great panel on expressways, focusing on the removal of riverfront expressways that cut off downtowns from rivers.
CNU XV Blog, Part 9: Panel on comprehensive plans
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 10:10amThe CNU panel on comprehensive plans contained two very different perspectives: one on planning for a not-yet-built-out semirural area, and the other on planning for a big city.
CNU XV Blog, Part 8: the NIMBY veto
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 8:24amAt a panel of developers, someone pointed out that several cities had neighborhood planning boards, and that they were "institutionalized NIMBYism."* I knew that Washington and Atlanta have neighborh
CNU XV Blog, Part 7: Rybczynski speech
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 7:26amLast night at the plenary session, I listened to Witold Rybczynski's keynote speech, which discussed his new book on real estate development (Last Harvest). A few interesting points:
CNU XV Blog, Part 6.5: Does the Trolley Matter?
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 5:56pmOne issue that came to me after the Girard Avenue trolley tour was: does the trolley matter? Will it really make Brewerytown or Northern Liberties more appealing?
CNU XV Blog, Part 6: Girard Trolley tour
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 4:12pmThis afternoon, we went on a tour of Girard Avenue, which, for the first time in decades, has trolley rather than bus service.
CNU XV Blog, Part 5: LEED-ND and accessibility for the disabled
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 10:42amThe LEED-ND rating system contains a credit for "universal accessibility" for the disabled. This morning, Eleanor Smith spoke on this concept, addressing the following issues: