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Serenbe agri-village: green, charming and rural.. or is that exurban?
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 7:32amA travel feature in the Sunday NYT on Serenbe not only caught the attention of new urbanists -- it's currently the Times third
What if Jane Jacobs had directed "Slumdog"?
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 10:39amIs the slum in the title of the wildly popular Oscar contender Slumdog Millionaire a fetid, altogether inhospitable place that any reasonable person would try desperately to escape?
Stimulate and Harness Neighborhood Value, Urban Sage David Lewis Advises Obama
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 12:10pmLike Jane Jacobs, David Lewis held to a resolute belief in the power of traditio
Kunstler's advice to Obama: Work with CNU to stimulate overlooked downtowns
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:33pmFresh off his appearance in the New Yorker as a guide to the future — he'd argue near future — dislocations of the post-peak-oil landscape, Jim
Use the Stimulus to Make Transportation More Like the Internet: John Norquist in Planetizen
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 3:54pmWhile the Obama Administration is readying to harness the power of the internet and social media, it should put the same principles to work to improve our transportation systems with the stimulus bill
Retool America's Post-Oil Economy: CNU's Dan Solomon nails new "national purpose" in San Francisco Chronicle
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 01/16/2009 - 8:38amIn yesterday's San Francisco Chronicle, CNU co-founder Dan Solomon writes that the US has both the need
The Atlantic on the CNU Transportation Summit: seizing the moment for walkable transportation networks
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 3:49pmThe January issue of the Atlantic has a short, smart dispatch from CNU's November Transportation Summit with a subhead that get
Sound Stimulus: How Congress Can Find and Fund the Roads that Reduce Our Oil Addiction and Improve Our Quality of Life
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sun, 12/28/2008 - 10:49pmWith input from the incoming Obama Administration, Congress is now building a stimulus bill that will likely result in the largest investment in U.S.
New hope where Katrina hit hardest: Trio of city buildings coming to Waveland
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 4:26pmMuch of Waveland, Mississippi still looks as it did after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005 and the initial debris was cleared.
Philly Ink Biz Blog Finds Norquist's Call to Tear Down I-95 "Seductive"
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 7:36amPhiladelphia Inquirer business reporter and columnist Joseph DiStefano sees business opportunity in the call from CNU Board member Sam Sherman and CNU CEO John Norquist (who was in town to pick up an