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Taking the Alternative Route to Redevelopment: Lyndale Gardens in Richfield, Minnesota
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 12:09amThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers presents a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Grid direct on the CNU Salons.
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From a Green Bow for Attica, Towards a Green Belt for Athens
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 01/18/2013 - 11:59pmThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers presents a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Grid direct on the CNU Salons.
Lake County Doesnt Get it
Submitted by Javi2929 on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 11:33amLake County Doesnt Get it.
Walking Places
Submitted by Javi2929 on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 11:23amOld San Juan. An exceptional quarter mile.
If They Build it They Will Come
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Historical Preservation In The Color Grey : Lunch Talks @ CAF
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:03pmWhat’s your home’s story? Or your neighborhood’s?
On January 9th, Lunch Talks @ CAF (Chicago Architecture Foundation), held a talk titled “Historic Preservation and Neighborhood Change.” This was a presentation of stories. Leading the talk was a lone Matt Cole, Project Coordinator of the Historic Greystone Initiative with Neighborhood Housing Services in Chicago.
Student Leader Chronicles: Networking leads to new SNU group
Submitted by Ryan Forst on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 1:03pmShane Pace sought out leadership opportunities at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT-A), and he found one by starting a Students for the New Urbanism (SNU) group. We, at the Congress for the New Urbanism, congratulate Shane and the UT-A SNU group on their recent formal recognition! What follows is a retrospect on how our newest student group came to be through networking.
Urbanism and TV Theme Songs
Submitted by MLewyn on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 11:30pmIn Walkable City, Jeff Speck points out that 1990s sitcoms tend to be more urban and more pro-urban than those of the 1950s and 1960s (which tended to be set in small towns or rural areas) or even the 1970s (often set in depressing or depressed urban locations, with the exception of "Mary Tyler Moore.")
Wouldn't It Be Neat If This Golf Course Was Permaculture Design Instead? Windsor, FL vs. Serenbe, GA
Submitted by Dylan on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 9:59amI took a trip to the CNU planned and designed community called Windsor in Vero Beach, Florida. It was the nicest and most well-planned community that I have ever witnessed personally. The Anglo-Caribbean architecture of most of the residences is very unique. The parks and lawns are perfectly manicured and the streets are lined with palm trees. Different recreational and social activities abound, including golf.
IPHS Call for Papers on "Colonial and Postcolonial Urban Planning In Africa"
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Fri, 01/11/2013 - 11:40amThe International Planning History Society (IPHS) and the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning, University of Lisbon, Portugal are now accepting papers for a conference on urban plannig in Africa to be held in Lisbon on September 5-6, 2013.