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CITY SPOTLIGHT: Cincinnati Chooses the Streetcar...but Why?
Submitted by kapoppel on Sun, 08/26/2012 - 7:32pm
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The below post is part III of a City Spotlight on Cincinnati and comes courtesy of CNU Communications Intern, and University of Cincinnati Urban Planning student, Katie Poppel.
Good news and bad news about Carmel
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 08/23/2012 - 12:17pmThe most recent "Better! Cities and Towns" has a glowing profile of Carmel, Indiana, an Indianapolis suburb that has rebuilt its downtown.
CNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: Pedestrian Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 10:54am
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
Who Should Really Favor "Burning Down The Suburbs"?
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 9:20amNational Review's website contains an article accusing President Obama of "Burning Down the Suburbs." The article's basic claim is in the first paragraph: "Obama is a longtime supporter of “regionalism,” the idea that the suburbs should be folded into the cities, merging schools, housing, transportation, and above all taxation."'
Eye on the Street: Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 4:36pmA packed room readies to listen to CNU's John Norquist in Oklahoma City. The Highway-to-Boulevard event was held in support of keeping the I-40 conversion as an at-grade boulevard.
Photo: David Dickerson, courtesy of Friends for a Better Boulevard
Ryan: Not Great News From A Transportation Perspective, But....
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 9:17amThe Transport Politic blog has a post on Paul Ryan's anti-transit voting record, and concludes that "we should be clear about what direction the United States may head after November’s election." I disagree, for two reasons.
The Olympic Legacy...First Hand
Submitted by erin.chantry on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 12:52pmWith all the talk and excitement flying around about the London 2012 Olympics, I couldn’t help but weigh in with my experience at the games last week. My husband and I were fortuitous enough to attend the games in person this summer, and experience all that came along with it, including transportation, access, etc. I tried to soak in as much of the probably once-in-a-lifetime event as I could, shuffling myself between venues.
Urban Designer Series: Robert Moses
Submitted by erin.chantry on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 12:50pmIn an attempt to dive a little deeper into what urban design is, and how it became the important profession that it is today, I have decided to start an “Urban Designer” series. Periodically, I will look at the most well-known urban design writers, scholars, and professionals throughout history and contemporary society. Some will have created the most influential of design movements, some will have created controversy, some will have answered the challenges created by those, some will answer the most pertinent issues of today.
Outdoor Space and Public Housing: How Do We Design It?
Submitted by erin.chantry on Mon, 08/13/2012 - 12:47pmI have written about the history of public housing a few times on At the Helm of the Public Realm. Studying it as an urban designer and as an architect, has given me many different views on how developments like Pruitt Igoe and Cabrini Green got it so wrong. It seems that every built environment professional has learned their lesson: out of scale, brutalistic structures surrounded by vast amounts of shared, open space fails.