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Photos from CNU 19: What One Urbanist Saw
Submitted by KatherineGregor on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 7:50pmSee whole photo album of images "What One Urbanist Saw in Madison, WI" from CNU 19 and Sunday bicycle event, Ride The Drive: Car-Free, Care-Free City Streets. Lots of street scapes, street signage, bicyclists, neighborhoods, and farmer's market.
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The North Carolina Senate's Big Act
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 06/17/2011 - 4:34pmAlthough Governor Bev Perdue - a Democrat - now heads North Carolina, one would hardly equate the Tar Heel State as a capital of big government. In the land of states' rights, logic would seemingly dictate that the North Carolina state legislature would allow for local municipalities to operate free from interference.
The High Line Brought Down to Earth: Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 9:27amIt's been exactly one month since Rahm Emanuel assumed the mayoralty in Chicago, and already pedestrians are beginning to feel the Mayor's presence on city streets everywhere. Emanuel has given free reign to new CDOT commissioner Gabe Klein to introduce a series of measures in envisioning a more multi-modal, accessible, and interactive city whose streets serve a variety of functions.
Eye on the Street: June 13, 2011
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 9:58amToday's Eye on the Street comes courtesy of CNU member Art Cueto. Cueto says: "Mission street, South Pasadena, Ca. Urbanism, at it's best, isn't old or new - it's timeless."
Joel Kotkin's Jihad on Logic
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 2:44pmIn some urbanist circles, the name Joel Kotkin prompts groans and grimaces.
What's the Bright Idea? CNU 20's Call for Ideas
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 1:12pmWith an amazing outpouring of fresh and innovative ideas from a broad cross-section of individuals young and old alike, CNU 19 was one of the more memorable Congress events in recent memory, and one that will prove hard to forget.
Retrofitting in Real Time: Randhurst Mall Looks Towards a New Tomorrow
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 10:18amRandhurst Mall, the mid-century, tomorrow's-future-today design of modernist architect Victor Gruen, is undergoing a sea-change in its life. The Mt.
Good Design Knows No Politics
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 3:19pmReconnecting America premiers its video series of interviews with some of the top minds and leaders at CNU 19. Watch as John Robert Smith discusses the need to move beyond partisanship to address infrastructure needs:
Andrew Howard's Better Block Parties
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 8:19amIt is sometimes objected to new urbanism that it’s somehow inauthentic - that streets where the houses have front porches and communities built around a town center may have more to do with stage design than the way real people live today.
Complete Streets or Complete Networks?
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 7:19amThe “complete streets” idea - the concept that streets need to be designed for all users, including pedestrians and cyclists as well as SUVS and fire trucks - has caught on well in recent years. Maybe it’s caught on too well, in fact.
That was one of the messages in the NU 202 session on “Implementing Walkable Urban Thoroughfares” at CNU 19.