CNU Salons
Form-Based Redevelopment Plan and Code Adopted for Padre Island
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 1:35pmGreat news from Padre Island, courtesy of our friends at Gateway Planning:
Landscape Urbanism and NYU's Superblocks
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/07/2011 - 9:57amNYU's Greenwich Village Superblock Plans. Photo via Curbed NY.
Grimshaw Architects Unveils Designs For NYU Superblocks - ArchRecord
"If we built cities differently, would people drive less?"
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 11:16amUC-Irvine Professor of Planning, Policy and Design Marlon Boarnet asks the question: "If we built cities differently, would people drive less?
Eye on the Street: September 2, 2011
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 9:36am
Reader and photog Sam Goater points his lens on a Petersfield, UK streetscape.
Putting the "Urban Development" back in HUD
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 08/31/2011 - 10:09amWilliam Tuyn is the Vice President/Director of Town Planning for engineering and construction firm, GPI/Greenman-Pedersen, Inc., and an integral member of the team behind CNU 22 in Buffalo. The following is a guest post relating Tuyn's thoughts on CNU's FHA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Reform initiative.
Eye on the Street: September 22, 2011
Submitted by MattBerggren on Tue, 08/30/2011 - 2:20pm
Portland's Streetcar by myself (Matt Berggren).
"Why Al Gore Is Off Base Criticizing President Obama as Timid" - John Norquist Contributes Op-Ed to US News and World Report
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 4:35pmIn an exclusive piece for US News and World Report, John Norquist questions Al Gore's recent criticisms against President Obama's environmental policies. Read it now.
Norquist Featured in "Economics of Place"
Submitted by MichelleLee on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 3:43pmThe Economics of Place: The Value of Building Communities Around People is a new book from the Michigan Municipal League, offering up a series of essays on how urbanism and placemaking act as catalysts for creating lasting value. Peter Kageyama, founder of Creative Cities Summit, remarks in the foreword, "'Place shapes us. Place defines us. Place is what forms our identities, our attitudes, and our relationships." Certainly, place plays a monumental role in crafting the identities of communities and people alike.
Eye on the Street: Wednesday, August 23, 2011
Submitted by MattBerggren on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 1:52pmA view of London, from Hank Dittmar.