CNU Salons
Streetcars back in vogue
Submitted by MattBerggren on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 11:02amIn 2001 Portland introduced a streetcar line into its Pearl District, and ever since investment in that area has skyrocketed. Businesses have developed around it. Homes have been built. What was once a shady area of the city is now one of the most attractive places to live and shop. What is most remarkable is that this transformation has taken place in less than a decade.
Do you Digg CNU?
Submitted by MattBerggren on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 12:08pmDigg, the popular news website, has just completed a redesign that promises to change the way we get our news. In the past users would submit news articles to Digg and other users would be able to vote on those articles if they liked them.
St. Louis' Design Challenge: final designs support removing I-70
Submitted by norabeck on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:32amThe five final designs were released last week for the Framing a Modern Masterpiece international design competition, sponsored by The City+The Arch+The River 2015.
Beyond Green Buildings
Submitted by MattBerggren on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:23amIn a recent article on CNN.com, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Randolph Croxton, and Tuomas Toivonen talk about the importance of thinking beyond building "green" buildings.
Barnett lays out the facts on Seattle's Road Diets
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:50amErica Barnett, in a Publicola article, "Times Columnist Ignores the Facts on Road Diets" tears apart the arguments put forth by a recent Seattle Times columnist, Nicole Brodeur, on road diets -- see "Bike lanes
Abogo, A New Transportation Cost Tool
Submitted by MattBerggren on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 10:22amThe Center for Neighborhood Technology has a new tool that a
The Pullman Wal-Mart: One Step Forward, One Step Back
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 3:12pmI'm sure it wasn't intentional, but a story on the design of a new Wal-Mart approved for the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's south side described my reaction in rosier terms than I intended.
Walkable neighborhoods and subways may be why Washington DC is a leader in fighting obesity.
Submitted by Luke Hogan on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 4:51pmA New York Times article about the American obesity epidemic suggests that smart city planning can impact the health of residents. Of course, merely sitting on a train doesn't make people thin (although I think many of us wish it would!).
Reviving a New Orleans neighborhood's heart
Submitted by MattBerggren on Mon, 08/02/2010 - 11:32amYesterday CNU was featured in an article by James Gill in The Times-Picayune titled Reviving a New Orleans neighborhood's heart.
Tax revenue from downtown mixed-use outperforms big-box superstores and malls
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 7:40amAnalysis of property tax revenues from Sarasota, Florida reveals that mixed-use, compact development outperforms Walmarts and conventional shopping malls by a considerable margin when compared on a revenue-per-acre basis. So writes one of our better observers of the built environment, Mary Newsom,