CNU Salons
Suburban housing: a cheaper alternative?
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Wed, 03/18/2009 - 11:25amFor those who think a suburban life offers a cheaper alternative to urban living, think again.
Urbanist, or just urban? A community coming together in East Hollywood
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 03/17/2009 - 2:09pmI spend what is probably way too much time pondering whether there is a difference between "urbanist" and "urban," and whether there should be.
The Delicious Omelette of Urbanism: Incisive Post at Planetizen
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 9:39amPlanetizen managing editor Tim Halbur posted some words of wisdom at that site last week in response to a Kunstlercast in which Jim Kunstler's co-ho
TIME Magazine: Recycling Suburbia is #2 "Idea Changing the World Right Now"
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 3:31pmTIME Magazine recently released its list of the “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now,” highlighting some of the progressive ideas reshaping the face of our global economy.
Campbell's Soup's New World Headquarters, in Camden, New Jersey moves forward.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 1:22amCampbell's Soup's new Charter violating World Headquarters, in Camden, New Jersey moves forward.
Railway carriage charm: has high-speed rail’s moment arrived?
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 2:03pmWith very few exceptions, city-to-city travel in the US by rail is, if available at all, generally slow and inconvenient outside of the Northeast.
What to do with dying shopping malls
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:41amFifty years after it was first conceptualized, the American shopping mall is dying off.
WSJ March 7, 2009: "A Hole Grows in Brooklyn" Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards Debacle
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sat, 03/07/2009 - 5:47pmNow officials have a mess on their hands. The development got just far enough to do considerable damage to the neighborhood without progressing far enough to do any good...
Technology Tools for Transportation Networks
Submitted by mbittner on Thu, 03/05/2009 - 5:15pmForbes Magazine and Carol Colleta at CEOs for Cities picked up on a recent study by INRIX, a Seattle-area tech firm with surprising things to say about traffic congestion.