CNU Salons
A Meeting of the Minds on Accessibility?
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 9:36pmCNU may soon be launching a new initiative if a show-of-hands vote taken during one of the Saturday afternoon breakout sessions is any indication.
CNU XVI – Lessons from Booming Regions
Submitted by Chris Clair on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 2:05pmMy aunt and uncle have lived in Austin for decades. I remember visiting them here once when I was 12, I think, but my memories of the physical city are nonexistent.
New Urbanists' Competitive Advantage in a Tough Market
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 8:10amA lot of dark clouds hang over the real estate market right now. But for astute New Urbanists, there's an abundance of silver linings too.
Video voices: Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Steve Mouzon, Sinclair Black
Submitted by Ben.Brown on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 6:21amUniversity of Miami School of Architecture Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk talks about new challenges for New Urbanist design and designers in the city core:
CNU XVI – Robert Caro on Robert Moses
Submitted by Chris Clair on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 12:38amLast year several New York museums and institutions put together a retrospective on the career of Robert Moses.
CNU/ITE manual is a map through paradigm shift
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 11:26pmFriday’s concurrent session, CNU and the ITE Manual, asked a simple question: Can new urbanists work with engineers to
The Mystique of Technique and Other Tales of the Transect
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 4:10pmThe "Mystique of Technique" and Other Tales of the Transect
Jottings from the session with Andrés Duany on "Green Solutions Along the Transect":
Conservatives and the New Urbanism
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 4:04pmThe Congress for the New Urbanism isn't a political organization in the same sense as that other Congress, the one whose headquarters are in Washington instead of Chicago.
Mueller Takes Off: New Life for Austin’s Old Airport
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 3:58pmA busload of CNU attendees headed out Thursday morning to see Mueller, the New Urbanist redevelopment of Austin's former municipal airport.
Narrow Streets and the Fire Truck: Workshop reveals common ground
Submitted by Jon Davis on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 2:48amWhen you dial 911, you don’t really care how the emergency responders reach you, so long as they do.