CNU Salons
Trailer for "Sprawling from Grace, Driven to Madness"
Submitted by norabeck on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 10:44amCheck out the trailer for a new feature-length documentary film from EMotion Pictures. The film explores the negative impact of sprawl on the nation’s largest cities and the promise of transit-oriented development as an alternative. It includes conversations with Peter Calthorpe, Shelley Poticha, and Dena Belzer among others.
June 5, NY Times, Camden, N.J. Campbell Soup Co. Says It May Go if Sears Building Stays
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 06/05/2007 - 2:09pmBy KAREEM FAHIM NY Times
Published: June 5, 2007
Now, amid an effort to revive a city mired in a crippling cycle of crime and unemployment, the Campbell Soup Company, Camden’s longtime and most prominent corporate resident, has proposed expanding its presence and transforming the area where the empty store sits into an office park.
CBS News Article on The Kentlands
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 10:53amCBS News recently did a feature on New Urbanist communities - focusing particuarly on The Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Witold Rybczynski discuss why people want to live in convenient, pedestrian-friendly communities.
Smart Growth Advocates Gaining Influence in Chesterfield County, VA
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 10:17amThe normalities of sprawling strip malls may become a thing of the past outside of Richmond, Virginia as Smart-Growth Groups seek to change the way their communities are planned and developed.
Unconventionality of Old Philadelphiia - Influence on New Urbanism
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 10:04amHere's an article written right after CNU XV - from a weekly Philadelphia newspaper. The author calls for Philadelphia to take value from its past in building for the future.
Citizens Embrace New Urbanist Development in Chico
Submitted by Joe Menard on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 9:33amThis editorial from the Chico, CA Enterprise-Record not only offers an endorsement of the recently approved Meriam Park development, it shows why communnity members are supporting it as well. The plan's walkable, dense, mixed-use neighborhoods are a big reason why.
Soak up the sameness: They call them "New Urbanism," even though these developments are rarely new or urban.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 06/01/2007 - 9:27amMonica Yant Kinney | You'll recognize this 'new' place
By Monica Yant Kinney June 1, 2007
Inquirer Columnist
Inquirer reporter offers something for all of us to think seriously about: NU "sameness" supplanting "placemaking." "I snicker, but I've spent a considerable amount of time and cash at what - big surprise - turned into just a newer, slightly more convenient example of the same-old suburban sprawl.Mayberry never had Panera and Baja Fresh and the year-round miracle that is The Christmas Tree Shops." Read More...
Picture of Soon to be Destroyed Downtown Camden County Jail, the 2nd Prison Slated to Go.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Thu, 05/31/2007 - 7:49pmSee the context of downtown area of Camden where jail resides, across the street from Walt Whitman's House, a National Landmark
http://www.camdennewjersey.org/walt_whitman_and_mickle_blvd__camden,_n
Camden Announces Destruction of 2nd Downtown Prison, Just Days After Announcing Tear Down of Riverfront State Pen
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Thu, 05/31/2007 - 8:37amCity Opens Up for Developers
With destruction of downtown County Jail, Camden becomes prime real estate. Mickle Blvd. is Gateway to city of Camden and it's waterfront. It is 1.5 miles long, with Campbells Soup announced new World Headquarters to be built at east end, capped by scenic Delaware River at west end, where you can catch the Ferry for a short hop to Old City Philadelphia. In the middle of this 1.5 mile blvd is a state of the art high speed rail line, connecting to downtown Philadelphia, with connections to Amtrak and Intl. airport less than ten minutes away.
Urban Land Interview on Green Urbanism
Submitted by HDittmar on Mon, 05/28/2007 - 12:06pmUrban Land - May 2007 - Feature
“‘Try it, you’ll like it’ is better than ‘Do this even though it hurts because it’s good for the planet.’”
The Green Quotient
Q&A with Hank Dittmar