CNU Salons
Health Impact Assessment: A Central Tool for Building Healthy Communities
Submitted by davisbe150 on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 8:58pmThis post was originally posted to the CNU Atlanta website as part two of a three part series leading up the the Healthy Communities Summit, which will be held September 20-21 in Atlanta, GA.
Getting Multifamily Right in Forest Hills Gardens
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 4:55pmI was walking through Forest Hills Gardens today, and noticed yet another way in which Forest Hills Gardens is superior to a typical steetcar suburb. In most neighborhoods that have a variety of housing types, smaller residences are quite visibly different from bigger ones, thus maing the smaller houses look out of place.
Smart Signs' Call for Submissions
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 1:01pmCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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SmartSign is seeking interesting, intelligent content concerning parking and urban design for a new web-based project.
Can Urbanists Help Save Highway Engineering? Can Highway Engineers help Create Better Cities?
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 8:50ama nice middle ground
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 9:31pmI was reading a book ("A Modern Arcadia" by Susan Klaus) about Forest Hills Gardens (a neighborhood in Queens a few blocks south of my current apartment in northern Forest Hills, designed in the 1910s by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr) and noticed one thing I'd never noticed before: that it creates an interesting middle ground between the curvilinear streets typical of even 1920s suburbs and the urban grid. North-south streets such as Ascan and Continental Avenues create the bones of a grid, whi
Taking on code reform to improve public health in Atlanta
Submitted by davisbe150 on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 9:07pmThis post originally appeared on the CNU Atlanta website as part one of a three part series leading up the the Healthy Communities Summit, which will be held September 20-21 in Atlanta, GA.
ArtPlace Launches New Grants for 2013
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Wed, 09/05/2012 - 10:22amCreative placemaking is getting another boost today, as ArtPlace launches its third round of grant applications to support creative placemaking in communities across America.
CITY SPOTLIGHT: Beirut, A City’s Scarred Face
Submitted by wajdighoussoub on Fri, 08/31/2012 - 12:50amThis post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The below post comes from CNU member Wajdi Ghoussoub, who shares his thoughts on his former hometown of Beirut.
A City’s Scarred Face
What war, a weak state and the lack of planning can do to a once beautiful and flourishing city
CITY SPOTLIGHT: Cincinnati and the Streetcar: Part II
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 2:22pmThis post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.