CNU Salons
"The quality of our joinery"
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 6:09amI came away from the Thursday morning session on “The City of Continuity: New Urbanism and Historic Preservation” with a lot of interesting ideas. But my favorite phrase was from Ann Daigle, who’s working with the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment to help train a new generation in the traditional skilled building crafts to help rebuild New Orleans. So much depends, she said, on “the quality of our joinery.”
Ed Glaeser’s vision of the “bright urban future”
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 5:11am“Knowledge is more important than space,” Harvard Prof. Ed Glaeser told an SRO audience at the Friday morning plenary of CNU 19. And that, he added, is the story of cities writ small.
Livestream of Closing Plenary with Andrés Duany and Charles Waldheim
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 2:22pmFor those of you not in Madison for CNU 19, be sure to click through on the banner below to catch the livestream of the Closing Plenary with Andrés Duany and Charles Waldheim:
Live from CNU 19, Day Three
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 2:09pmFirst & Main Media captures the excitement of Day Three at CNU 19. Stay tuned for more as the Congress marches on. Join the discussion.
Live from CNU 19, Day Two
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 7:30amStay tuned for more as the Congress marches on.
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Follow all the action at the CNU 19 live blog.
Live from CNU 19
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 6:44amStay tuned for more as the Congress marches on.
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CNU 19 Live Blog: Day One
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 6:24amAre you following along with CNU 19?
Make sure to keep up with all of the engagement and excitement. Day One saw us running around in Nolen's plan, learning about Portland's Food Cart culture, Implementing Incremental Urbanism (202), being blown away by Opening Plenary speaker William Cronon, and much, much more!
Click on over to the CNU 19 live blog now!
Onwards to Madison! Follow Along!
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 8:22amThe van is packed and we're ready to go. Follow every moment of CNU 19 by keeping tabs on the action at our CNU 19 Live Blog site.
Join myself, Sam Newberg (aka Joe Urban), and the minds behind UrbanMilwaukee.com, as we bring you the play-by-play.
Bookmark the site and keep hitting refresh!
As We Head to Madison for CNU 19, CNU Wisconsin Becomes 16th CNU Chapter.
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 8:12amThis couldn't have been scripted any better; right on the cusp of CNU 19's start in Madison comes official word that CNU Wisconsin is now the 16th Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism. And though the WI Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism began forming this spring, we now officially welcome them into the CNU fold.
Grab a copy of the Charter, and see you in Madison!
Victor Dover Pays Tribute to Ken Groves on the eve of the Inaugural Groves Awards
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 05/31/2011 - 8:12am