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Extremist New Urbanism
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 9:19pmA pitched battle has emerged in Minneapolis between two groups, one advocating for the preservation of a large single-family home and the other favoring its demolition to allow for a 45-unit infill project by the Lander Group. The preservationist have accused those in favor of demolit... read more »
Adaptive Re-Use Gone Right in Chicago? CityTarget and Louis Sullivan
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 11:30am
The following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers presents a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Grid dire... read more »
Honolulu Commuters Want Your Input: What are Your Rail Station Must-Haves?
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 11:21am
The following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid. CNU and Global Site Plans recently teamed up to syndicate Grid content, as its contingent of writers presents a view on the opportunities and issues of urbanization all across the world. CNU will carry select posts from the Grid dire... read more »
"Stop Demolishing New Orleans' Heritage" - Jack Davis.
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 8:28amJack Davis - CNU Board member, and itinerant reporter, editor, and publisher - recently wrote a feature on New Orleans' unfortunate inclination to literally bulldoze over its architectural - and therefore cultural - heritage.
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Taking revitalization to the next level: Denver’s Living City Block
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 10:15amThe Living City Block is an ambitious project in Denver’s LoDo (Lower Downtown) to demonstrate the potential of combining environmentally conscious business and economic development with revitalizat
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Time for a Sustainable Revitalization Agenda for America's Smaller Cities
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 9:07pmAndre Leroux, executive director of the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, believes that New England's smaller cities hold the potential to absorb much development that could help save the region's
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"Shrinking Cities": Let's Be Careful What We Wish For
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:51amReaders of a certain age will remember Joni's Mitchell's iconic anthem "Woodstock," celebrating the famous 1969 music festival (which, incidentally, she did not attend, but I digress).
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Revitalizing Cincinnati's Historic Over-the-Rhine (Part 3 - Exciting Progress Portends a National Model)
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 06/15/2009 - 1:43pmThis was going to be the final installment of my miniseries about Cincinnati's remarkable Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, but I'm on too much of a roll to finish today.
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Revitalizing Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine (Part 2 - the Neighborhood's Assets)
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 4:46pmLast week I wrote the first installment of my miniseries about Cincinnati’s remarkable Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
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Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine, On the Verge
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 1:40pmCincinnati’s historic and very centrally located Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is poised to become one of America’s greatest revitalization stories, in the process creating a national exemplar of gr
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