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Downtowns are Booming (Sometimes)
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 02/27/2015 - 1:24pmThe University of Virginia just created a set of tables based on recent Census data. These tables measure the affluence, age, etc.
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Rebuilding urban Judaism
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 7:37pmIn most car-oriented American cities, Jews moved to the suburbs as rapidly as anyone else, if not more so. As a result, most such cities lack a Jewish presence anywhere near downtown. For example, until recently the most "urban" synagogues in Dallas and Kansas City were six or seven mile... read more »
Downtown Montgomery's First Reverse Angle Parking
Submitted by cemerson on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 4:00pmDowntown Montgomery continued its trend of implementing innovative New Urban projects with new reverse angle parking on a key thoroughfare in the Central Business District.
So far, the reviews have been positive as drivers/parkers begin to see the safety and convenience advantages that revers... read more »
Other Cities, Take Note: Bold, Smart, Green Vision Proposed for Downtown Raleigh
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 10:22amDan Douglas was, until recently, chief downtown planner and director of the Urban Design Council in Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina.
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Final Push for Member-Provided New Urbanist In-City Projects
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 11:21amThis summer, CNU asked members to help identify and describe significant in-city new urbanist projects so that we can create detailed listings and online project profiles that make new urbanist involv
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Trading places: As the affluent go downtown, the working poor are tripling up to buy homes in the 'burbs.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 2:10pmBy By William Fulton L.A. Times
July 29, 2007
What's going on here? For a century, people in Southern California moved to the suburbs as they got richer, leaving the more "urban" parts of town to poor people. Now that pattern has reversed itself.Affluent people are leaving the suburbs to live in th... read more »
CNU XV Blog, Part 12: Duany on cities vs. suburbs
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 4:49pmThis afternoon, Andres Duany spoke about the relationship between cities and suburbs.
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Buzz growing as Motown’s Downtown Population Grows, learn more at CNU XV's Detroit Sessions
Submitted by norabeck on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 11:36amCorey Williams documents the growing demand for retail in Downtown Detroit in the Detroit Free Press on May 5 in ... read more »
Seattle Votes "No" on Tunnel, New Viaduct: Surface-Transit Only Option Left Standing
Submitted by JonZirkle on Thu, 03/15/2007 - 3:53pmSeattle voters officially rejected both the viaduct replacement and a four-lane tunnel options on Tuesday’s ballot, showing that more and more people are starting to share the vision articulated by John Norquist of CNU, Scott Bernstein of CNT and Seattle's Cary Moon and fellow advocates -- a water... read more »
Waterfront street a viable alternative - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 2:42pmJohn Norquist and Scott Bernstein shed light on Seattle’s latest Alaskan Viaduct considerations. After reviewing WSDOT’s analysis of the “no-replacement” option, Norquist and Bernstein find exaggerated assumptions and inadequate considerations as to how traffic in downtown Seattle can be ab... read more »