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The Battle Over the Public Realm: Fighting for Civic Life in Privatized Streets and Parks*
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 4:40pm
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What consequences emerge when homeowners' associations, developers, or special taxing districts privately own or maintain our streets, parks and other apparently public spaces? Can real civic life exist within privatized space, and can ... read more »
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A Competitive Agenda for Pennsylvania*
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 06/20/2007 - 2:15pm
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Pennsylvania is slowly transitioning from an industrial past to a knowledge economy,and the state’s development patterns—slow growth, fast sprawl, struggling cities, and older suburbs—undermine its competitive future. Building on ... read more »
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Implementing Form-Based Codes*
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 10:24am
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More and more cities across the country are adopting form-based codes. The process of form-based code (including SmartCode) preparation is well-documented, but what happens after official adoption? Experienced form-based code practition... read more »
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New Urbanism in Latin America*
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 10:10am
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Cultural, formal and conceptual adaptations are not unfamiliar to the New Urbanism. This session will present Latin American development case studies involving the dissemination of academic information, the design and implementation of ... read more »
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Press and New Urbanism Engaging media: If We’re So Smart, Why Don’t Reporters and Editors Always Agree with Us?*
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 10:03am
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Over the last two years, New Urbanism has attracted more media coverage than at any time in its history; yet, many planners and architects complain that too many reporters ignore what we consider major stories. Moreover, when they do fe... read more »
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Transfer of Development Rights: Saving Farms, Strengthening Neighborhoods*
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 06/13/2007 - 9:49am
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A growing number of states are advancing the transfer of development rights to preserve agricultural lands and traditions. Learn how this legislation is being used in Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. With particular emphasis on Ch... read more »
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Looking Beyond LEED For Neighborhood Development*
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 06/08/2007 - 9:50am
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LEED For Neighborhood Development is expected to encourage more walkable, mixed-use, environmentally responsible development. At its heart, however, the LEED-ND “checklist” fails to compel us to create an urbanism both environmental... read more »
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Why Do Our Buildings Look Like Crap? Exploring The Role of Building Crafts in New Urbanism*
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Fri, 06/08/2007 - 9:33am
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Time and again, critics laud new urbanist planning while panning its architecture. In a session moderated by Hank Dittmar, a group of developers and designers will explore an alternate idea: despite the perception of new urbanist archit... read more »
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Managing Walkable Urbanity*
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 1:44pm
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The dramatic impact of business improvement districts (BIDs) over the last two decades has confirmed that urban design alone does not make for great urban spaces. Management is key. The success of BIDS has led them to expand beyond effe... read more »
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Stormwater Management for Urbanists*
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 06/06/2007 - 11:07am
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Satisfying increasingly rigorous stormwater management requirements in new urbanist developments remains both an art and a science. Rising density raises the challenge. Proper design and implementation of stormwater management systems c... read more »
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