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Pavement to Parks - "The Park-Mart" - A Case for Place
Submitted by Javi2929 on Mon, 11/26/2012 - 11:34amHappy Thanksgiving, and there is still much to be thankful for. We give thanks to our blessings, and with kindred spirits we move foward in the hopes of making our lives a little better for us and those around us. To better places, better streets, better cities, towns, and neighborhoods.
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INVITATION TO EXHIBIT: Successful Designs for Reshaping Suburbia
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 9:49amINVITATION TO EXHIBIT
Successful Designs for Reshaping Suburbia
50th IMCL Conference on
Reshaping Suburbia into Complete Healthy Communities
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NPR talk with Ellen Dunham Jones: Retrofitting Suburbia
Submitted by kapoppel on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 3:48pmEllen Dunham-Jones, CNU Board Chair, was recently featured on NPR's TED Radio Hour discussing America's suburbs. Making the case that "the biggest urban revitalization projects are in the suburbs, not downtown centers," Dunham-Jones clarifies that due to the building of the suburbs without thinking ... read more »
New Edition of Dunham-Jones and Williamson's Retrofitting Suburbia Available; More Relevant than Ever
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 10:00amWhen Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson's Retrofitting Suburbia first appeared in 2009, the book seemed eerily prescient for a country still teetering on the economic edge and wondering what its landscape would look like upon waking.
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Redefining What "Home" Means (ie. Cozier and Closer to the Action): Urbanists Show Up Strong in NYT Debate
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 4:19pmThe New York Times "Room for Debate" feature — a round-up of mini-essays on a timely topic from opinion leaders in the relevant field — rises or falls on the quality of its expert panelists.
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What’s the future of post-sprawl retail?
Submitted by logannash on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 10:37amCNU board member Ellen Dunham-Jones is featured in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review ... read more »
Ellen Dunham-Jones speaks mall retrofits on NPR
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 1:57pmTo the tune of Robin Sparkles’ “Let’s Go to the Mall,” Ellen Dunham-Jones recently spoke abo
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TIME Magazine: Recycling Suburbia is #2 "Idea Changing the World Right Now"
Submitted by Dillon Goodson on Fri, 03/13/2009 - 3:31pmTIME Magazine recently released its list of the “10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now,” highlighting some of the progressive ideas reshaping the face of our global economy.
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Retrofitting Suburbia
Submitted by EDunham-Jones on Sat, 12/06/2008 - 1:08pmRetrofitting anyone?
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