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Coexist
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 01/28/2014 - 5:38pmWhile walking around I occasionally see the "Coexist" bumper sticker, showing the symbols of various religions in order to suggest that it would be nice if they all coexisted peacefully.
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Vision Zero in America's Most Walkable City
Submitted by jmassengale on Sat, 01/25/2014 - 10:14pmSTREETS FOR PEOPLE ARE THE WAY TO CUT FATALITIES TO ZERO—BUT NYPD COMMISSIONER BRATTON DOESN'T AGREE
Originally posted on the Street Design Blog
STREETS FOR PEOPLE ARE THE WAY TO CUT FATALITIES TO ZERO—BUT NYPD COMMISSIONER BRATTON DOESN'T AGREE
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Two types of architecture: good, and the other kind
Submitted by jmassengale on Wed, 11/06/2013 - 4:00pmTHE ARCHITECTURE CRITIC for New York magazine recently wrote about the work of Robert A.M. Stern in an article entitled Unfashionably Fashionable. I commented:
"There are two kinds of music," Duke Ellington famously said. "Good music, and the other kind."
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Why does a big re-zoning in a small town in the Columbia Gorge matter?
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 09/13/2013 - 12:42pm
Lacamas Northshore Development – PlanGreen in the News
September 12, 2013
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Finger Lakes Community Design Center Opens
Submitted by Joellen Mauch on Fri, 08/02/2013 - 12:55pmThe Finger Lakes Institute based at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, has created a community design center, dubbed the FLI-CDC, which strives to provide Finger Lakes communities with innovative, creative, and sustainable design solutions that improve the built environment and quality of life... read more »
Remembering Sprawl in Jackson, MS
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/08/2013 - 10:40amAfter 12 years of Depression and 4 years of a very bloody World War II, America was in the mood for a new way of living, with new buildings on freshly developed parcels on the edges of cities. The cities needed paint, tuck pointing and much more, but the new subdivisions caught the nation's imaginat... read more »
Finger Lakes Community Design Center: Planning For a Greener Future
Submitted by Chelsea Encababian on Tue, 07/02/2013 - 10:00am
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Can Complete Streets Compete in Phoenix?
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 06/22/2013 - 4:43pmThe 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 ... read more »
Chicago’s South Works Redevelopment Plan
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 06/22/2013 - 4:41pmThe 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 ... read more »
Proteus - New Urbanism Ideas From and For the Middle East
Submitted by wajdighoussoub on Wed, 06/19/2013 - 8:51amWhat could possibly have taken me to Salt Lake City (SLC) in Utah, United States? Shock put to rest: it was the 21st Congress for New Urbanism (CNU 21), which was held there from May 28th till June 1st. Dozens of experts in and even just supporters (like yours truly) of New Urbanism gathered in such... read more »