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The Pullman Wal-Mart: One Step Forward, One Step Back
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 3:12pmI'm sure it wasn't intentional, but a story on the design of a new Wal-Mart approved for the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's south side described my reaction in rosier terms than I intended.
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Spatial Enclosure/Sense of Place is Appealing. But Why??
Submitted by Mike.Zimney on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 8:55am
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Grid is good: Keeping the faith with the classic street patterns
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 5:09pmGrids are the urbanists' power tools, Lee Sobel told Friday afternoon's session on "The Great American Grid." They help build great places quickly.
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Food, Energy, Transportation, Urban Design, Climate for an Eternity without Oil!
Submitted by kimgyr on Sun, 05/16/2010 - 8:48pm2. The specific challenges that we must all address are A) the production of food without petroleum – there were approximately 100 million Americans in 1915 and 21.5 million horses (≅5:1) to help
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Taking it to the Street
Submitted by beuban29 on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 11:50amOur studio was recently included in APA's Planning Magazine for our Field Trips and what we have learned from them.
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Looking for 50' Lot House Plans
Submitted by Mike.Zimney on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 9:04pmI'm looking to find some house plans that would be appropriate for a 50' lot. A vacant home is my neighborhood (1920s) is being bought and likely torn down and rebuilt.
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CNU Co-Founder Duany designs housing for displaced Haitians
Submitted by rgallentine on Thu, 02/25/2010 - 3:17pmArchitect, planner and CNU Co-founder Andres Duany has designed a prefabricated hous
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Form Based Code and Recovery of Hydrologic Function in Urbanized Watersheds
Submitted by drbork on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 8:41amWe are a research team from Virginia Tech.
Our postulates:
Building more sustainable cities is a good thing
Much new re-development and densification is being based on NU principles
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NU Community Promotes Social Networks
Submitted by abanks on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 2:57pm
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New Urbanism: A Community Building, Economically Sensible, and Environmentally Conscious Solution
Submitted by abanks on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 10:47amIsabell Cowles of the Huffington Post's Article entitled "Can New Urbanism Save America?" encapsulates
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