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Call for Submissions: Connecting Active Living Research to Policy Solutions
Submitted by crandell on Tue, 09/18/2007 - 2:51pmActive Living Research forwarded CNU the following announcement. New Urbanism has a lot to contribute to the public health discussion, so if you're doing relevant research, please consider sharing it with ALR.
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SNU Congress I
Submitted by erfurt4 on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 7:17amTo anyone interested in the first Students for New Urbanism Conference:
This post is to notify you about the first Students for New Urbanism Congress
to be held this October at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
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Conventional Beautification in Unconventional Locale
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 1:47pmThe problems associated with deindustrialization - crime, gangs, unemployment -have occured not just in central cities but also inner-ring suburbs where the post-war boom first expanded to in Southern California. Paramount, California, a stigmatized inner-ring suburb southeast of Los Angeles, is cur... read more »
Ask CNU: What's the Transect?
Submitted by paytonc on Thu, 06/07/2007 - 6:39pmToday in Ask CNU, Matt from Dayton asks: "I'm doing research on urban tier classifications for an upcoming regional plan. Where can I find out more about The Transect?"
The Urban-to-Rural Transect is a tool for understanding and planning urban development devised by Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ). Its ma... read more »
Picture of Soon to be Destroyed Downtown Camden County Jail, the 2nd Prison Slated to Go.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Thu, 05/31/2007 - 7:49pmSee the context of downtown area of Camden where jail resides, across the street from Walt Whitman's House, a National Landmark
http://www.camdennewjersey.org/walt_whitman_and_mickle_blvd__camden,_n
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Campbells Soup $100 Million Single Use Campus Plan Available Online
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 05/25/2007 - 4:33amTo VIEW plans go to:
www.abcimaging.com
LOGIN: CNUguest
PASSWORD: blueprint
DIVISION: ( FROM DROP-DOWN LIST): "PLAN ROOM"
CLICK: "SIGN IN"
THE FILES ARE IN THE CNU FOLDER INSIDE THE PLAN ROOM
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Robert A. M. Stern's provocative address to CNU XV now available online
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Thu, 05/24/2007 - 3:02pmThe office of Robert A. M. Stern, FAIA, has posted the full text of his address to CNU XV last week in Philadelphia.
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CNU XV Days 4 & 5: Follow the Congress as It Happens
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 05/21/2007 - 9:41amSaturday sessions at the 15th annual CNU Congress kicked off with the morning plenary presentation of the much-admired Swedish architect Kjell Forshed, who contributed so much to the design of the cri
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"Why Do Our Buildings Look Like Crap?"
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 11:22amThat surely gets the prize for the most provocative session title at CNU XV.
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Charter Awardees take honors
Submitted by paytonc on Sun, 05/20/2007 - 8:23amSome photos from the 2007 Charter Awards ceremony on Friday.
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