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Sprawl With A Human Face
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 10:27pmI just did something I wanted to do since moving to New York: visited Levittown, a historic postwar suburb. Photos of my visit are here.
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Permaculture Design and Environmental Studies at UTSI, Costa Rica
Submitted by Dylan on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 10:16amI am currently working on a project in the Southwest coast of Costa Rica in the town of Uvita just North of the Osa Peninsula. This project is called the Uvita Tropical Studies Institute. The website can be found at www.utsi.org. The Osa Peninsula region is an environmental gem. &n... read more »
Mayberry: Is Small Town America a Myth?
Submitted by erin.chantry on Sat, 07/14/2012 - 3:09pmIt's true that the American icon of Mayberry was well before my time, but as a native North Carolinian it certainly has been indoctrinated into my personal culture and maybe even identity. Fictional Mayberry, North Carolina was in almost every American's living room for nearly a decade, and many mor... read more »
Building Smarter Cities…In the Year 2060
Submitted by erin.chantry on Fri, 06/29/2012 - 12:48pmWhen my colleague put an article on my desk today with the subtitle, “Climate change will drive people to urban areas. How will urban planners accommodate them all?” it caught my attention, not because of the topic, but because of the double spread striking image of the “flat tower” proposed... read more »
Semantics: Redevelopment vs. Regeneration
Submitted by erin.chantry on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 9:41pmI received my urban design and planning education in England, which sometimes leads to little, yet awkward, misunderstandings. It has been a slight challenge to get comfortable in the drastic differences between the two planning systems, but mostly I have made peace with the translations. Howeve... read more »
Focus on Sustainable Urbanism
Submitted by kapoppel on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 4:18pmFocus on Sustainable Urbanism will take place in Chicago August 6-15, 2012. The event will be put on by Farr Associates and the Foresight Design Initiative to educate graduate students and professionals about sustainable infrastructure, livable community design, smart growth, and the public realm. D... read more »
High Demand for Transit & the Consequence of Little Supply
Submitted by erin.chantry on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 8:01pmWhat happens when you provide something that everyone wants?
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A New Urbanist’s Pilgrimage (Part II): Seaside.
Submitted by erin.chantry on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 7:09pmAfter I wallowed in Duany’s crowning achievement for 4 days, I finally headed down the 30A to spend a day where it all started. I of course was aware of Seaside’s legacy, celebration, and the bouts of criticism its endured over the last few decades (even by its own creators.) I kne... read more »
A New Urbanist’s Pilgrimage (Part I): Rosemary Beach.
Submitted by erin.chantry on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 4:54pmThis Memorial Day weekend I had the opportunity to go the hotbed of New Urbanism on the 30A coast in the Panhandle of Florida. Of course I was thrilled to finally see what many consider to be the foundation of New Urbanism and the development that catapulted Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ) into architectu... read more »
Rue de Rennes Work Complete, Paris
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