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PDX Climate Action Plan Lacking Urban Design Focus
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 5:10pmJune 24, 2015 Testimony of Mary Vogel, PlanGreen to Portland City Council
[This blog was originally posted to my PlanGreen blog where there are already some comments posted. I would be delighted if you would add your comments there as well!]
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Pope Francis' Laudato Si and New Urbanism
Submitted by jgolbabai on Sat, 06/20/2015 - 6:45amIn case you all haven't read it already, Pope Francis' Laudato Si released this week talks very directly on many New Urbanist themes, taken almost directly from the Charter. If anyone is interested in getting together and talking about this document in more detail, please let me know.
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Our Middle Eastern City of the Future
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Bordeaux: A Journey of Wine, Food, French and New Urbanism
Submitted by wajdighoussoub on Tue, 08/19/2014 - 5:59amI visited Bordeaux, France this past July to practice my French and learn some more about wine. I did not expect to see a classic example of New Urbanism in play. In a way I shouldn’t be too surprised for I always considered visiting the best way to learn about cities and discover their urban plan... read more »
Photo Blog: New Faubourg Lafitte in New Orleans
Submitted by Clara Steyer on Fri, 06/20/2014 - 5:25pmIn 2012, Urban Design Associates (UDA) was awarded a Charter Award for their project The New Faubourg Lafitte in New Orleans. The project is a redevelopment and rehabilititaiton of a 27-acre superblock public housing that had been badly damaged by hurricane Katrina. CNU praised the collaboration wit... read more »
Turn Lanes Are Anti-Pedestrian & Therefore Anti-Urban
Submitted by jmassengale on Tue, 05/20/2014 - 2:08pmA NEW YORK CITY MTA Bus almost ran me over this morning as I WALKED my bike in a crosswalk with a green light. Before he almost ran me over the driver honked at me, loudly, to tell me to get out of his way. And I repeat, I was walking in a crosswalk, with the walk light.
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Is Tall All There Is?
Submitted by Tim Halbur on Mon, 12/16/2013 - 1:49pmLast week, Alissa Walker wrote a piece in Gizmodo with the headline "Tall is Good: How a Lack of Building Up is Keeping Our Cities Down." Walker argues that buildings taller than 4 stories need to be built to keep cities from pricing out its lower-income citizens, and that cities should be... read more »
Building High to Qualify
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/12/2013 - 5:04pmMontgomery County, Maryland has a plan to encourage more walkable transit-oriented development. So the County Council is considering a new zoning code that encourages residential buildings in commercial corridors (i.e., strip malls). The idea is to build housing near transit and shopping and th... read more »
Financing the Evolution of the Built Environment - Part 2
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Thu, 11/07/2013 - 7:23pm
First posted on Plangreen.net/blog on Oct. 7, 2013
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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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