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10/23/2025

Video tells the tale of impressive Belgian New Urbanism
A town extension of seaside resort took a week to design, but it has been 25 years in the making.

A town extension of seaside resort took a week to design, but it has been 25 years in the making.

10/22/2025

Six urban center types transforming cities
A new book by the eminent urbanist Jonathan Barnett will make you more optimistic about US cities and their growth.

A new book by the eminent urbanist Jonathan Barnett will make you more optimistic about US cities and their growth.

10/20/2025

Thirteen characteristics of walkable neighborhoods
A checklist of physical qualities of walkable neighborhoods was enumerated by Dhiru Thadani in The Language of Towns and Cities.

Illustration by Dhiru Thadani Town planning Thirteen characteristics of walkable neighborhoods ROBERT STEUTEVILLE OCT. 20, 2025 A few weeks ago, real estate professional Mike Hathorne posted 13 physical characteristics of neighborhoods on LinkedIn, which he paraphrased from Dhiru....

10/17/2025

Watertown plans main square transformation
A proposal could add thousands of housing units to the City center, while making it more walkable and sociable.

A proposal could add thousands of housing units to the City center, while making it more walkable and sociable.

10/15/2025

New model for sprawling Georgia county
The town center at Trilith creates a walkable downtown in the rural/suburban county 20 miles south of Atlanta.

The town center at Trilith creates a walkable downtown in the rural/suburban county 20 miles south of Atlanta.

10/14/2025

A pedestrian’s reckoning with a car-centric culture
Seeing the world through the eyes of a pedestrian who has to walk everywhere reveals perspectives that drivers never notice.
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2025/10/14/pedestrian’s-reckoning-car-centric-culture

Seeing the world through the eyes of a pedestrian who has to walk everywhere reveals perspectives that drivers never notice.

10/09/2025

Mississippi Renewal Forum, historic planning event, shaped the coast
One of the biggest design charrettes in history, which took place 20 years ago this October, created plans that changed cities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

One of the biggest design charrettes in history, which took place 20 years ago this October, created plans that changed cities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

10/06/2025

New life for Savannah Legacy Project
CNU-sponsored plan shows how Southside Savannah could grow by retroffiting an abandoned mall and other sites across from a university campus

CNU-sponsored plan shows how Southside Savannah could grow by retroffiting an abandoned mall and other sites across from a university campus.

10/02/2025

CNU Legacy Project recognized, moving forward
A plan from CNU 32, involving a Hub District at a confluence of greenways in Xenia, a small city northeast of Cincinnati, is having an impact.

A plan from CNU 32, involving a Hub District at a confluence of greenways in Xenia, a small city northeast of Cincinnati, is having an impact.

10/01/2025

Learning from tradition in Charleston

A Charleston urban scene. Photo source: Will McCollum Design Learning from tradition in Charleston WILL MCCOLLUM OCT. 1, 2025 The room filled with the murmur of nervous conversations and new friendships forming. Seventeen students, strangers only minutes before, gathered for our f...

09/30/2025

Addressing the urban design issues of our time
Jury chair for the 2026 Charter Awards Eric Kronberg is looking for new urban projects that address issues like attainability, mobility flexibility, climate change, and human flourishing in general.

Jury chair for the 2026 Charter Awards, Eric Kronberg, is looking for new urban projects that address attainability, mobility flexibility, climate change, and human flourishing in general.

09/29/2025

A new urbanist and a green builder walk into a bar
How might they empower each other to build walkable, decarbonized cities?

How might they empower each other to build walkable, decarbonized cities?

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