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09/09/2025

Why we need walkable density for cities to thrive
Three leaders of the New Urbanism explain why density matters today, how it impacts cities, and the importance of design.

Three leaders of the New Urbanism explain why density matters today, how it impacts cities, and the importance of design.

09/04/2025

Conducting a climate adaptation audit
Here’s a list of 10 steps that communities can use to evaluate risks and adapt to climate calamities, using resilient planning principles.

Here’s a list of 10 steps that communities can use to evaluate risks and adapt to climate calamities, using resilient planning principles.

08/28/2025

Garden State city gets mixed-use transit plaza
Somerville Station brings infill, transit-oriented development that supports diverse mobility and quality public space.

Somerville Station brings infill, transit-oriented development that supports diverse mobility and quality public space.

08/26/2025

You can’t make a great city, without a great public realm
A focus on the public realm is really what distinguishes new urban design from conventional suburban planning. A good definition and full understanding are important.
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2025/08/26/you-can’t-make-great-city-without-great-public-realm

A focus on the public realm is really what distinguishes new urban design from conventional suburban planning. A good definition and complete understand are important.

08/22/2025

Urban Renewal, art that packs a punch.
With a painting, you are looking right now, through the artist’s eyes, as if you are there.

Urban Renewal, by Lee Loeb, circa 1960. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk. City life Urban Renewal, art that packs a punch ROBERT STEUTEVILLE AUG. 22, 2025 I was in Virginia Beach, on vacation, visiting the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, when I came across the painting. It is calle...

08/19/2025

Natural experiment: Walkable places boost physical activity.
Nationwide cell phone data analysis reveals that walkable places cause diverse people to walk more. The authors of a study published in Nature believe that the built environment could yield widespread health benefits.

Nationwide cell phone data is analyzed, and it appears that walkable places do cause diverse people to walk more. The authors of a Nature study believe the built environment could yield widespread health benefits.

08/18/2025

Nansledan wins award for affordable housing design:
King Charles’s follow-up to Poundbury gets the Gindroz Award for excellence in affordable housing. Nanseldan is a large new urban community on the Northwest coast of Cornwall, England.

King Charles’s follow-up to Poundbury gets the Gindroz Award for excellence in affordable housing. Nanseldan is a large new urban community on the Northwest coast of Cornwall, England.

08/14/2025

To build a center on a former mall
A mixed-use center is the best way to maximize value from a vacant mall site, but it requires proactive city leadership, as seen in Huntsville.

A mixed-use center is the best way to maximize value from a vacant mall site, but it requires proactive city leadership, as seen in Huntsville.

08/12/2025

For the love of mimosas, see Mashpee Commons
Cape Code boasts many things, including the first conversion of a sterile strip mall to a village center. It’s a model for what to do with thousands of dead and dying malls.

Cape Code boasts many things, including the first conversion of a strip mall to a village center. It’s a model for what to do with thousands of dead and dying malls.

08/11/2025

Old versus New Urbanism, and what it means
The Florida Gulf Coast offers a chance to compare the meanings of Old and New Urbanism, examine why the two are not as distinct, and how urbanism is evolving.

The Florida Gulf Coast offers a chance to compare the meanings of Old and New Urbanism, examine why the two are not as distinct, and how urbanism is evolving.

08/07/2025

Community stands the test of time
Home Town in North Richland Hills was designed to introduce New Urbanism to the North Texas production-built market. It survived the housing crash and is nearly complete.

Home Town in North Richland Hills was designed to introduce New Urbanism to the North Texas production-built market. It survived the housing crash and is nearly complete.

08/05/2025

The ‘10X downtowns’ route to better city centers: These 10 transformative ideas provide a blueprint for revitalizing city cores.

Ten transformative ideas provide a blueprint for revitalizing city cores.

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