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CNU Salons
Wrestling Again With the Affordability Issue
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 4:23pmDoes New Urbanism have anything to contribute to national efforts to develop better housing for the less affluent?
CNU XV Blog, Part 11: China and India
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 3:00pmJohn Ellis spoke this afternoon on sprawl-producing policies in China and India. Like America in 1900, China has historically suffered from overcrowding.
Putting Traffic in Its Place: Using the ITE/CNU Design Manual
Submitted by rfelsing on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 12:21pmNow comes the hard part. Putting the new ITE/CNU manual into practice is where--forgive me--the rubber hits the road.
CNU XV Blog, Part 10: highways
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 12:13pmThis morning, there was a great panel on expressways, focusing on the removal of riverfront expressways that cut off downtowns from rivers.
CNU XV Blog, Part 9: Panel on comprehensive plans
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 10:10amThe CNU panel on comprehensive plans contained two very different perspectives: one on planning for a not-yet-built-out semirural area, and the other on planning for a big city.
CNU XV Blog, Part 8: the NIMBY veto
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 8:24amAt a panel of developers, someone pointed out that several cities had neighborhood planning boards, and that they were "institutionalized NIMBYism."* I knew that Washington and Atlanta have neighborh
CNU XV Blog, Part 7: Rybczynski speech
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 7:26amLast night at the plenary session, I listened to Witold Rybczynski's keynote speech, which discussed his new book on real estate development (Last Harvest). A few interesting points:
Imprint anything but Light at New Initiatives Forum
Submitted by Heather Smith on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 10:49pmTom Low kicked off the New Initiatives Forum today with a newly emerging idea that is quickly gaining traction within the movement--Light Imprint New Urbanism or LINU.
Witold Rybczynski on New Urbanism
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 10:47pmElizabeth Plater-Zyberk introduced Witold Rybczynski as New Urbanism's "gentle critic" Thursday evening in the opening night reception and plenary, and the University of Pennsylvania professor, author
CNU XV Blog, Part 6.5: Does the Trolley Matter?
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 5:56pmOne issue that came to me after the Girard Avenue trolley tour was: does the trolley matter? Will it really make Brewerytown or Northern Liberties more appealing?