CNU Salons
Aging Among Friends: The Need to Make Cities Places for the Young- And the Aging
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 04/03/2013 - 10:04amCITY SPOTLIGHT: San Bernardino, California Part 2
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 5:12pmThis post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
Wayfinding in Buena Vista, Colorado: The Struggles of a Small Community to Stand Out
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 3:43pmA Strategy for Success: Carpentersville, Illinois’ Old Town Area Plan
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 3:41pmBringing New Urbanism To Ontario: A New Chapter
Submitted by Alex McKeag on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 3:30pmThe pros and cons of elevator suburbs
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 03/31/2013 - 9:40amAs I was looking through my Twitter feed last night, I noticed an article on Canada's "elevator suburbs"- suburban streets (often, but not always, in low-income areas) filled with mid-and high-rise apartment buildings and shops, with lower-density housing on side streets. How do these places stack up (pun intended) from an urbanist perspective?
Oahu, Hawaii’s Green Buffers: For Private Interest or the Public Good
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 9:41amThe University of Nebraska, Lincoln: Once Again a Hub for New Design
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 9:39amPassover and New Urbanism
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 12:47pmA few days ago, I came to Atlanta to spend the Jewish holiday of Passover with my family, a holiday commemorating the deparature of Hebrew slaves (also known as "the Exodus") from Egypt about 3300 years ago.
At one level, this liberation was about freedom- and so is new urbanism. Just as the Exodus liberated the Hebrews from Egyptian kings, new urbanism seeks to liberate Americans from the four-wheeled kingdom of automobile-dependent sprawl.


