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Unleashing Economic Potential with Public Transit: The Future of Vancouver, British Columbia’s Broadway Corridor
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 9:33amThe Alley Flat Initiative: Affordable and Sustainable Design
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 9:31amKotkin and Florida, Part II
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 11:03amRichard Florida has responded to Joel Kotkin's attack on "creative class" centered policies. Kotkin doesn't really deny Florida's point that places with high-skilled workers have higher wages, but says that wage gains in high-skill cities are outweighed by high housing costs. Florida agrees.
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Submitted by Heather Smith on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 10:58amOur Three Environments
Submitted by barefooturbanist on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 8:42amIn the science-fiction classic THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, the hero finally escapes from his house into his front yard. His once normal world is now to him a limitless universe. This, he knows, is conatined within an even more limitless universe; that of the earth in the solar system, the galaxy and beyond.
We, like the incrediable shrinking man, live in environments contained in and intersecting with other environments.
Grady Clay 1916 - 2013
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 9:13pm
Grady Clay’s lifetime passion for journalism has strengthened the collective image of the urban landscape. He was editor of Landscape Architecture magazine from 1960 through 1985 and also worked as urban affairs editor for the Louisville Courier-Post and authored the book Close-Up: How to Read the American City.
Mr. Kotkin and Mr. Florida
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 5:23pmJoel Kotkin tried to take down Richard Florida today, arguing that trusting the "creative class of the skilled, educated and hip...to remake American cities" is "pernicious." Mr. Florida can speak for himself, but I do have a few thoughts about the article.
1. Can Both Ideas Be True?
HIGHWAYS TO BOULEVARDS BLOG: Interview with Paul Lecroart
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 3:37pmThis post is a part of CNU’s new Highways to Boulevards Blog series, which features interview summaries and insights from some of the best minds at the frontline of our Highways to Boulevards Initiative.
In the fall of 2012, Paul Lecroart, Senior Urban Planner for the Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de la Région Ile-de-France (IAU), Paris (Urban Planning & Development Agency for the Paris Region), sat down with CNU to discuss the Projet Berges de Seine (Seine Banks Project).
How Corporate America Can Save the Planet: One Building at a Time
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 1:17pmRails to Trails in New Orleans: Connecting Neighborhoods Using the Lafitte Greenway
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 1:15pm