Casa de Luz is a community-driven, health-oriented urban village on the site of a former meatpacking plant in Austin, Texas. Shambala Corp. won a Merit Award in the Block, Street, and Building category in the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Back to Better is a series of interventions planned for the Near Northwest in South Bend, Indiana. Students at the University of Notre Dame won a Student Merit Award in the Neighborhood, District, and Corridor category of the 2024 CNU Charter Awards.
Various interpretations of the term “guerrilla” sparks debate over its meaning and use within urbanism.
The Ohio River city leveraged two stadiums and a highway reconstruction to build a new waterfront neighborhood, guided by a 1990s plan.
In a former village with little or no walkability, where the main road resists change, planners envision a walking path linking public spaces, one of which would be a new central square.
Westlawn Gardens in Milwaukee is a case study in how to address the three main affordability components: Affordable to build, to rent or own, and to live in. All three strategies are critical.
Features
Streets Five scenarios that make street transformation possible
Why street design has not kept pace with automotive safety improvements, and what you can do about it.
Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
Here's a playbook for municipal leaders and citizens on the road to smart city technology.
Better Cities & Towns Archive
2014 Real Estate Impact Conference
Held Feb. 13 at the newly-minted Perez Art Museum Miami, one of the latest developments in the movement to revitalize downtown and its surrounding...
How a small Florida city thinks big
A suburban city that never had a center moves forward with a downtown.
For more than three years, Temple Terrace, Florida, on the
northeast edge...
Staffing at the CNU office is going
Staffing at the CNU office is going through a major transition. Andy Shafer, who was CNU’s second employee, is now working independently. CNU thanks...
Restrictions spur dispute over public rights in Maryland center
Conflicts continue to arise between privately owned town centers and people who think the centers should uphold all the freedoms the US Constitution...
Great Ideas
Suburbia was a housing program
We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
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