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Jane Jacobs
Ed Glaeser’s vision of the “bright urban future”
Submitted by Ruth Walker on Sun, 06/05/2011 - 4:11am“Knowledge is more important than space,” Harvard Prof. Ed Glaeser told an SRO audience at the Friday morning plenary of CNU 19. And that, he added, is the story of cities writ small.
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An Urbanist Talking Head Considers Livable Cities
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 6:48pmMusician,visual artist, writer, blogger, and Jane Jacobs fan, David Byrne, knows a thing or two about cities.
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What if Jane Jacobs had directed "Slumdog"?
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 9:39amIs the slum in the title of the wildly popular Oscar contender Slumdog Millionaire a fetid, altogether inhospitable place that any reasonable person would try desperately to escape?
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CNU XVI – Conservatives & the New Urbanism: Can’t we all get along?
Submitted by Chris Clair on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 1:43amI went to watch fireworks, maybe even fisticuffs, but instead a group hug broke out.
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How to Rebuild New Orleans: start with a trip to Denver - Slate magazine
Submitted by JonZirkle on Tue, 10/17/2006 - 1:12pmOne year after Katrina, New Orleans is still behind the eight ball when it comes to rebuilding. However, with the help of a Rockefeller grant, the Great New Orleans Foundation is heading a neighborhood-scale rebuilding effort that employs several new urbanist architects. In the recent posting in S... read more »
New Urbanism in America's Car Capital - Free Press
Submitted by JonZirkle on Sun, 08/20/2006 - 1:00amNew Urbanism has now arrived in America's Motor City. Even in the land of the car, people are ditching the two-car garage and opting for walkability and convenient location. John Gallagher gives a preview of what could be a miraculous urban turnaround for a city known well for its post-World War I... read more »