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Are The Poor Being Forced Into Suburbia?
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 04/21/2013 - 8:47pmI recently read a blog post explaining that smart growth and urban infill are not so smart because it forces poor people into suburbia. The logic behind this claim is, as far as I can tell, as follows: 1) infill means rising real estate values in cities, (2) rising real estate values mean... read more »
Grade-Separated Highway Makes Way for Complete Street in West Sacramento
Submitted by mcarney on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 11:33am
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NU principles drive revitalization plans in Rockford, IL
Submitted by rgallentine on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 5:26pmThe Rockford Register Star recently profiled the efforts of Montreal-based planning fir
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Major real estate report: shift to urban living is “fundamental,” outer suburbs may “lack staying power”
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 11/10/2009 - 1:27pmLast week the Urban Land Institute and PriceWaterhouseCoopers released their well-regarded annual analysis, Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010.
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Parlez Vous Urbanisme? Radio Canada TV reports on subtracting a freeway, adding jobs & vitality
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 09/24/2009 - 10:27amI had the opportunity to serve as location scout for a smart reporter/photographer team from Montreal as they explored Milwaukee's experience with removing the .8 mile Park East Freeway.
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The Interface Effect: Good Urbanism Spreads
Submitted by burlesona on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 9:32amFor those who remember my previous post on Property Value Theory, today I wanted to share a photographic comparison I made between two urban infill projects of similar age here in Houston.
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Tax greenfield development, subsidize infill
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 8:49amI recently ran across a terrific post on T. Caine's sustainability blog Intercon extolling climate change policy to get on the smart growth bandwagon.
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Kunstler's advice to Obama: Work with CNU to stimulate overlooked downtowns
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 02/03/2009 - 12:33pmFresh off his appearance in the New Yorker as a guide to the future — he'd argue near future — dislocations of the post-peak-oil landscape, Jim
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Austin Officials Solidifying Role of New Urbanism
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 12:04pmAs recent Austin Business Journal articles can attest, planning in Austin is becoming more and more dominated by new urbanists.
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Final Push for Member-Provided New Urbanist In-City Projects
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 11:21amThis summer, CNU asked members to help identify and describe significant in-city new urbanist projects so that we can create detailed listings and online project profiles that make new urbanist involv
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