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Eat Your Neighborhood
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Sun, 02/06/2011 - 12:49pmHere is an interesting article called Eat Your Subdivision from our friends at Landscape Architecture magazine.
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Ed Glaeser Interview in Grist
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Sat, 02/05/2011 - 12:49pmCheck out this excellent interview of Ed Glaeser in Grist magazine. In it, Glaeser discusses his new book, Triumph of the City." Interesting is his argument against the notion that the city is not where true AMerican ideals reside.
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Kaid Benfield's Switchboard Covers Anti-Transit TOD
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 02/03/2011 - 10:30pmIn a recent post at the NRDC Switchboard, Kaid Benfield discusses the travesty of a well-planned community rejecting transit. At King Farm in suburban D.C., an award-winning new urbanism master planned community has been created over the years, complete with all the bells and whistles.
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James Howard Kunstler on Landscape Urbanism
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 2:54pmJames Howard Kunstler published the following in Orion Magazine:
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New Urbanism vs. Landscape Urbanism Smackdown in the Boston Globe
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 2:51pmA recent article in the Boston Globe does a good job of describing the wedge created between New Urbanists and Landscape Urbanists. Is all this necessary?
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We Are No Longer Creating Wellbeing
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Mon, 12/13/2010 - 2:29pmTake a look at this piece on the ASLA blog discussing the work of Richard Jackson and his thoughts on urban planning and obesity. Jackson, Chair of the School of Health at UCLA, cites several aspects of how we develop our cities as negtively impacting public health.
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Gen Y Values Great Neighborhoods Over Great Homes
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Tue, 12/07/2010 - 12:41pmHere is an interesting post at Urban Turf indicating that Gen Y prefers a great neighborhood over a great house.
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Neighbors in Los Angeles Advocate for Better Urban Design for Proposed Grocery Store
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Mon, 12/06/2010 - 5:35pmLocal residents are fighting a proposed grocery store design along a pedestrian district of Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles.
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LEED-ND and Affordable Neighborhoods
Submitted by Sam Newberg - J... on Thu, 12/02/2010 - 12:19amClick here to read a recent post by Kaid Benfield about planning for affordable housing and LEED-ND communities. The NRDC's Affordable Green Neighborhoods grant is an innovative way to combine good design with affordable housing.
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Rail and District Energy: Streets Paved in Better Than Gold
Submitted by Mary Vogel on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 1:19pmI'd like to get your opinion: Could use of district energy for heating and cooling help to allow better urban design by increasing value in core area buildings (where it works best)? District energy was a hot topic at Portland's second annual EcoDistricts Summit Oct 25-27, 2010. ... read more »