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Funky Manayunk Tour
Submitted by agollin on Sat, 05/19/2007 - 11:57amThere are ghosts in Manayunk. This once-thriving mill town northwest of Philadelphia died in the mid-1960s when the King of Prussia Mall was built about 12 miles away.
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Old City Tour
Submitted by agollin on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 5:54pmWilliam Penn, the Quaker who in 1682 established the new city of Philadelphia based on the concept of religious freedom, was no urbanist.
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CNU XV Blog, Part 8: the NIMBY veto
Submitted by MLewyn on Fri, 05/18/2007 - 8:24amAt a panel of developers, someone pointed out that several cities had neighborhood planning boards, and that they were "institutionalized NIMBYism."* I knew that Washington and Atlanta have neighborh
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Witold Rybczynski on New Urbanism
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 10:47pmElizabeth Plater-Zyberk introduced Witold Rybczynski as New Urbanism's "gentle critic" Thursday evening in the opening night reception and plenary, and the University of Pennsylvania professor, author
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CNU XV Blog, Part 6: Girard Trolley tour
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 4:12pmThis afternoon, we went on a tour of Girard Avenue, which, for the first time in decades, has trolley rather than bus service.
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Urbane big box photo gallery
Submitted by paytonc on Sat, 05/12/2007 - 4:23pmSpring has sprung in Chicago, so I've taken the chance to update and expand an online photo gallery of big(ger) box stores around the country that are designed in an "urban," pedestrian friendly way. Next time a big chain retailer tells you that "no, it can't be done," you can respond "yes, it can, ... read more »
Buzz growing as Motown’s Downtown Population Grows, learn more at CNU XV's Detroit Sessions
Submitted by norabeck on Tue, 05/08/2007 - 11:36amCorey Williams documents the growing demand for retail in Downtown Detroit in the Detroit Free Press on May 5 in ... read more »
Redwood City's Free-Market Parking Meters
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 4:21pmRedwood City's Free-Market Parking Meters
By Laurence Aurbach, 3 Apr 2007
http://pedshed.net/?p=105
At first glance the notion of free-market parking meters seems impossibly arcane. But as Donald Shoup pointed out in a recent NY Times editorial, "cruising for curb parking generates about 30 percent ... read more »
Affordable Housing Initiative
Submitted by aschaefer on Fri, 03/30/2007 - 4:23pmOn March 1, 2007, CNU hosted an Affordable Housing Organizing Meeting to begin the conversation on our specific role in the provision of quality diverse housing, and to establish clear, measurable objectives and ways in which this Initiative can begin to advance them.
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Miami announces SmartCode
Submitted by paytonc on Thu, 03/22/2007 - 4:19pmThe first major city to propose a complete code overhaul based on the SmartCode is Miami, population 362,470, whose Miami21 comp plan renewal process has advanced
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