• Thanksgiving and the magic of community

    This holiday is about places and people and memory, and that has an impact on how we build and experience cities and towns.
    To me, Thanksgiving smells of cool gray skies, bare trees, decaying leaves, and an old town in Connecticut. That’s where we spent many Thanksgivings when I was a child—at the 19 th Century house of an aunt and uncle. We always went for a walk—several walks—the older and younger ones together with...Read more

  • Welcome to Public Square: A CNU Journal

    Today marks the launch of CNU’s latest effort, an online journal to illuminate and cultivate best practices in urbanism in the US and beyond.
    Today marks the launch of CNU’s latest effort, an online journal to illuminate and cultivate best practices in urbanism in the US and beyond. We believe that community leaders, professionals involved in the built environment, and citizen-activists will all benefit from Public Square : A CNU Journal...Read more

  • Home design: The community is key

    Good news for architects and urbanists.
    The good news for architects is that their business is strong. The good news for urbanists is that architects are increasingly designing for infill, transit-accessible, compact, and walkable neighborhoods. All of these features rose in prominence according to the American Institute for Architects (...Read more