• Well Tempered City

    Book Review: The Well-Tempered City

    Rose's latest book "is an urgent call to re-evaluate the theory and practice of city-making"
    The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life, by Jonathan F.P. Rose, Harper Wave, September 2016, 480 pages, $18.74. The Well-Tempered City is a deeply felt and wide-ranging book by Jonathan F. P. Rose, planner,...Read more
  • Power Strip, Dhiru Thadani

    The Power Grid

    “We know what the appliance is…. now we need to find plugs to connect it to the existing power grids.” Christopher Alexander Since its inception, the Congress for the New Urbanism and its members have in fact been making the plugs to connect to the existing power grids. It started with placemaking...Read more

  • Vibrant urban center rebuilt

    Sundance Square in Fort Worth, Texas, is a pioneering example of New Urbanism in a sprawling, Sunbelt city.
    Fort Worth’s downtown suffered like many others in the second half of the Twentieth Century. Streets were widened and historic buildings were town down for parking. By the 1980s, property values had plummeted as residents fled for the suburbs and shopping malls. Then the Bass Brothers, scions an...Read more

  • Great idea: Interconnected street networks

    In order to get good streets, you have to think beyond any single street—an idea that is at the core of New Urbanism. Dendritic networks lead to fragmented and dispersed land uses.
    In celebration of the upcoming CNU 25.Seattle , Public Square is running the series 25 Great Ideas of the New Urbanism. These ideas have been shaped by new urbanists and continue to influence cities, towns, and suburbs. The series is meant to inspire and challenge those working toward complete...Read more