• Why we need to address equity within urbanism

    Architect, urban designer, and small-scale developer Marques King reviewed the legacies and precedents of racism within American land use and how this history shows us a way forward. King covered 300 years of American urbanism through an equity lens in a On the Park Bench webinar , beginning with a...Read more

  • Popular video posted on Cayalá

    New community in Guatemala City is inspiring to those who watch the short YouTube production.
    An excellent video on Cayalá, a new town in Guatemala City, is racking up the views on YouTube. The community, built in the last dozen years, won a Charter Award from CNU in 2021. The video, which describes Cayalá’s history and philosophy, was viewed 38,000 times since it was posted on Thursday,...Read more

  • Video: 27 Charter of the New Urbanism principles

    CNU is celebrating its 30 th anniversary in 2023—a generation after the organization founders met in Alexandria, Virginia, and began to outline a new philosophy of city building. Writing the Charter of the New Urbanism required three years and three congresses, where the three scales of the New...Read more

  • Storytelling, urban design, and saving a city

    How places from Seligman, Arizona, to Buffalo, New York, have become aware of their history and charms—including planning and design—to turn urban failure into success.
    John Paget, a filmmaker from Seattle who lived and worked in Buffalo for many years, makes the case for how the simple act of storytelling can bring a city back to life. In a TED talk called “How to keep your hometown from becoming a ghost town,” Paget reports that cities are destroyed by many...Read more