Buff Chace, a downtown developer in Providence, Rhode Island, was the first recipient of the Sisyphus Implementation Medal.
Two studies show the enormous potential for housing fronting underutilized commercial strip arterials.
The body of literature is growing, but alleyways remain underresearched and underutilized assets for American reurbanization. Regardless, these latent spaces already complete many of our favorite cities.
This structural brick masonry ADU demonstrates the feasibility of this technique, and it is gorgeous.
The Razorback Greenway is already influencing growth in Northwest Arkansas, but this may be only the beginning. Other regions are taking similar steps.
An academic survey of a Florida traditional neighborhood development shows higher social engagement and better health outcomes.
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Transit, TOD Ten steps toward autonomous urbanism
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
A recent New York Times article featured the
A recent New York Times article featured the New Urbanism as an antidote to the physical and emotional isolation encountered by teenagers living in...
New owner revitalizing 75-year-old Shaker Square
Shaker Square, the octagonal shopping center where residents of Shaker Heights catch commuter trains to downtown Cleveland, celebrated its 75th...
The Revitalization Corp., chartered by the District of Columbia, has unveiled plans for a redevelopment of the southwest Potomac River waterfront...
Many major US cities are gaining population
Many major US cities are gaining population for the first time in decades, according to the latest numbers from the 2000 census. “This is the first...
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