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Even if you have never been to the Rhode Island city that is hosting CNU33, you are familiar with its streets and culture as a film and TV backdrop.
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Culdesac in Tempe, Arizona, has people-friendly courtyards and a walkable design, which leads to success. The formula is explained in Happy City.
The New York Times recently endorsed sprawl as a solution to the housing crisis, but the writer is confused about the outward expansion of cities.
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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...
The City of New Orleans is poised to
The City of New Orleans is poised to invest at least $1.2 billion in reconstruction, possibly beginning as early as this April, recovery chief Edward...
Hometown Neighborhoods, led by developer Joel Embry
Hometown Neighborhoods, led by developer Joel Embry, is coordinating efforts to bring several new urbanist neighborhoods to Tallahassee, Florida....
A $115 million federal Hope VI project
A $115 million federal Hope VI project , the New East Capitol, is moving forward in Washington, DC. The project will consist of the demolition of 1,...
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Suburbia was a housing program
We used to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
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