This holiday is about places and people and memory, and that has an impact on how we build and experience cities and towns.
As people move out of city centers into suburbs, keys policy changes and trends could help to make suburbs more walkable and affordable, according to panelists at a National Press Foundation event.
One of the few form-based codes to be applied citywide in a regional major city, Buffalo’s ordinance is having a positive impact on neighborhoods and downtown.
Tommy Pacello, passionate placemaker and a star of the New Urbanism at the peak of his abilities, died from complications due to pancreatic cancer on Monday. Pacello, 42, was president of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC) and an...
Current NYSDOT proposals prioritize the high—speed movement of automobiles—the design should be improved to focus on safety and community.
Developer of the Cotton District succumbs to Covid in late October.
Features
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Better Cities & Towns Archive
Ground has broken at Marsh Gardens, a 14-acre
Ground has broken at Marsh Gardens, a 14-acre infill project in Beaufort, South Carolina. With vernacular architecture and an urban form, Marsh...
Protests kill Congressional attempt to defund transit
Speaker Boehner withdraws a proposal that would have stopped spending 20 percent of the Highway Trust Fund revenue on transit.
Land of make believe
No one has ever figured out where the boundary is between architecture and stage sets, but “The Truman Show” has done more than anything since...
Rezoning was approved for Longleaf, a 1,000-unit traditional
Rezoning was approved for Longleaf, a 1,000-unit traditional neighborhood development (TND) in Pasco County, Florida. The mix of uses and housing...
Great Ideas
25 great ideas of the New Urbanism
The New Urbanism is a design movement toward complete, compact, connected communities—but it is also a generator of ideas that transform the landscape. Communities are shaped by the movement and flow of ideas, and the New Urbanism has been a...
ROBERT STEUTEVILLE OCT. 31, 2017
