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Welcome to the archives of Better Cities & Towns, a publication founded by Robert Steuteville as New Urban News in 1996. This archive holds two decades of the best news and analysis on compact, mixed-use growth and development, from 1996 to 2015.
Prince Charles accepted the National Building Museum’s Vincent Scully Prize Nov. 3 in Washington, DC, where he declared his admiration for “traditional urbanism.” Scully, the longtime Yale professor and architectural historian, presented the award...
Daniel Cary, who went from ecologist in the Everglades to new urbanist planner in West Palm Beach, Florida, and elsewhere, received the Seaside Prize Oct. 14 at a ceremony in Seaside, Florida.
Milton Grenfell, principal in Grenfell Architecture, has moved his practice from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Washington, DC. Grenfell is known for his advocacy of Classicism and criticism of Modernism.
An urban renovator advocates New Urbanism, but the “model project” leaves some cold.
Poor New Orleans. A city full of character, and characters, it’s had continual trouble marshaling a response since Hurricane Katrina.
In mid-November the...
For the first time, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) is proposing building emergency shelters in a neighborhood form that could evolve into permanent settlements over the years. Experience with Hurricane Andrew shows that...
By Terry J. Lassar and Douglas R. PorterUrban Land Institute, 2004, 150 pp., paperback $34.95.
Sundt Construction will work with architect Adam Weinstein of Rio Development Company on the Monier Building, the first building to be erected in the Mercado District of Rio Nuevo, a redevelopment project in downtown Tucson. The building, containing...
Twelve mid-career professionals from a variety of disciplines have been awarded fellowships for 2005-06 in the Knight Program in Community Building, based at the University of Miami School of Architecture. In early November the group convened for...
The Congress for the New Urbanism is asking for Charter Award entries. Submissions are due by January 31. See www.cnu.org for more details. u
San Francisco’s Hayes Valley neighborhood, which has been bouncing back from years of decay (see Sept. 2005 New Urban News), was featured in the New York Times travel section Sept. 11. The newspaper reported that demolition of freeway ramps “cleared...
Aspecial Walgreens design for the village of Poland, Ohio, has stirred interest in northeast Ohio and beyond. Walgreens recently opened a 14,000 sq. ft. store that stands just 20 feet back from Poland’s main east-west road, and draws from the...
Carothers Crossing called “precedent-setting project” for the Nashville area.
Nashville Metro Council has approved the city’s largest traditional neighborhood development (TND) to date, the 603-acre, 2,300-unit Carothers Crossing, to be developed...