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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.
PolicyLink has released a new report. The 168-page Sharing the Wealth: Resident Ownership Mechanisms explains PolicyLink’s framework for equitable development, and details financial and economic tools to enable residents to participate in and...
The visually striking town center opened its doors five years ago — the first complete new urban town center — perhaps the first new US downtown in three quarters of a century. While its success is debatable, one thing is for sure — it can’t be...
Kendall, Florida, has a new urbanist master plan for a new downtown (see January/February 2000 issue) and an ordinance to turn the plan into reality. But the fate of Dadeland Mall, the thriving enclosed mall which lies at the heart of the Downtown...
In the mountainous West, where land is plentiful and people scarce, the New Urbanism has found little application to date. In Idaho, however, the Village at Hidden Springs in Ada County outside Boise is the first attempt at building a walkable town...
The third phase of Heritage at Freemason Harbour, an infill development in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, was recently completed. The project now has 184 apartments and a one-block main street, which includes a 3,000 square foot grocery store....
Miramar, Florida, is planning a $130 million, 54-acre town center designed by Torti Gallas & Partners/CHK. The project includes a new city hall, cultural arts center, and library, in addition to 225 apartments, 290,000 square feet of office...
A huge opportunity for transportation reform will present itself in the next decade as many current planners and engineers in the field prepare for retirement, according to a recent paper by the Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable...
For the past year, the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has been attracting attention for producing evidence that greyfield malls can become walkable neighborhoods. New research, now available in CNU’s report Greyfields No More, shows that many...
Ground has broken at Marsh Gardens, a 14-acre infill project in Beaufort, South Carolina. With vernacular architecture and an urban form, Marsh Gardens includes a 120-room hotel, 190,000 square feet of flex space, and 24 townhomes. Developer 303...
Atlanta-based Post Properties has announced the completion of the urban infill development Post Roosevelt Square in Phoenix, Arizona. The mixed-use community of 403 apartments is 90 percent leased. Post has also completed the first $65.4 million...
The destruction of the World Trade Center has left a mountain of rubble and grief in the heart of New York. As that mountain is carted away, the valley that will emerge will leave us with emptiness and sadness.
It is essential that we rebuild the...
Most new urban developments offer some environmental advantages; Highlands Garden Village in Denver, Colorado, is set apart by its comprehensive approach to resource conservation. Plus, with the project’s affordable housing components and broad...