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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.
Case studies are sought for inclusion in a book that will focus on planning and design techniques that contribute to safer, more livable places. Crime prevention/reduction and public safety benefits of New Urbanism-based projects will be illustrated...
But only a tiny percentage of U.S. real estate dollars are now invested in neotraditional developments.
or every dollar that institutions invest in traditional neighborhood developments (TNDs), an estimated $1,400 goes into conventional real...
Post Properties broke ground in December, 1997, on redevelopment of the 27-acre former St. Lukes Hospital site in Denver, Colorado. Post Apartment Homes of Uptown, a high density urban neighborhood, will have 1,000 new residential units, 50,000...
ERE/Yarmouth (formerly Equitable Real Estate), in their recently issued “Emerging Trends in Real Estate: 1998,” calls New Urbanism “the newest phenomenon to catch on in suburbia....” Expanding on ERE/Yar-mouth’s belief that “24-hour markets” are the...
The potential for land preservation makes New Urbanism attractive where low-density zoning prevails.
ne model for New Urbanism outside of the city is to build villages, or towns, surrounded by permanently preserved open space. This “town and...
I have been a subscriber to New Urban News for the past year and have read with interest most issues. The September, 1997, issue featured an article and commentary regarding the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE’s) new publication...
• New developments are human scale. Superblocks are divided into smaller blocks. High-rise buildings are demolished and replaced with townhomes, single homes and/or relatively small apartment buildings.
• Homes are designed to look like...
Rezoning was approved for Longleaf, a 1,000-unit traditional neighborhood development (TND) in Pasco County, Florida. The mix of uses and housing types, (including apartments), narrow street standards and alleys did not generate much controversy.
“Cities in Context: Rebuilding Communities within the Natural Region,” will take place April 30 through May 3, 1998, in Denver, Colorado.
More than half of new development in America occurs at the periphery of existing settlements. The percentage...
The cover article of the New York Times Magazine of December 14, 1997, featured Celebration, Disney’s new town near Orlando, Florida. The town generally was praised for its architecture, walkability, amenities and the way it fosters community...
Financing of New Urbanism amounts to a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of billions of dollars that annually pour into conventional real estate projects, according to Robert Chapman’s report on page 1 of this issue. Judging by the dollars...
• Program was approved in October, 1992.
• Fifty-nine implementation grants have been approved to date in 53 cities, disproportionately in older cities in the eastern U.S.
• Total cost of program to HUD is $2.5 billion, including demolition...