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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.
Coming to Denver, June 10-13, the 17th Congress for the New Urbanism gathers the resourcefulness and ingenuity of the New Urbanism under one roof.
DOT and HUD announce a joint effort to merge land use and planning to improve livability.
Photo 1 caption (appears on page 01):The redevelopment of the Columbia Heights Metro station area in Washington, DC, won a Charter Award for 2009. See story on page 5. courtesy of the congress for the new urbanism
By Bernard Zyscovich with Douglas R. PorterUrban Land Institute, 2008, 137 pp., $69.95 hardcoverMiami architect Bernard Zyscovich has done some interesting urban things. He is credited with devising the redevelopment plan for Miami Beach’s Lincoln...
Buoyed by the federal government’s agreement to provide funds for the first phase of Metro rail service to Dulles International Airport, developers are reviving long-dormant plans for hotels, convention centers, shops, and housing on property...
Reid Ewing, a co-author of Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, recently joined the faculty of the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Utah, where he hopes to establish a center for...
The first completed Bywater Cottages — two-family dwellings that wrap around sheltered outdoor spaces — “blend perfectly into their 19th-century surroundings,” arts writer Doug MacCash observed Jan. 31 in a New Orleans Times-Picayune article about...
Oakridge Centre, which in 1959 became the first automobile-oriented shopping center in Vancouver, British Columbia, is expected to be reshaped in the next few years into a high-density transit-oriented development mixing retail, employment, housing...
A 120-foot-high hill of slag in Pittsburgh continues to be transformed into a neighborhood called Summerset at Frick Park. The development is selling about two units a month, says Craig Dunham, managing general partner of Summerset Land Development...
Andres Duany of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and J. Carson Looney of Looney Ricks Kiss architects and planners were named as two of the “30 Top Innovators of the Past 30 Years” by Builder magazine during the 2009 International Builders Show. The...
Temple Terrace, Florida, City Council voted in February to work toward a development agreement and partnership of the Vlass Group, MJ Lant Developments, and Marketplace Advisors to create a new urban-style town center, reports the Tampa Tribune....
One of the newest instruments aiding smart growth and livable streets is a national blog network called Streetsblog. Streetsblog was conceived during debates over congestion pricing for Manhattan. It has since expanded, with locale-specific blogs...