Public space
Nicely proportioned Bergen Square in Jersey City received a road diet, new public space, traffic calming and other upgrades.
Creative, multipurpose spaces are the answer to dying third places, according to two experts on CNU's On the Park Bench.
Amherst, New York, is building a Central Park to create a regional public space that is centrally located to town residents.
Built around a 150-year-old railroad depot, Greer suffered from motor-vehicle-age changes; a streetscape project has made downtown a destination.
A brief film biography of Fred Kent offers insight into placemaking, and why it is essential.
A sold-out concert by soul music legend Gladys Knight opened a new 2-acre park in Douglasville, Georgia, recently—that’s a good sign for the multipurpose public space in the county seat 30 miles west of Atlanta.
Railyard Park in Rogers is the central public space the city has always lacked—providing a place for diverse activities and people, connected to a regional trail network.
Walkable, mixed-use planning is the key to getting young people outside again and enabling their independence.
The playful genesis of a new walkable urbanism geometry that seeks and explores walking trails in town and at the urban-natural boundary.
What can the humble food truck teach us about Urbanism?
Submit ideas by July 31 for cash grants for innovative, catalytic urban projects on any scale.
Even a city that is getting better makes mistakes, such as a massive concrete wall around a development in a city where population and urbanism are growing.