On The Park Bench:
A Public Square Conversation

  • A unique building becomes a hub for historic neighborhoods
    <strong>Ponce City Market</strong> <em>Atlanta, GA</em>

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  • Expanding options for a car-oriented suburban area
    <strong>Village of Providence</strong> <em>Huntsville, AL</em>

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  • Historic arcade houses young professionals
    <strong>Microlofts at The Arcade Providence</strong>&nbsp;<em>Providence, Rhode Island</em>

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  • Southside
    Ten acres that transformed a city #thisiscnu

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  • Mercado District | Tucson, Arizona
    A timeless place from the ground up. #thisiscnu

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  • From parking lot to urban tour-de-force
    <strong>UCLA Weyburn</strong>&nbsp;<em>Los Angeles, California</em>

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  • Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating
    Jazz Market New Orleans Audience Seating
    Trumpeting a cultural revival
    <strong>Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market</strong>&nbsp; <em>New Orleans, Louisiana</em>

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  • A mixed-use center for town and gown
    <strong>Storrs Center</strong> <em>Mansfield, CT</em>

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    Crosstown_Concourse_2018_Charter_LooneyRicksKiss
    From former warehouse to "vertical village"
    <strong>Crosstown Concourse</strong>&nbsp; <em>Memphis, Tennessee</em>

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Upcoming webinars

Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 12 noon ET
Parking reform trends
Join us for a discussion on parking reform trends nationwide, with transportation planner and economist Patrick Siegman, Sightline Institute researcher Catie Gould, and Tony Jordan, co-founder of the Parking Reform Network. 
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 12 noon ET
Car-free urbanism
Join us in a conversation with urban designers/architects involved with Culdesac Tempe and Culdesac Atlanta, two highly watched developments that are eliminating cars in residential areas, which allows for innovative urban design solutions. The program includes Dan Parolek of Opticos Design and Eric Kronberg of Kronberg Architects + Urbanists
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On The Park Bench is CNU's webinar series presenting interactive conversations with thought leaders in New Urbanism and allied industries, providing an opportunity for the audience to engage in real time. Powered by the Congress for the New Urbanism, Public Square and On the Park Bench are built to add depth and rigor to the practice of urbanism and improve our capacity for creating inclusive, resilient places—places that people love.

Author’s Forum on Urbanism is a monthly series featuring authors in an hour-long, interactive discussion of recent publications on urbanism. The series, part of CNU’s On the Park Bench webinar program, takes a deep dive into each author’s insights through the lens of New Urbanism. The focus will be on one or two ideas that are embodied in the book, which advance the understanding of precedents and design strategies to repair and make sustainable urbanism. Attendees will have an opportunity to engage the authors during the session.

All live On the Park Bench webinars qualify for one CEU credit from AICP (click here for more on tracking and reporting). Additionally, CNU-A members can earn one CEU credit for all live and recorded On the Park Bench webinars (click here for more information on tracking and reporting).

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PAST WEBINARS
 

March 7, 2023
URBANISM AND FAITH COMMUNITIES
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February 21, 2023
HEALING SMALL CITIES
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December 6, 2022
ZONING THAT SUPPORTS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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November 15, 2022
JUMP-STARTING SMALL-SCALE URBANISM
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November 8, 2022
AUTHOR'S FORUM: URBANISM FOR A DIFFICULT FUTURE
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September 20, 2022
CODING FOR BETTER PLACES
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September 6, 2022
THE MAGIC OF INNER-BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
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August 2, 2022
AUTHOR'S FORUM: ARBITRARY LINES
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July 12, 2022
FREEWAY FIGHTERS: PUSHING BACK AGAINST FREEWAY EXPANSIONS
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July 5, 2022
FREEWAY FIGHTERS: RECONNECTING THE CITY
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June 14, 2022
MAKING GOOD DESIGN AFFORDABLE: PRE-APPROVED BUILDING PROGRAMS
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May 24, 2022
FORM-BASED CODES: ZONING INNOVATION FOR POLICY CHANGE
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May 3, 2022
RECEIVER CITIES AND TOWNS
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March 15, 2022
INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT: A MOVEMENT
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March 8, 2022
NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN OKLAHOMA
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March 1, 2022
ARCHITECTURE AND THE EDGES OF PUBLIC SPACE
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