New Urbanism in the News

  • From parking lot to urban tour-de-force
    <strong>UCLA Weyburn</strong>&nbsp;<em>Los Angeles, California</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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    From former warehouse to "vertical village"
    <strong>Crosstown Concourse</strong>&nbsp; <em>Memphis, Tennessee</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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  • Expanding options for a car-oriented suburban area
    <strong>Village of Providence</strong> <em>Huntsville, AL</em>
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  • Southside
    Ten acres that transformed a city #thisiscnu
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  • A unique building becomes a hub for historic neighborhoods
    <strong>Ponce City Market</strong> <em>Atlanta, GA</em>
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  • Mercado District | Tucson, Arizona
    A timeless place from the ground up. #thisiscnu
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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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  • Las Cruces New Mexico 2019 Charter Winner - Plan 2040 PlaceMakers, LLC

    Announcing the 2019 Charter Awards

    CNU May 22, 2019
    The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) announces the winners of its 19 th annual Charter Awards, which recognize exemplary projects by local government, developers, architects, urban designers and others engaged in revitalizing and creating coherent cities, neighborhoods, and metropolitan regions...Read more
  • View of the Buffalo Skyway

    Design the Next Vision for the Buffalo Skyway: Apply by June 28

    CNU May 20, 2019
    Could your design transform Buffalo's waterfront? New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a design competition for a future vision for the Buffalo Skyway Corridor in Buffalo, NY. Through June 28, urban designers, economists, planners, and architects are invited to submit their ideas...Read more
  • 10 highways recommended for removal nationwide

    Freeways Without Futures 2019

    Lisa Schamess April 3, 2019
    Media inquiries: Contact​ Lisa Schamess. A new national report by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) urges the removal of ten of America's worst highways, to unlock valuable land and reknit communities disrupted by highway construction decades ago. The list of ten represents major highways...Read more
  • Florida-based community developer Frank Starkey

    Community Developer Frank Starkey Joins CNU Board

    Lisa Schamess January 29, 2019
    Frank Starkey has been appointed to the CNU Board, strengthening CNU’s ongoing connection to the work of incremental community developers nationwide. Starkey is based in the Tampa, Florida area, where he has been the lead on several prominent new urbanist projects, most recently the redevelopment...Read more
  • Urbanist street in Michigan

    CNU Teams with Michigan Leaders on New Guide to Code Reform

    Lisa Schamess October 16, 2018
    The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) has collaborated with the Michigan Municipal League (MML) and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to publish Enabling Better Places: Users' Guide to Zoning Reform , a how-to manual of practical, realizable steps for local governments to take...Read more

  • What city will host CNU 29?

    Angela M. Perry September 5, 2018
    From the resurgence of livable downtowns to the rise of urban technology, America's cities are changing faster than ever before. Every year, CNU's annual Congress visits one host city where those changes are on display—exploring the state of New Urbanism through the lens of places like Seattle,...Read more

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