Entries tagged with New Urbanism
A Rolling Salon
May 23, 2009
You have to love this idea. Reconnecting America is staging a 1400-mile rolling salon on the California Zephyr from San Francisco to Denver, site of CNU's annual gathering. Robert Davis, visionary founder and developer of Seaside, Florida (and all around nice guy), will be a featured host…
Infrastructure to Nowhere
December 16, 2008
Congress for the New Urbanism CEO John Norquist warns the President-elect on the pitfalls of moving without consideration on the portion of the economic stimulus package calling for new roads and bridges. He writes:
With six weeks to go before he moves into the White House, Barack Obama is…
Alternate Futures for Big-Box Retail Space
August 12, 2008
With the economic downturn and fuel prices re-shaping the landscape of urban and suburban environments, what is to become of some of the large-scale buildings and spaces that are now emptying out? How can we avoid being left with empty concrete jungles?
Morgan Greenseth offers some examples of interesting…
