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A Placemaking Journal

Next Step in Reforming Transportation Policy: T4 America’s “Blueprint”

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Advocates for a different approach to transportation planning haven’t been delirious about the reluctance of the feds and DOTs to depart from business as usual when it comes to investing stimulus money. But there’s another chance. All aboard. It's time to depart from business as usual. Transportation for America,... Continue Reading
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What We’re Reading: Leon Krier’s “Architecture of Community”

Howard Blackson
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In 1984, Bruce Springsteen told Rolling Stone Magazine that he had albums of unreleased songs and that one day he would “put those out because there was good material in there.” In 1998, he did just that, releasing a beautiful 4-disc set of unreleased songs. Being a long-time devotee, I was more than a little impressed... Continue Reading
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Mouzon Green Home Design Featured in WSJ

Scott Doyon
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Contrasts “Original Green” vs. “Gadget Green” Even before green building gathered momentum, Miami architect Steve Mouzon was determined to change the focus of the discussion. Green shouldn’t be just about the individual house in the here and now, he argued; it has to be about the broader community over time. Continue Reading
Category Architecture
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Katrina Cottages Finding Traction on Gulf Coast

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Finally, after more than three and a half years, one of the key New Urbanist efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is beginning to grow legs. And perhaps more importantly, the models being created have implications for affordable housing everywhere. (In the interest of full disclosure:... Continue Reading
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On this Earth Day Anniversary: Hints of Convergence

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
As 21st century crises and concerns began stacking up, it had begun to look as if Smart Growth priorities were going to have to compete for attention and resources with other burning issues. Such as: Climate change, peak oil, community affordability, health care costs, and now the struggling global economy. But on... Continue Reading
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DPZ Promotes Mall Makeovers

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Will Florida put the “suburban retrofitting” movement on the fast track? Making it easier to do something about this. Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ) is providing state officials with a legislative template to do just that. On April... Continue Reading
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An Urban Fix for Suburbia? Tackling Growing Problems Through Retrofits

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Watching Andres Duany go through images at the final presentation of the Lifelong Communities charrette in Atlanta, it quickly became clear how many of the goals of the ambitious planning effort could be lumped under one category: retrofitting suburbia. "In one way or another," said DPZ principal Galina Tahchieva, "all... Continue Reading
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Atlanta’s Lifelong Communities Charrette Delivers the Goods

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
Atlanta's landmark charrette on planning for "Lifelong Communities" wrapped on February 17, with an Andres Duany presentation to a downtown auditorium packed with some 500 people. A crowd of nearly 500 gathers for the closing presentation of the ARC's Lifelong Communities charrette. On February 11, the opening night... Continue Reading
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Atlanta, AARP, DPZ Attack Challenges of Aging in Place

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
The New Urbanist mantra for neighborhood planning is to go for compact, connected, and complete. Well, one critical component of completeness, that of making communities comfortable - and practical - for residents of all ages, has been sort of assumed by NU planners. Yet it's taken an effort by the nation's primary advocacy... Continue Reading
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Will Economic Woes Stall the Green Movement?

Ben Brown
Ben Brown
When we got a note from colleagues in Chattanooga, Tennessee, letting us know that that their city had not only crafted a Climate Action Plan but was also set to create a new office of sustainability, it got us to thinking: Is the competition for funding in the deepening recession going to kill momentum for this sort of... Continue Reading
Category Public Policy
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