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Public Square: A CNU Journal is the online journal of the Congress for the New Urbanism. It's about building places people love for everybody.

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Lessons from a successful suburban center The Village of Providence shows how you can create a strong place out of nowhere in two decades. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


A transit-oriented development between three streetcar suburbs in Prince George’s County, a few miles from DC, demonstrates key elements of mixed-use, good public spaces, and connectivity. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


A development plan in Edmond, Oklahoma, has 10-foot-wide townhouses and a mix of small commercial and residential buildings to create intimate urban spaces on the edge of downtown. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Stockyards reimagined: Adaptive reuse of horse and mule barns in Fort Worth makes for a unique mixed-use development. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Complete streets: What went wrong? Law professor Michael Lewyn has written a comprehensive and readable analysis of the complete streets movement, why it has failed to transform America’s streets, and what can be done. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Focusing on transportation affordability: A new report highlights how planners can help households reduce cost of living through policies that boost low-cost modes of mobility. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Model cottages for hurricane relief: A village of affordable cottages has just been built in Asheville, and the timing is fortuitous. That region desperately needs emergency housing that could also last and contribute to long-term sustainability. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Responding to disaster with placemaking hubs: New urbanists are working in devastated areas in North Carolina, helping to set up the kernels of community rebuilding. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


From expressway to parkway: The plan for the Scajaquada Expressway would help bridge the divide in the central part of Buffalo, New York, bringing back the glories of an Ollmsted-designed greenway. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Please join On the Park Bench today to hear and ask questions about work that new urbanists are doing in North Carolina to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Helene. tinyurl.com/5akeafbp


Putting historic stables to new use: The Chapman Stables housing in DC shows how sites can evolve radically, while the street-facing facade remains. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Cycling Without Age and Walkable USA top 2024 Better Cities films. Viewers can watch Cycling Without Age and other prize-winning urban films online, October 22-30 cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Creative townhome design in Birmingham: Townhouses facing courtyards that are perpendicular to the street improve the quality of life for this building type. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Office space conversion could lead to a virtuous cycle for cities: Chris Leinberger and Rebecca Rockey explain the historic opportunity to rebalance the real estate in urban centers. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Kalamazoo represents our nationwide housing problem, but the City also has a four-part strategy to create more units that add to neighborhoods and affordability. A model and microcosm for housing solutions: cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


The regulations to transform the Columbia Pike suburban strip in Arlington were a milestone for form-based codes. A gathering of urbanists reviewed ongoing progress with 3,400 housing units, mixed-use, and public space built in the last 20 years. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Sacramento adopts progressive Missing Middle code: The citywide legislation tailors missing middle options to different neighborhoods, and a sliding scale floor-area ratio (FAR) supports more attainable building types. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


Urban practitioners are uniquely positioned to shape cities and the future of the environment in which we live. Five reasons why urban practitioners should care about resilience: cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


A requiem for the River Arts District: The flagship for authentic incrementalism in Asheville, North Carolina, is gone, flooded by Helene. cnu.org/publicsquare/2…


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