Public Square
These articles are posted with permission from the Congress of the New Urbanism (CNU) and originally appeared in CNU's online journal, Public Square. They are posted for information purposes only. CNU is solely responsible for the articles' content.
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Public Square
September 22, 2024
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Founded on a solid design framework, the North Downtown Athens plan extends the city's heart with mixed-use, walkable, affordable development.
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May 13, 2024
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Finley Street Cottages is a courtyard development on two Atlanta lots that offers an innovative model for missing middle housing.
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February 7, 2024
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Towns and cities used to grow by extending their street grids. Sprawl makes it harder, but many opportunities still exist. Why don’t we have more of this kind of development?
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January 8, 2024
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
A sold-out concert by soul music legend Gladys Knight opened a new 2-acre park in Douglasville, Georgia, recently—that’s a good sign for the multipurpose public space in the county seat 30 miles west of Atlanta.
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Public Square
November 3, 2023
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
A city in southern Georgia is redeveloping with the help of a Transect-based, walkable urban plan.
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September 12, 2023
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Porches and sidewalks are often ignored or dismissed, but they have important roles in building community.
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July 17, 2023
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Motivated by concerns over housing affordability and climate change, big cities and small towns are eliminating parking requirements. The reform has just begun—especially in the suburbs.
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April 12, 2023
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Parking reform is gaining substantial momentum even in recent months—a policy development that will impact missing middle housing production, reuse of old buildings, and vehicle miles traveled, experts say.
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February 16, 2023
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
In a world where cities and towns are geared to automobile travel, “the 15-minute city” is gaining momentum as a planning and transportation concept that focuses more on human-scale access than mobility.
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December 15, 2022
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Zoning rarely gets discussed as directly related to health, but communities that have reformed their codes see health benefits, from reduced rates of cancer to greater physical activity—which in turn lowers disease and improves mental health.
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September 27, 2022
Steve Mouzon, Principal, Mouzon Design
Atlanta's Cabbagetown neighborhood serves as an example of how cities can revitalize those places in their communities that have experienced serious disinvestment. The key? Remain true to the character of the place.
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August 26, 2022
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
What can be done when a historic courthouse town has been robbed of its square? In Clarkesville, GA, input from public officials, citizens, and business owners has resulted in a 75-acre plan to restore the town's public space.
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July 29, 2022
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
In Martin Luther King Jr.’s home of Westside Atlanta, a nonprofit is partnering with the city and public and private organizations to transform disadvantaged neighborhoods using a new urban design plan.
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May 31, 2022
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Receiver places, a term coined by urbanists for communities likely to gain migrants as climate problems grow, refers to not just physical places but also a process of preparing for change.
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April 5, 2022
Robert Steuteville, Congress for the New Urbanism
Core cities are losing population to the suburbs, but the 2020s will not repeat the last half of the 20th Century. The suburbs are bound to urbanize.
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