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City Planning Classic Ahead Of Its Time In Environmental Efficiency (VIDEO)

Progressive Book Club | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

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Progressive Book Club In the annals of urban design and city planning, no book holds a higher place than The Death and Life of Great American Cities ...

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Chicago Transit at a Crossroads

Aaron Renn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

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Aaron Renn

The CTA doomsday budget, even if it doesn't come to pass, has done a great service by showing the city the inevitable future. Service has been trending downward for decades.

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A Fourth Urbanism, Part 6: Limitations on Urbanism

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Frank Gruber

Bad schools and even the perception of disorder drive people from the city more effectively than bad urban form, and keeping people in the city is more important than the form the city takes.

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Report From the Denver New Urbanism Congress Part 3

Frank Gruber | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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Frank Gruber

New Urbanism is an elastic concept, and an elastic movement. On one hand it's pragmatic, on the other, it's got a Charter with principles.

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Report From the Denver New Urbanism Congress, Part 2

Frank Gruber | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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Frank Gruber

Theories were created for all kinds of urbanism except for the kind that became dominant in America: suburban sprawl.

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