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A Fourth Urbanism, Part 6: Limitations on Urbanism

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Urban Design, Cityism, New Urbanism, Urban Planning, Urbanism, City Planning, Politics News
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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Searching for a Fourth Urbanism, Part 5: Cityism and Parking

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Parking, Urban Design, Cityism, Parking Requirements, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Donald Shoup, Living News
Frank Gruber

Cityism is differentiated by a commitment to join high density and intensity of uses with a congenial urban landscape, and this requires heroic efforts to deal with parking.

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A Fourth Urbanism, Part 4: More on the "Why" of Cityism

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Koning Eizenberg, Santa Monica, Cityism, Barcelona, Vancouver, New Urbanism, Urbanism, Living News
Frank Gruber

Because the rebuilding of cities is so important, the effort to do so, if that effort is based on recognizable principles, deserves recognition as something special.

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Searching for a Fourth Urbanism, Part 2: Wherein I Find One and Describe it

Frank Gruber | Posted 08.01.2009 | Style

Read More: Everyday Urbanism, Sprawl, Vancouver, Santa Monica, New Urbanism, Barcelona, Urbanism, Style News
Frank Gruber

The developments in these three cities are based on maximizing and capturing the economic value of city real estate. They all represent intensification of uses.

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In Search of a Fourth Urbanism

Frank Gruber | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Architecture, Sprawl, New Urbanism, Everday Urbanism, Urbanism, Living News
Frank Gruber

If conventional suburban development is our civilization, it has had its discontents for a long time. It's worth considering what the alternatives are.

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Report From the Denver New Urbanism Congress Part 3

Frank Gruber | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sprawl, In-Fill Development, New Urbanism, Urbanism, City Planning, Politics News
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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