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12/17/2025

Benefits of urbanism outweigh costs in Miami
An analysis of the Miami 21 zoning code, a bold policy move that bets on urbanism, shows that its focus on walkability drives higher demand for neighborhood living.

An analysis of the Miami 21 zoning code, a bold policy move that bets on urbanism, shows that its focus on walkability drives higher demand for neighborhood living.

12/16/2025

Walkability in high demand, Realtors say
In other housing news, Oregon’s new model code, a village of tiny homes for the formerly homeless in Austin, and urban cohousing near Chicago.

In other housing news, Oregon’s new model code, a village of tiny homes for the formerly homeless in Austin, and urban cohousing near Chicago.

12/15/2025

Old Town TND recognized for design
A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.

A 360-acre traditional neighborhood development sets new pattern for growth in Columbus, Georgia.

12/12/2025

The infrastructure choice

Drawing by Anthony Catania Streets The infrastructure choice ROBERT STEUTEVILLE DEC. 12, 2025 A postcard sketch competition asked Urban Guild members to draw some ideas in a few minutes during an evening gathering at the Guild Summit in Chattanooga in late October. The members inc...

12/10/2025

New Urban Update: IncDev in Gaza, Tom Low, Charter Awards, Shoup, and Brussat

Habersham, photo by Robert Steuteville Incremental and lean New Urban Update: IncDev in Gaza, Tom Low, Charter Awards, Shoup, and Brussat ROBERT STEUTEVILLE DEC. 10, 2025 I have been working on a Climate Action Handbook for CNU, which we plan to have published and printed by CNU 3...

12/09/2025

Chattanooga chugging along
Four decades of public-nonprofit-private partnership in New Urbanism has produced a city in balance, moving forward.

Four decades of public-nonprofit-private partnership in New Urbanism has produced a city in balance, moving forward.

12/04/2025

Proposed: New California city
California Forever in the Central Valley offers an opportunity to test walkable community-building on a scale we haven’t seen in a century.

A new city planned in California’s Central Valley offers an opportunity to test walkable community-building at a scale we haven’t seen in a century.

12/01/2025

Robert Stern, a leader in traditional architecture and urbanism
Stern challenged a modernist establishment in the 1970s and 1980s, building a solid portfolio of work that would firmly establish the idea of ‘modern traditionalism.’

Stern challenged a modernist establishment in the 1970s and 1980s, building a solid portfolio of work that would firmly establish the idea of ‘modern traditionalism.’

11/16/2025

I'll be giving a lecture at Cornell in Ithaca, NY, Wednesday, November 19, at 6 p.m. on New Urbanism Movement: Past, Present, and Future. I will show some video clips of the first CNU in 1993. Cosponsored by the Southern Tier NYS AIA chapter and the university. If you are around, please come. ~ Rob

The movement known as New Urbanism in the United States seeks to address and promote development that positively affects the health of individuals through the incorporation of safe, easily accessible walking in everyday life. This is in contrast to a typical suburban environment, where most activiti...

10/23/2025

Video tells the tale of impressive Belgian New Urbanism
A town extension of seaside resort took a week to design, but it has been 25 years in the making.

A town extension of seaside resort took a week to design, but it has been 25 years in the making.

10/22/2025

Six urban center types transforming cities
A new book by the eminent urbanist Jonathan Barnett will make you more optimistic about US cities and their growth.

A new book by the eminent urbanist Jonathan Barnett will make you more optimistic about US cities and their growth.

10/20/2025

Thirteen characteristics of walkable neighborhoods
A checklist of physical qualities of walkable neighborhoods was enumerated by Dhiru Thadani in The Language of Towns and Cities.

Illustration by Dhiru Thadani Town planning Thirteen characteristics of walkable neighborhoods ROBERT STEUTEVILLE OCT. 20, 2025 A few weeks ago, real estate professional Mike Hathorne posted 13 physical characteristics of neighborhoods on LinkedIn, which he paraphrased from Dhiru....

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