July 2011
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KunstlerCast Takes on Charles Waldheim's CNU 19...
In KunstlerCast episode #164, James Howard Kunstler and Duncan Crary dissect Charles Waldheim’s closing plenary speech at CNU 19. Listen to their podcast now by clicking here.
And watch the full Duany - Waldheim closing plenary debate by accessing it on the CNU site.
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More KunstlerCast and CNU 19
Episode #163 of KunstlerCast finds JHK continuing his critique of some of the ideas from CNU 19 Plenary Speaker Ed Glaeser.
Listen to the whole podcast by clicking here.
Also, by clicking the following link (http://audiblepodcast.com/kunstler), listeners can receive a free audio book download of their choice from Audible, including Ed Glaeser’s Triumph of the City.
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KunstlerCast Comes to CNU 19
Duncan Crary of KunstlerCast joined us in Madison this year for CNU 19. See the below links for a few of the podcast episodes that have emerged -so far- from Duncan’s visit to the Congress this year.
Stay tuned for more!
KunstlerCast #159: The Congress for the New Urbanism, Snapshots from CNU 19
KunstlerCast #160: Housing Market Crash Update & Car Sharing
KunstlerCast #162:...
June 2011
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CNU 19: Sprawl Repair Podcast →
Chuck Marohn of Strong Towns and Joe Minicozzi of Public Interest Projects both participated in the Sprawl Repair session at CNU 19. This podcast contains their comments, which both related land use decisions to the impact on public finance.
(via: http://www.strongtowns.org/strong-towns-podcast/2011/6/20/cnu-19-sprawl-repair.html)
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Photos from CNU 19: What One Urbanist Saw →
See whole photo album of images “What One Urbanist Saw in Madison, WI” from CNU 19 and Sunday bicycle event, Ride The Drive: Car-Free, Care-Free City Streets. Lots of streetscapes, street signage, bicyclists, neighborhoods, and farmer’s market.
By Katherine Gregor
Any CNU member is welcome to use any of these photos to promote New Urbanism.
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Ideas Come Alive: Open Source Congress at CNU 19 →
Read the recap of all the ideas formed, discussed, and debated at the Open Source Congress.
Access the interactive Open Source Book, or download a copy by clicking here.
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Ken Kay's CNU 19 Milwaukee Riverwalk Presentation →
Urban designer and landscape architect Ken Kay rejoined Mayor Norquist during CNU 19’s “A Mayor’s View of Milwaukee” kickoff tour. Click the above title link or the pic below for Kay’s presentation of his work on the Milwaukee Riverwalk.
Touring Milwaukee’s Third Ward with Mayor Norquist (photo: Robert Munson)
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Plugged In, Charged and Ready to Shine the Light:...
CNU 19 has changed my life. I know, its cliché, but sitting back just over a week from arriving in Madison, I look at the world differently now. At home I don’t have a lot of friends who lose sleep at night over how the urban form can make or break community development. My friends aren’t debating the finer points of the transect code. They may be advocating for safe, affordable housing, but as...
Rainwater Events at CNU
Despite the Madison weather forecast for rainfall, the only local Rainwater events occurred at the Monona Terrace, venue of the 19th Congress for the New Urbanism. Three signature events consisted of 1. a rousing debate between Larry Coffman, a founder of Low Impact Development (LID) and Tom Low, developer of Light Imprint (LI), 2. a detailed briefing by the Branch Chief of the EPA Office of...
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AuthentiCITY - Union Corners in Madison
Saturday afternoon in the Monona Commons lecture hall featured a very insightful panel helping discuss and judge proposals for the Union Corners development in Madison. A number of plans were submitted for the AuthentiCITY competition, and the Woonerf plan came away as the winner.
AuthentiCITY at CNU 19 featured Union Corners, a large and very prominent redevelopment site on East Washington, the...
Livestream of Closing Plenary
For those of you not in Madison for CNU 19, be sure to click through below to catch the livestream of the Closing Plenary with Andrés Duany and Charles Waldheim.
CNU Awarded two-year, $150,000 grant from Ford...
Right as CNU 19 begins to wind down towards the hotly-anticipated Andres Duany-Charles Waldheim Closing Plenary comes word that the Ford Foundation has awarded CNU a two-year, $150,000 grant. The grant will allow CNU to launch a national outreach and education campaign for the Highways-to-Boulevards initiative, contribute expertise and influence in the effort to teardown the Sheridan Expressway in...
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Will Allen and Congressman Earl Blumenauer at the...
John Norquist and Growing Power’s Will Allen, showcasing the transformative power of food systems and “flower explosions.”
Congressman Earl Blumenauer engages the CNU troops that will save the world.
What Isn't Happening in Madison This Morning?
“Access reality through observation” - Stefanos Polyzoides
- Sam Newberg
Tactical Urbanism
What grabbed me the most during today’s session, “Sprawl Retrofit at the Micro Scale: Repairing in all Dimensions,” was the discussion of Tactical Urbanism. Mike Lydon, The Streets Plans Collaborative, explained that Tactical Urbanism is short-term action that creates long term change, and that it is a process that is bringing people together. One example, which Lydon pointed to...
Conservatives and the CNU
“Cities require management and need to leverage their fixed-cost investment.”
- Ed Glaeser
“We need discipline in our planning.”
- Mike Krusee
“We need modes of transportation that feed eachother, not compete.”
- John Robert Smith
What do all of these comments have in common? They were uttered during CNU 19 by people who consider themseves conservative or...
Stormwater Management. Settlement Patterns Matter
Settlement patterns matter explained Paul Crabtree, Crabtree Group, not just to people, but to stormwater. When people think of New Urbanism, they often think of narrow streets, wide sidewalks, and pretty trees, not stormwater management. But the “Urban Stormwater: Or How I Learned to Stop (Or Start) Worrying and Love (Or Hate) the Rain” session made it clear that these concepts are...
Middleton Hills Tour
Middleton Hills, a DPZ design, was the tour destination for a lucky 45 people on Friday. In 90 degree temperatures, we dodged the heat, moving from tree to tree to get some shade - luckily, the boulevard trees are semi mature, and a walk along the sidewalks provides consistent relief.
Dating to charrettes in 1993 and a 1995 groundbreaking, Middleton Hills is moslty built out at this point, and...
