New Urbanism
From Lab to Field
It started as a response
Where we once built this
now we aspire for this
This was once acceptable
but this has become the new norm
However we made those investments by defaulting on these
and these,
and these.
An Economic Development Corp’s vision for Urban Agriculture
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Reston Town Center
Dadeland
Georgia SER
Cities are not disposable
The next challenge:
To translate the theory we have developed in our “urban labs� and apply it in the field.
The Congress for the New Urbanism views disinvestment in central cities, the spread of placeless sprawl, increasing separation by race and income, environmental deterioration, loss of agricultural lands and wilderness, and the erosion of society’s built heritage as one interrelated community-building challenge.
P Street, Washington, DC
High Line, New York
Pittsburgh, of all places
Braddock, PA
Braddock, PA
The age of predictability is over (this is not a prediction)
Our true accounting system is emerging
And or current "urban" development modules don't compute
We have limited resources and access to capital
The $500k charrette and planning process is on hold
Many
There is a lot of work to do in Post-Burnham era
The Braddock Initiative