December 2011 issue

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Articles:

Opportunity for urbanists: Occupy Wall Street

There’s tremendous capital waiting to be invested in urban real estate, but capital funds managers face a gap in experience and expertise.

Odd spots in the urban grid? Turn them into plazas

New York City’s Department of Transportation has carved 54 plazas out of streets and other areas. More are on the way.

The last issue of New Urban News!

Yes, but don’t worry. New Urban News will continue under a new name — Better! Cities & Towns.

Commentary: No room for sense and vision

Sustainable Communities grants eliminated, Choice Neighborhoods increases, TIGER survives

Sustainable Communities 2011 recipients announced

Realtors: Buyers prefer smart growth to sprawl

Protecting historic buildings from destructive additions

Defenders of traditional architecture are pressing for a new interpretation of troublesome Interior Department standards.

Planners and public health specialists must team up

To create healthy places, America needs to groom leaders who combine techniques from planning and public health, a new book says.

What the doctors prescribe

Urbanism blossoming near Georgia university

A Mercer University initiative, with aid from the Knight Foundation, and a class trip to confer with Richard Florida result in “The Lofts at Mercer Village.”

Review: The Plazas of New Mexico

Cohousing evolves into “ecovillages”

‘Parklets’ proliferate along the Pacific

New Artists Village in East Haddam, Connecticut

Scott Merrill wins Seaside Prize

Parkview Community in Youngstown, Ohio

Urban Farm Business Plan Handbook

Earth Advantage Institute

Montgomery County, Maryland: From slow-growth to smart growth

Mall protest on Long Island

Grapevine: Mark Nickita, Sam Zimbabwe, Richard Daley, Connie Moran