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The Johnny Appleseed Of Livable Communities

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Congress on New Urbanism
7 November 2001 - 7:00am

Writer Tony Hiss interviews New urbanist Dan Burden about his vision for the post-sprawl landscape of the U.S.

Burden is part of the suddenly arrived profession that promotes these new kinds of communities. Perhaps half a dozen groups of itinerant designers and facilitators are now crisscrossing the country conducting workshops with local residents. They're exploring the possibilities of changing streets and buildings in ways that would add pleasure and reassurance to towns, making it easier for people to meet up with one another and stay in touch with each other's lives.

Full Story: Man about towns
Source: Sierra Club, November 6, 2001
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Evidence is observable in cities across the country, however, that urban regeneration only comes with the reclamation and restoration of old neighborhoods, not through demolition and landbanking.
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