... How would this make obtaining construction financing less difficult or less expensive? ... I'm missing something here. Some developers (right here in...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jul 1, 2004 2:50 am
The July issue of The New Colonist is online and available now at http://www.newcolonist.com! This month's features: * Faster Freeways or Swifter Madness? ...
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Doug Salzmann
c1ttad1no
Jun 30, 2004 6:30 pm
... Which (actually constructed) project of Calthorpe's would you cite as an example of "very good" New Urbanism? -Doug ... Doug Salzmann Kalliergo Post Office...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jun 30, 2004 4:16 pm
... Streetcar suburbs are New Urbanism "classic". They're pretty good places to live--my father grew up in one, and I remember it from the early 50s. It was...
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Patrick J McDonough
mcdonpj
Jun 30, 2004 3:25 pm
I am also on the New Urbanist PRO-URB list, and while I have my issues with New Urbanism, I believe the Car Free movement should embrace NU and advocate...
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Jym Dyer
jymdyer
Jun 30, 2004 2:22 pm
=v= It's true that new urbanism is less "urban" than its name implies, though I would say that its focus isn't on "suburbia"; so much as applying lessons from...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jun 30, 2004 1:02 pm
Jeremy Hubble posted on New Urbanism. I've always had problems with NU because it always seemed more about revisiting the suburbs, not about real cities. It is...
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Jeremy Hubble
jghubble
Jun 29, 2004 5:40 pm
I found the paragraph about the critics especially amusing in this article. 1) Justification for current development is that units sell, therefore ...
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bill carr
dubluth
Jun 29, 2004 12:38 pm
http://tinyurl.com/2bkca (Link is to the NYT) DETROIT, June 24 - A new series of whimsical public service announcements from the Environmental Protection...
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bill carr
dubluth
Jun 29, 2004 12:29 pm
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Jun 27, 2004 4:48 pm
Dear Colin Thanks for this. How beautiful. I shall keep it - turn it into a sampler perhaps ..... certainly quote it again. I think the idea is fine - but you...
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Colin Leath
colinleath
Jun 27, 2004 1:33 pm
I wanted to share this with you-- I hope all of you knew about Christopher Hume and I'm the last to find out, but just in case-- He's effectively a carfree ...
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mailbox@...
carfreecrawford
Jun 25, 2004 10:55 am
... Unless we can find an insurance company that believes in the need for this.... ... Perhaps, yes. ... It depends on infrastructure. If the carfree site...
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kplcards
Jun 25, 2004 9:06 am
there is a proven market for apartments without parking in Dublin centre , first time buyers without cars and landlords purchase 400 sq. ft apartments 1/2 bed...
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T. J. Binkley
tjbink1
Jun 24, 2004 10:40 pm
... I think the first thing you'll find when you start doing your research is that price is unlikely to be a selling point for the first carfree projects. ...
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Christopher Miller
earthymiller
Jun 24, 2004 2:20 am
A couple of magazines I bought today with interesting articles: 1. Women & Environments International ( www.weimag.com ) has a couple of articles on...
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kplcards
Jun 23, 2004 12:52 pm
The sooner we run out of oil the better . If we are ever going retake our living space for life and not automobiles we need to do more then just talk - what...
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Doug Salzmann
c1ttad1no
Jun 22, 2004 5:40 pm
... Indeed, there's still coal -- The undisputed king of global warming and filthy air. See the recently-circulated article in which we hear the Shell honcho...
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Kevin Barton
look384
Jun 22, 2004 3:48 am
... Joel, I agree fully. I'm looking at the same approach for San Antonio, TX and have found a handful of developers who I believe may support such a project,...
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J.H. Crawford
carfreecrawford
Jun 21, 2004 8:19 pm
Hi All, ... No, I don't think so. I think the SUV-driving, McMansion building class is going to stay right where it is for as long as possible. We can simply...
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Robert J. Matter
rjmatter00
Jun 21, 2004 7:58 pm
This looks like an interesting book. Overcoming the status symbol factor of McMansions in the suburbs and three or four luxury cars and SUVs in the driveway is...
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Lanyon, Ryan
ryan_lanyon
Jun 21, 2004 7:32 pm
Some interesting briefs from Centrelines, the bi-weekly e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking. CenterLines is their way of quickly...
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Jym Dyer
jymdyer
Jun 21, 2004 1:48 pm
=v= A number of books are reviewed here, but several are particularly germane to this list: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17179 <_Jym_> -- Ads below? Just...
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kenavidor
Jun 20, 2004 5:21 pm
My experience fighting a highway expansion project has taught me some very important lessons about the chances to reform the transportation system in America. ...
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Richard Risemberg
rickrise
Jun 20, 2004 12:32 am
... The initial effects will be economic, and those who have the power will do whatever they can to gather the remains to themselves, resulting in a world of...
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Steve Geller
stgeller@...
Jun 20, 2004 12:31 am
... We'll have to change our ways. We don't burn wood or peat like we used to. There's still coal. There might even be some surprise oil formations, or some...
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Doug Salzmann
c1ttad1no
Jun 20, 2004 12:01 am
... I would say, rather, a hope that some of civilization can survive (especially the arts and music that, in my view, distinguish us from other species, like...
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Simon Baddeley
s.j.baddeley@...
Jun 19, 2004 9:57 pm
But excuse me - what's this idea that you can somehow survive separately. In the European dark Ages the Monasteries preserved a literary and spiritual ...
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Doug Salzmann
c1ttad1no
Jun 19, 2004 8:04 pm
... To which Simon responded: ... I think Ken means that the prospects for altering the course of mainstream culture seem remote, and that those of us who...
