What Future for New Urbanism?

Tech billionaire Marc Lore hired starchitect Bjarke Ingels for a new urban design of a city that would be based upon community ownership of land. https://t.co/g8udDXhAzE

— Congress for the New Urbanism (@NewUrbanism) September 3, 2021

Kunstler comments on the value of new urbanism:

"The Covid-19 rush to suburbia surely seemed like a good idea at the time to people who could, all of a sudden, work from home, but of all the modes for occupying the terrain, suburbia really has the poorest prospects." https://t.co/E8RGbQfIY5

— The American Conservative (@amconmag) September 3, 2021

The days of its relevance are limited as many in the organization have gone woke.

More Evidence of the CNU Becoming Woke

Public #CNU29 sessions are available online!
'Ten Actions Toward Being an Antiracist New Urbanist' gathers experts together to discuss their platforms for antiracist work in land use and community development. https://t.co/68v00sxFSY

— Congress for the New Urbanism (@NewUrbanism) May 25, 2021

CNU Goes Woke

Incoming ED Rick Cole (@urbanistcole) has made 4 commitments: raise the visibility of CNU; raise the engagement and diversity of members, chapters and allies; raise money to ensure the fiscal sustainability of CNU; and raise hell to create places that people love. #CNU29 pic.twitter.com/tn0WcdA1wI

— Congress for the New Urbanism (@NewUrbanism) May 19, 2021

Restorative justice is an investment in regenerative systems. What do our cities look like if we first look to restorative justice to address harm? Restorative justice looks like coming home.
Tune in now for a fantastic plenary from @deannavanburen at #CNU29! pic.twitter.com/mkxmBcmi1s

— Congress for the New Urbanism (@NewUrbanism) May 19, 2021

From the #CNU29 session 'The Great Real Estate Reset: Rethinking what and how we build' https://t.co/LxsGjXVq49

— Congress for the New Urbanism (@NewUrbanism) May 20, 2021

The Rural-to-Urban Transect

From @cnupublicsquare: The Rural-to-Urban Transect is one of the most influential planning theories in recent decades. Urbanists have been using the Transect to compete with the protocols of sprawl for years, and no book has been written on it—until now. https://t.co/Te5cDIJdQc

— Congress for the New Urbanism (@NewUrbanism) December 10, 2020

An Interview with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

Only one day left to register for our conversation with Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, cofounder of @NewUrbanism, on building beautiful in the US! Sign up now to attend: https://t.co/nWRMpxBEke

— Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation (@Scruton_Legacy) November 9, 2020

JHK's Forecast for 2017

here

And -- Chatting with Kate Wagner of McMasion Hell Dot Com

More with Kunstler

The Human Scale Official Trailer #1

Documentary "The Human Scale" directed by Andreas Dalsgaard and starring Jan Gehl, Rob Adams, He Dongquan

Review
Interview with Jan Gehl
Inhabitat

More with Jan Gehl:








Ecocity2011 | Jan Gehl | Ecocities - and much more

Architecture and Man: A Reciprocal Relationship

Traces interview with Philip Bess (pdf).

New Urbanism: A Means to Sustainability?

Session Podcast: New Urbanism: Why Reshaping Cities is Green

"This session with John Norquist, Mike Krusee and Katherine Gregor offers a crash course in New Urbanism, a powerful antidote to the numerous problems created by suburban sprawl and our car-dependent culture. Participants will learn the environmental benefits of creating vibrant, compact, transit-friendly communities from expert practitioners."

Another Session From This Year's CNU

Something with Philip Bess:


More sessions.

James Howard Kunstler Interview

Haven't tired of him yet!

Urban Times: Interview with James Howard Kunstler – Author and Urbanist Critic

An interview from last year at Terrain.org.

KunstlerCast #207: Leon Krier @ CNU 20 (mp3)

Items of Interest, 25 May 2012

Thomas Fleming, Charity v. Welfare

Ron Paul's Paradoxes
Justin Raimondo, Interventionism and the Elites
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, Bet on Collapse

WINSLOW T. WHEELER, F-22 In A Dogfight

Growing Opposition as US Mulls Arming Domestic Drones

GARETH PORTER, Hard Line Failure in Nuke Talks


Economics:
KEVIN CARSON, Why Corporate Capitalism is Unsustainable (C4SS)

KunstlerCast #206: Live Audience Podcast @ CNU (mp3)

New Urbanism Blog: Beware the 18%

All Together Now – 05/17/12 (mp3)
Localization and the Economics of Happiness

Making the Case for Economic Relocalization

The Emergence of the Fix-It Society
RALPH NADER, The Rise of Re-Use

Sale at Chelsea Green.

Higher Education:
Universal Uniformity in the University by James Matthew Wilson

Diet and Health:
MovNat: Movement Brings Us Together
The Ninth MovNat Principle: Cooperative

Feminism:
The New Feminist Agenda: A social revolution encourages us all to invest in family care
Woman Stirred Radio Madeline Kunin and Barbara Vacarr interview May 17 2012 wgdr-wgdh

Music:
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys


TV:
TV Preview: 'Closer' Team Brings 'Longmire' To The Screen

Items of Interest, 14 May 2012

Doug Macgregor explains how our military reached its current state, so only desperate reform can save us
Seven predictions about our future. Most are unusual. All are certain to happen (I think)

Thomas H. Naylor on Leviathan, Secession and Vermont's Small Nation Dream (original)


Why America is Doomed to One Disaster After Another

Michael Brendan Dougherty (Business Insider) and Daniel McCarthy (The American Conservative)


What are the Purposes of Foreign Policy

What Separation of Power? - nullification

American Burke by J. David Hoeveler
Irving Babbitt formulated conservatism for a world in whirl.

The Household Gods of Freedom

Christopher Lasch, Conservative?

Thomas Storck, The Contradictions of Liberals and Conservatives

Jack Donovan, Mocking the Vote

Charles Hugh Smith, Acknowledging the Arrival of Peak Government

Understanding the Economic Justice of Marriage

The Constitution Doesn't Settle the Marriage Debate

The President’s Still Contorted Position on Same-Sex Marriage by Carson Holloway

Hilton Kramer & the critical temper by Roger Kimball

Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, American Dystopia, Fiction or Reality?

Economics and Energy:
What is Our Energy Future?

The Ten Cities Most Screwed by Peak Oil

Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation with Heavy Debt
The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps

Is It Possible To Build An Economy Without Jobs?

Wendell Berry on the Importance of Local, Sustainable Economies
Worth posting again.

Urban Design:
Won’t You Be My Neighbour?
Alexandra Singer on the future of urban planning

JHK on the CNU: Still Standing Amid the Wreckage




Catholic:
Remembering St. Josemaria Escriva
2012 Holds Multiple Anniversaries for Opus Dei
Preparing for June 26th (FB)
Video of May 5 Ordinations

Charity, War, and Peace in St. Thomas Aquinas by John Hittinger (pdf)

France celebrates Joan of Arc's 600th birthday

Filas 1: The Battle of the Sexes… can it be avoided? - soundcloud
Fr. Francis Filas, S.J.

Unlikely bedfellows (Jack Donovan and the pope)

No Doctrinal Obstacle for SSPX

English Is a Perfectly Fine Catholic Liturgical Language
My First Anglican Communion


I Can't Believe You Haven't Read KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER

TAC: The 2012 Commencement Address of Mother Assumpta Long
College Awards its Highest Honor to Three Recipients
slideshow

When Catholics Were Cristeros

History:
Justinian’s reconquest of the West : ideology, warfare, religion, and politics in sixth-century Byzantium (PDF)

Interview with Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

Feminism:
A comment on "Reframing Christian Marriage"
The Ultimate Short Advice about Women
Suz says: About Submissive Women

Why Are Feminists Against the Male Pill

FDL Book Salon: The New Feminist Agenda

Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
Is there anyone TED won't feature?

Food, Diet and Health:
Taco Salad w/ Avocado & Cilantro Dressing

Wake Up, Food Television Execs! So Says Chris Cosentino.

New Potential Dangers of Genetically Modified Foods Found


Anthony Bourdain on Vegans



Music:
Steep Canyon Rangers Bring the Bluegrass to Slim's on Friday, May 4th


First Listen: Hilary Hahn and Hauschka, 'Silfra'

Katie Melua: Back from the Brink


Misc:
New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun

Hot Shots Episode 8 Clip - Clint Upchurch 3-Gun Training


Blue Force Gear is Growing

Items of Interest, 28 March 2012

Club Orlov: A Modest Health Care Proposal
Michael Shedlock, "Healthwreck": Obamacare May Go Down Entirely; Medicaid Funding in Question; Justice Scalia Joked Reading Entire Bill Would be "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"; Wrecking Operation or Salvage Job?
Amicus Curiae of Senator Rand Paul

Conservatism or Liberty? by Nikolai G. Wenzel
A Guiding Principle Revealed by David Schaengold

The War on Guns by Frank Borzellieri

Jack Donovan, The Trouble with Squares
Interview with Andy Nowicki (alas, hosted at a WN website)

10 Places to Meet Women Other Than a Bar or Nightclub
Location does matter, but they have to be very specific in order for one to find a woman of compatible cultural background and character. Is AoM too beta?

Relocalization and Sustainability:
Dave Pollard, How many circles does it take to make a community? (EB)

Translating Transition: from small town to mega-city by Joanne Poyourow (EB)
But if nothing can make an alternative arrangement sustainable, wouldn't it be better to leave?

Together: The Rituals Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation (book review) by David Bollier (EB)

New Urbanism Now

Farming:
Watching Hens Eat by Gene Logsdon (EB)

Energy:
The Phantoms I’ve Killed by Tom Murphy (EB)

The solar envelope: how to heat and cool cities without fossil fuels
by Kris De Decker (EB)

Christian:
Improperia: Popule Meus for Good Friday

A more "Eastern" version:
Reminds me of what the SSJ did with the use of organum. That group was such a disappointment, to put it mildly. The Archaeological Evidence For Jesus (PHOTOS) The Real Persecution Today If We Mock the Sacred We Will Have No Future Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Islam: Hijab – the Islamic dress code: its historical development, evidence from sacred sources and views of selected Muslim scholars Diet and Health: Robb Wolf, The Paleo Diet Budget Shopping Guide Paleo Women are Phat I’m Calling for a New Paradigm Music: Alan Lomax's Massive Archive Goes Online (here) Two Requiems by Wendy Gillespie TV: Gillian Anderson on ‘X-Files,’ ‘Downton Abbey,’ ‘Great Expectations’ MODERN-DAY BATTLE AXE (includes a photo of United Cutlery M48 Hawk (top) and Smith & Wesson SW671 Tomahawk) ZT Knives at SHOT Show 2012 (source) Soompi's 14th Birthday Celebration!

Mark Raymond: Victims of the city

KunstlerCast #164: Landscape Urbanism - Part 1
JHK Critiques Charles Waldheim's Remarks

(For reference: Watch Charles Waldheim’s Presentation at the Closing Plenary of CNU 19)


The Landscape Urbanism Reader

Related:
Livable Cities Don't Have Freeways

Items of Interest, 13 July 2011

Discussion of Msgr. Burnham's paper on Anglican patrimony.

The Link Between Peak Oil and Peak Debt – Part 1
Posted by Gail the Actuary

A Realist Philosophical Case For Urbanism and Against Sprawl: Parts One and Two by Philip Bess

Peter Hitchens on Northern Ireland: A Different Sort of Bonfire Night. (The ‘Anti-Depressant’ Controversy again)

What not to wear, Farmer Edition
Sharon Astyk, Casaubon's Book

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SOCOM II .308

Ken Benfield, 'The Pursuit of Happiness': How Do Communities Make Us Happy?

Another appeal to the Declaration of Independence -- seems like there a lot of people doing that these days in connection with the "happiness" fad in ecology/ethics/economics.

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