The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Records Collection includes annual conference programs, promotional materials, attendance lists, correspondence, audio visual recordings, research project materials, publications, award submission packets, award programs, and administrative files relating to the CNU’s annual congress meeting, annual Charter Awards, board meetings, research projects, and CNU publications. The records cover the organization's activities between 1991 and 2017.
The Urban Environment League is a non-profit organization originally created in 1996 under the leadership and guidance of Gregory Bush, a professor at the University of Miami's History department and the Institute for Public History. The organization is dedicated to promoting safe and responsible practices in urban development in Miami-Dade through education and by advocating for environmental reform and legal protections for historical landmarks. Their records contain several issues of their internal newsletter, the Urban Forum; membership lists; minutes; correspondence; pamphlets; flyers; brochures; periodicals; research files on historical landmarks in Greater Miami, and urban planning; financial records; administrative files; ephemera; audio-visual materials (floppy disks and negatives); and legal files.
This publication will report on a wide-ranging assessment of tools being used throughout the country to better support compact development through visioning, planning, and new regulations. ULI Community Catalysis Reports can be downloaded free of charge from ULI's Web site www.uli.org
Content: New urbanism and codes / Jonathan Barnett -- New urbanist essentials / Joel Russell -- Putting new urbanism to work in your community / Joel Russell -- From building to region: new urbanist regulations in place / Ellen Greenberg -- Creating a local government system that promotes new urbanism / Paul Crawford -- Appendix A: summary table of new urbanist land development regulations -- Appendix B: Charter of the new urbanism.
Great streets need great champions -- It takes a vision -- Think residential -- Honor the pedestrian -- Parking is power -- Merchandise and lease proactively -- Make it happen -- Be clean, safe, and friendly -- Extend day into night -- Manage for change. www.uli.org
This file was a loosely combined stack of materials on planning and revitalizing West Coconut Grove. This file includes master plan drafts and proofs with notes, UM-SoA studio projects, and other related research including photocopied maps, photos, 1990 census data, and older project plans.
Audio recording of the "Town Funding and Community Building" session of CNU 2000. Panelists compare the process of creating a livable community in a new and revitalizing neighborhood.
Audio recording of the "Public Space and Cyberspace" session of CNU 2000. Panelists discuss how they manage to overcome some of the obstacles of building consensus and securing commitment form the many municipalities in a metropolitan area.
Audio recording of the "Town Funding and Community Building" session of CNU 2000. Panelists compare the process of creating a livable community in a new and revitalizing neighborhood.
Audio recording of the "Design for Existing Neighborhoods: Case Studies of Successful Infil Development" session of CNU 2000. Panelists discuss their experience in successfully integrating infill into existing neighborhoods and gaining the community's trust.
Audio recording of the "Information Technology for Community Design" session of CNU 2000. Panelists discuss new tools, such as GIS and the Internet, to engage communities in the planning process.
