Conformity In Suburban Design

Is new urbanism "re-urbanizing" the city, or simply creating cuter cookie-cutter suburbs? Is it creating sustainable development?

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January 31, 2003, 12:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

Since 1999 [writer Jill Grant] has been visiting new urbanist developments in four Canadian provincesAlberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia. "Based on interviews with planners and developers and examination of their claims, I see a parallel with the historical fate of the Garden City movement. The same processes that reduced the Garden City to a sterile concoction of winding roads, big lots and wide houses are now creating a parody of the vision of new urbanism."

Thanks to Planner's Network Magazine

FULL STORY: From 'Sugar Cookies' to 'Gingerbread Men: Conformity in Suburban Design

Thursday, January 30, 2003 in Planners Network

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