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New Urbanism

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noun

  1. an international movement concerned with tackling the problems associated with urban sprawl and car dependency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The designs for the Midtown Pattern Zoning, which won a charter award from the Congress for the New Urbanism, have porches and gables and peaked roofs, board siding, and white trim against darker base coats.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2021

Two of Dr. Scully’s students in the 1970s, Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, used his principles to develop a movement in architecture and planning called New Urbanism.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2017

One of the groups leading the new charge is Congress for the New Urbanism.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2017

It provided a prototype for mixed-use development that encouraged more permissive zoning laws, says Robert Steuteville of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

From Economist ● Dec. 20, 2016

You can’t say that the New Urbanism doesn’t offer at least some options.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2016

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