CNU New York is the Jane Jacobs chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism, promoting the creation and preservation of walkable, sustainable and beautiful neighborhoods, towns and cities. We regularly hold public meetings, tours and social events and hope you will join us. You can find out more at our Facebook page or write to
info@cnunewyork.org. Think globally, act locally. Tactical Urbanism has been gaining some great press lately. Grist, a web-based environmental news and commentary site has a recent article written by Sarah Goodyear. In "The new New Urbanism: Fast, nimble, flexible, and tactical," Goodyear writes about CNU-19, newer efforts New Urbanism has been focusing on, and of course Tactical Urbanism.
Read the article in full here.
Tactical Urbanism is a working project of The Street Plans Collaborative (an urban planning & advocacy firm) and NextGen (a group of next generation New Urbanists). The project encompases strategies by individuals, local community groups & municipalities. Focus is on incremental, small-scale improvement; positioned well within the current economic environment. More information and a download of Volume 1 are available at The Street Plans Collaborative.