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Old Urbanism in a College Town
Old
School Suburbia - Hamilton, ON - slide show
"A profile of one of Canada's first and finest suburbs," Westdale,
adjacent to McMaster University.
See also: Ainslie Wood/Westdale Community Association of Resident Homeowners Inc. (AWWCA)
From the "Planning Commisioner's Journal"
Quality
of Life in a University Town
from Athens, Ohio
John
Nolen's Legacy
Just a few miles east of Cincinnati on Route 50 lies a gem of a town: Mariemont.
If you're a planner or planning commissioner and don't know about Mariemont,
you should.
[OK, it's not a college town, but this is one great community and college towns looking to create a walkable vibe could learn from it. - Ed.]
Judy
Corbett & Village Homes
...Davis. CA
Sitting in Judy Corbett's patio in the Village Homes development, it's hard
to understand why there aren't projects like this in every community.
From the Brooking Institution
Walkable
Urbanism
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Dec 2007
This field survey attempts to identify the number and location of “regional-serving”
walkable urban places in the 30 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S.
New Book
Is Urbanism the New American Dream?
PR Newswire - 4 Dec 2007
... USA - 'Walkable Urban' Development Moving from Cities to Suburbs
Top Ten Metro Areas for Best Walkable Urban Lifestyle Released Today
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Walkable urbanism is spreading beyond the boundaries of inner cities and into the suburbs as Gen Xers and empty nesters search for communities offering a walkable lifestyle, according to the book The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream released today.
South Dunn Street, Bloomington, IN
Building
them like they used to
Bloomington development bucks zoning standards to blend new with
old
Business Journal - 15 Dec 2007"
... BLOOMINGTON, IN - As high-density residential construction booms in downtown
Bloomington and sprawl continues in surrounding Monroe County, a new development
is offering an old-school alternative.
The South Dunn Street development will include 38 bungalows, four squares and 1-1/2 story cottages—the same early 20th-century styles that occupy the rest of the surrounding Bryan Park neighborhood ...
University City District, Philadelphia, PA
University City District is a success story for university involvement in turning around a declining neighborhood. Penn actively worked, and provided financial support to reinvigorate area housing, business districts, and K-12 education - including helping to fund a cipy public school.
Near Campus Revival
This
old house will be going strong
Neartown jewel was brought back to stunning life. And therein
lies a lesson.
Chronicle - 26 Jan 2008
... HOUSTON, TX - It was on the list to be condemned five years ago, and would
have been but for the vision of its owner ...
This man bought the house for a song. Given the home's location and proximity to downtown, he could have scraped the lot clean, built cookie-cutter condos and made a fortune. But that's not why he bought it.
Rather than dollar signs, he saw leaded stained glass windows without a single crack. Wood floors so stunning that had he sold only those, he could have built a Bellaire McMansion with the proceeds. Plaster walls a foot thick, so that you can't hear a single sound from the nearby freeway. Porches emanating from virtually every room, even some of the bathrooms. Enormous round windows with panoramic views of downtown. Huge wide staircases that begged for grand sweeping entrances. And so many windows and doors that the house is flooded with natural light on even the dimmest days ...
Wikipedia entry on Neartown: "The City of Houston's Planning Department refers to the Neartown area as a mixed-use community which serves as a model for other neighborhoods to follow ..."
"Colleges and universities
Neartown is home to the University of Saint Thomas.
Neartown is also in close proximity to Rice University, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, Houston Community College Central, and University of Houston–Downtown."
UNIVERSITY
ARCHITECTS RESTORE HISTORIC GEM
Inside U Va - 12 Jul 1995
... CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Just two blocks away from the old train yard in
downtown Charlottesville, a significant piece of Virginia history was quietly
deteriorating until a couple years ago, when it was rescued from near-oblivion
by architecture professor Michael J. Bednar and his wife, Elizabeth "Jo"
Lawson, an architect and capital programs manager in facilities management.
They are now lovingly
restoring what is probably the last surviving example of Jefferson-linked
architecture that had not been restored in this area. "We feel very fortunate
to have found this house," says Mr. Bednar. "We felt, too, that
this was a good thing to do for the community." ...
When house hunting a couple of years ago Mr. Bednar, a member of the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows, and Ms. Lawson were looking simply for an older home with some character, nothing especially historic, they recall.
During that time a colleague, architecture professor K. Edward Lay, had students
undertake an in-depth study of the condemned house on Jefferson Street that
was almost completely hidden from view by overgrown brush and vines. The 1826-vintage
house, known as "The Farm," was listed as "The Lewis Farm"
on the National Register of Historic Places, and had almost certainly been
built by some of the same skilled craftsmen who constructed Jefferson's original
buildings at the University ...
Also see these College Town Life pages ...
Redevelopment: Infill and Cohousing
Denser Campus Areas Coming To Larger College Towns
Read the