July 31, 2009

New Urbanism’s old hat wears well

During four days in mid-June, Colorado was center-stage for architects, planners, builders and developers who share a passion for a planning, design and land-use scheme known broadly as “new urbanism.”

The Chicago-based Congress for the New Urbanism chose Denver for its 17th annual conference, a decision that was driven in large measure by the pace of new urbanist-inspired development in metro Denver and Boulder and, to a lesser degree, the more-northern Front Range.

In short, the region has come of age, according to those who hold the movement’s concepts near and dear.

“I feel I’m in the midst of a full and wholesale…

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