Why New Urbanism is often called New Suburbanism

Colorful, quaint and quirky Prospect is the brainchild of Kiki Wallace, who developed the community on what was once his family s 80-acre tree farm south of Longmont. (Post / RJ Sangosti). Photo from the Denver Post article "Prospect: Utopia shows its true colors. Nearly a decade into its test of new urbanism, the community with the daring palette finds everyone has his own picture of "perfect"."

Greenfield development does little to reorient development back to the center. I finally re-picked up Steve Belmont's Cities in Full to read in earnest. What an amazing book!

It's enough to get me off my butt and try to start the urban planning reading group that I talked about last year, although then I called it the "Jane Jacobs reading group" and certainly reading Death and Life of Great American Cities, The Economy of Cities, and Cities and the Weatlh of Nations would be on the list, maybe including books by Richard Florida, Joel Garreau, Roberta Gratz, and others.

Comment if you're interested.

Levittown, Pennsylvania.