Oct. 15 — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation deserves credit for recognizing and trying to correct fundamental flaws in the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission’s freeway study process, Citizens Allied for Sane Highways said Wednesday.
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Norquist’s Legacy and the New Urbanism
by Sonya Jongsma Knauss
Since 1993, when Mayor Norquist signed on as a charter member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, he has been promoting its principles religiously in Milwaukee. The goal? Strengthen Milwaukee as an urban center that offers people the kinds of benefits and amenities that only a city can provide, with its dense population of diverse peoples and opportunities. . . . Norquist took an hour and a half recently to talk with us at Bean Head, a minority-owned coffee shop on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive that he never misses a chance to champion.
The Seaside Debates: A Critique of the New Urbanism
by Erik J. de Kok
A professor of mine in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College of the City University of New York recently returned from a two-week vacation on the Gulf Coast in the Florida panhandle. I asked her if she had the chance to visit Seaside, the infamous neotraditional town, featured in the movie The Truman Show and designed by a team of architects and planners who would later on become some of the founders of a movement known as the New Urbanism. She replied that she had spent several days there, walking and talking with people in the shops and others hanging out on the street or near the beach. So I asked her what she thought of the place, and she told me that she witnessed what she could only describe as “an overpriced resort where the only ‘regulars’ are minority service workers and cleaning ladies, who can’t even afford to live in the town.” In fact, she said that most of the original single-family buildings were quickly converted to rental housing for vacationers, once the owners realized their income-generating potential.
Mayoral Candidates on Freeway Expansion
Nine mayoral candidates were asked “As mayor, would you support or oppose SEWRPC’s proposed $6.5 billion freeway expansion and reconstruction project, and what action would you take based on your position?” Seven replied….
UW-Menities: The University is Back in Session
With services for both students and the general public alike, having a university nearby can offer some pretty good perks. Here’s a look at what’s available to near neighbors–not just students–as the university year kicks off again.
June 2003
News briefs for Riverwest and surrounding environs… June is a month of controversy! A furtive, anonymous person has charged the Riverwest Currents with “censorship.” The River Neighbors Association is trying to muscle the Riverwest Neighborhood Association into changing its name. RNAmail members are pondering gentrification and dog poop. And the Brewzerkus was jailed in St. Louis. CASH has only begun to fight freeway expansion….
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