OUR TOWNS TOWN PLANNING DOCUMENTS

A NEW WAY OF DEALING WITH TOWN PLANNING: THIS IS -- WE BELIEVE -- THE MOST VITAL ASPECT OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

The purpose of the discussions available on these pages is to help people in the movement to create an entirely different and more profound process by which we make our homes, our cities, and our lives. We call the following material "discussions" because the more we understand about the problem, the more we realize that what is needed is a nationwide discussion about the way that town planning is going forward. It is a huge subject, troubling to many people, yet hardly touched in a profound and satisfactory way. We call them "discussions", too, to reflect the fact that we are so ignorant, and that in a state of our current ignorance we need to come together, discussing the matter, until some new light begins to show itself.

OUR DISCUSSIONS AND TOOLS ARE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE PANELS BELOW

CRITIQUE AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM WITH CURRENT TOWN PLANNING
The Problem	The developer and his impact on American Life	FREEDOM: Dialogue with Bruce Snider	Is community planning a civil rights issue? The current planning process -- its roots and results
CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM: PRAISE AND CRITIQUE
Charter of the CNU -- The Congress for New Urbanism	The enormous constructive contribution of Andres Duany	Comments by Michael Pyatok	Alex Marshall commentary
INNOVATIVE PROPOSALS WHICH MAY GIVE US USEFUL STEPS FORWARD
Cars and Pedestrians: A possible way forward partly replacing present planning and zoning	A model for Action	Importance of public space and the shape of public space	Modifying today's planning and zoning mechanisms