Changing The DNA Of Development

Is changing codes and building rules is the only way to revolutionize development in the United States?

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February 11, 2003, 7:00 AM PST

"Some of the architects, designers, and planners who got behind smart growth early on are straining to get comfortable with the idea of marketing the movement in a political sense. Some prefer to stay within the confines of local processes. And one dissenter, the Miami-based architect Andres Duany, a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism and designer of the neotraditional village of Seaside, Fla., believes the political arena is a complete waste of time."

Thanks to Anthony Flint

FULL STORY: 'Smart growth' expands its thinking

Sunday, February 9, 2003 in The Boston Globe

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