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Before the New Urbanism: Opportunity and Constraint in the Postwar Suburban Landscape

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The New Urbanism embodies a qualitative shift in the suburban built environment. It is dialectically related to post-World War Two suburban development: the conditions that gave rise to what has become conventional development, gave rise to the conditions that provided the opportunity for the New Urbanism to constitute itself. New Urbanists, originally a few architects, but increasingly numerous planners, local officials, and developers, advocate a form of development throughout the metropolitan region – from suburban new towns to urban infill to low-income housing rehabilitation – that draws on successful traditional spaces for inspiration. The movement could only come together by addressing the political, economic, cultural, and material aspects of the realm of social relations within which it exists, but also the historical contingency of their assembly. These conditions defined the terms to which the New Urbanism would have to respond to make itself real, provided it with the leverage or impetus it needed to launch itself, and constrained it to operating in a particular fashion to sustain itself. The comprehensive nature of the New Urbanist response, as well as their balance of principle and pragmatism, distinguish the movement and explain its increasing influence on the suburban landscape.

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Passell, Aaron. "Before the New Urbanism: Opportunity and Constraint in the Postwar Suburban Landscape" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City, Aug 11, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-11-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182929_index.html>

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Passell, A. , 2007-08-11 "Before the New Urbanism: Opportunity and Constraint in the Postwar Suburban Landscape" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, TBA, New York, New York City Online <PDF>. 2008-11-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p182929_index.html

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Abstract: The New Urbanism embodies a qualitative shift in the suburban built environment. It is dialectically related to post-World War Two suburban development: the conditions that gave rise to what has become conventional development, gave rise to the conditions that provided the opportunity for the New Urbanism to constitute itself. New Urbanists, originally a few architects, but increasingly numerous planners, local officials, and developers, advocate a form of development throughout the metropolitan region – from suburban new towns to urban infill to low-income housing rehabilitation – that draws on successful traditional spaces for inspiration. The movement could only come together by addressing the political, economic, cultural, and material aspects of the realm of social relations within which it exists, but also the historical contingency of their assembly. These conditions defined the terms to which the New Urbanism would have to respond to make itself real, provided it with the leverage or impetus it needed to launch itself, and constrained it to operating in a particular fashion to sustain itself. The comprehensive nature of the New Urbanist response, as well as their balance of principle and pragmatism, distinguish the movement and explain its increasing influence on the suburban landscape.

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BEFORE THE NEW URBANISM: OPPORTUNITY AND CONSTRAINT IN THE POSTWAR SUBURBAN LANDSCAPE AARON PASSELL NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Introduction The New Urbanism embodies a qualitative shift in the suburban built environment. It is dialectically related to post World War Two suburban development: the conditions that gave rise to what has become conventional development gave rise to the conditions that provided the opportunity for the New Urbanism to constitute itself. It could only come together by addressing the political economic cultural
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