Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU XI), June 19-22, 2003 (Washington, D.C.)

The Knight Program Fellows and scholars attended the Congress for the New Urbanism in Washington, D.C. The theme for this year's conference was "Ideas to Realities: The Evolving City." In particular, the conference focused on districts and corridors. Corridors in Washington include the boulevard system, the waterfront, and a number of mass transportation corridors.

In addition to attending lectures and seminars, several Knight Program faculty members and fellows presented at the conference:

• Charles C. Bohl, Knight Program Director, spoke on "Conventional Development versus Traditional Development: The Differences" and participated in the session "The Second Coming of the American Town Center."
• Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, dean of the University of Miami School of Architecture, was a panel speaker for "Design and Placemaking for Lifelong Health."
• Peter Brown (KF '01) delivered the concluding address for "New Urbanism 101."
• Rick Chellman (KF '03), Rick Hall (KF '01), and Peter Swift (KF '02) were presenters for "Boulevards and Beyond." Peter Swift also presented "Transportation: Streets and the Pedestrian."
• Bill Gietema (KF '02) spoke on "From the Vision to the Business Plan: Developer-Builder Relations."
• Dhiru Thadani (KF '01) moderated the plenary session about the planning history of Washington, D.C.
• Laurie Volk (KF '02) spoke on "Housing: An Overview of the Markets."