Built To Last

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"Built to Last" won first place in The Congress for the New Urbanism CNU 17 video contest.
This short film explores the connection between New Urbanism and environmental issues.
Created by independent filmmaker John Paget (www.pagetfilms.com) with First+Main Media (Drew Ward, Chris Elisara and John Paget). www.firstandmain.tv

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[1standMain]

"Sprawlanta" - pilot episode for our new "American Makeover" series is now online - here on our youtube channel. Find us on facebook.

[zideaz]

The video is well-done, but the graphic at the start is just annoying.

One graphic at the end advertising your other project is sufficient.

[1standMain]

thanks for feedback - not much experience with using those pop up ads - we scaled it back to one ad at the end (over credit roll).

[arthurfmh]

The greatest threat is government control!

Let the road users bear their cost of congestions due to urban sprawl. Let the private build their transport system in the urban core. That's it.

[1standMain]

@arthurfmh

FYI: it is the government that makes new urbanism illegal. Yes, illegal. People WANT to live in new urbanist type places, but developers have to fight all kinds of government laws just to build them. Government control is preventing walkable places and forcing us to live in sprawl.

[Audiomuse]

I love new urbanism. I'm a teenager and hope to be a bigger part of the "back to the city movement" as I grow older. I support denser building and more cohesive communities. I have seen how unsustainable suburbs are and how little most people interact with each other within them. I have seen monopolies emerge with the Wal Marts and McDonald's dominating strip malls of little architectural value.

[Cyrus992]

@Max01388

I see what you mean and sure New Urbanism has downsides, but what is your solution when it comes to urban design?

You know the car-dependent development of that last 80 years was ALSO infested with codes, regulations, and subsidies!

[fromhgwaii]

Have you seen the "highrise" suburbs in many developing countries? Gated Corbusian tower-in-the park, far from everything, and tied together highways.

This video would be great if you could translate it into a few other languages. Portuguese, Spanish, Hindi...

[Max01388]

Stack and Track housing for the masses. The UN, the worlds eugenics police force wants us all to live in little cubicles stacked one on top of the other side by side for many miles along rail tracks, moved like cattle, penned in like dogs or pigs where every move you make is monitored and personal freedoms are a thing of the past, a Communists dream dystopia.

[Cyrus992]

@1charlastar

Well... I do have a few dislikes with them... However they were so much for control, why a huge chunk of their development involve single-family homes with yards? Did you see Celebration, FL?

[1charlastar]

I suggest you take time to read "Understanding Sustainable Development Agenda 21" at Magic City News. (Posting a website is not allowed so add (dot) pdf at end) Of course many of the concepts sound great and many of you apparently already love living in central city high-rise apartments. This is planned for almost all of us.

Pay special attention to the Wildlands Map on page 17 with areas allowed for human habitation, then to pages 19 and 20.

[Cyrus992]

@1charlastar

I researched 13575 order and found no connection with New Urbanism.

I also found out that they want to ban Fannie Mae lending influence in their neighborhoods. Sounds like they want to promote the free market.

[Cyrus992]

@1charlastar

Are you sure the New Urbanism is related to this idea?

[FlawdaFootball]

When I went to study abroad in Europe, the hardest part of leaving was trading the walkable cities with sidewalk cafes to come back to my suburban hell hole with 30 minute commutes and nothing but 3 miles of houses in any direction

[pavilionking06]

PORTLAND OREGON already gets it! One more reason I love it. 20-minute neighborhoods all over this city.

[krirks]

so...does Manhattan count for this?

I live in 32nd floor, there are many shops and groceries down the streets

I ride a bicycle to work in 10 min.

but it seems that i don't get any profit from this at all