New urbanism is more than an architectural fad. It is a decade-old movement to rejuvenate urban living centers and recreate them in the suburbs. It is the opposite of suburban sprawl. The Congress of New Urbanism is headquartered in Chicago; its leader is the former Mayor of Milwaukee, John Norquist. An article about Norquist in Chicago Magazine had this to say about New Urbanism: "CNU has spearheaded a movement to bring old-fashioned Main Streets, front porches, homes above shops, busy sidewalks, narrow streets, and mixed-income neighborhoods back to the cities and into the soulless suburbs." New Urbanism affects firefighters in two different settings: (1) the rehabilitation of existing buildings and the construction of new structures in existing neighborhoods and (2) suburban developments currently being built with a New Urban style that makes them similar to century-old, inner-city neighborhoods.
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