Downtown Plan

City planners reassert what many in Sacramento have known for years: that the city needs a remodeled downtown plaza, one that is less like a mall and more like city center.

Dallas is hoping to break the ring of concrete created by the surrounding Central Expressway and Interstates 30 and 35.

A battle over the height of a proposed skyscraper in San Francisco emphasizes the need for an update to the city's 25-yr old plan, says critic John King.