Subdivisions

A Backyard Battle: Trials of a Garden-Variety NIMBY

Nandita Godbole advocates for parks and greenspaces around Atlanta. But when faced with a struggle over keeping her own quarter-acre backyard open and free, she found she was powerless.
8 October 2009 - 5:00am

'Zombie Subdivisions' Eating America's Suburbs

Thousands of subdivisions across the country have been abandoned mid-development by owners and developers hit hard by the economic recession. This video takes a tour inside one of these "zombie subdivisions".
7 October 2009 - 7:00am
CNN

Ghost Town in Dade County

A subdivision in Florida's Dade County is left half-finished, leaving early buyers to live in a ghost town.
26 May 2009 - 6:00am
The Miami Herald

In A Sign of the Times, Failed Development Demolished

A stalled housing development in a Los Angeles exurb meets the wrecking ball as completing the development became too unaffordable.
6 May 2009 - 5:00am
Los Angeles Times

Virginia Bans the Cul-De-Sac In New Subdivisions

Through streets in new neighborhoods will reduce traffic on and the cost of maintaining overburdened arterials, but builders and residents say it'll make their communities less safe and attractive.
23 March 2009 - 10:00am
The Washington Post

Sewers Sink Affordable Housing

Developer Amir Ziv thought he'd received all the approvals he needed for a controversial affordable housing development in Columbia, MO - but failed to count on storm water regulations.
1 January 2009 - 7:00am
The Columbia Tribune

Subdivisions Becoming Ghost Towns

As foreclosures spread throughout the suburbs, subdivisions are rapidly becoming modern-day ghost towns, according to this column from The Seattle Times.
13 October 2008 - 2:00pm
The Seattle Times
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