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Testing Grounds

Housing development, architecture and community building have found a new learning lab in the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.
19 October 2009 - 8:00am
The Atlantic

Floating Houses for Flood-Prone Areas

As the city of New Orleans rebuilds its flooded and destroyed neighborhoods, a new design from architect Thom Mayne seeks to counteract the flood-prone area by simply floating.
10 October 2009 - 9:00am
NPR

Problem: New Orleans Floods. Solution: A Floating House?

Architect Thom Mayne and a team of UCLA architecture students have created the first floating house permitted in the U.S. as part of a mission to help flood-ravaged New Orleans.
8 October 2009 - 6:00am
UCLA Newsroom

The Planetizen News Brief - 9/3/09


4:35 minutes (4.2 MB)

Creating a new New Orleans, getting on the BRT in Johannesburg, and finding value in parks -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

3 September 2009 - 5:00am
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Rebuilding a New Vision in New Orleans

Recovery in New Orleans doesn't just mean rebuilding the city as it was before Hurricane Katrina. Some see the process as creating an entirely new city.
1 September 2009 - 6:00am
The New York Times
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Entrepreneurs Thriving in New Orleans

Entrepreneurs are flocking to New Orleans, a boom that some expect to help bring employment levels 98.8% of the way back to pre-Hurricane Katrina levels by 2016.
2 August 2009 - 7:00am
The New York Times

Community Rebuilding in New Orleans

Rebuilding is underway in New Orleans. But not with huge conglomerates running the show. Most of the work is being done by non-profits, startups and other community-based organizations.
28 July 2009 - 12:00pm
WorldChanging

The Planetizen News Brief - 7/16/09


4:30 minutes (4.13 MB)

L.A. uses park lights to fight crime, New Orleans debates tearing down a freeway, and New York turns abandoned homes to affordable housing -- all on this week's Planetizen News Brief, airing weekly on the nationally-syndicated radio show "Smart City". Read, listen or download.

16 July 2009 - 9:00am
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New Orleans Debates Highway To Boulevard Project

According to a new draft master plan, the Clairborne Expressway may be the next freeway to join the nation's growing highway to boulevard movement.
13 July 2009 - 10:00am
The Times-Picayune

Post-Katrina, A Neighborhood Changes

The Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans was deluged in the post-Katrina flooding. Today, a new community emerges with traditional renovations living side-by side with unique contemporary buildings.
8 July 2009 - 11:00am
The Times-Picayune

Thousands of Miles of Mississippi Delta Lost to Sea Level Rise by 2100

By 2100, vast stretches of the Mississippi Delta will be lost to sea level rise, according to a recent study. More than 5,000 square miles could be lost, including much of New Orleans, researchers say.
6 July 2009 - 1:00pm
The Christian Science Monitor

Considering the Cottages' Permanence

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is offering Katrina cottage dwellers the chance to buy up their units. But will these "shotgun shacks" ever be considered legitimate homes?
15 April 2009 - 1:00pm
Governing

Planetizen Podcast - Creating a Sustainable Transportation System


11:10 minutes (6.44 MB)

Dr. John Renne, co-director of the University Transportation Center at the University of New Orleans, William Millar, President & CEO of the American Public Transportation Association, and Jim RePass, President and CEO of the National Corridors Initiative. discuss the infrastructure and transportation investments that are needed to develop sustainable transportation systems in New Orleans and the U.S. as a whole. Read, listen or download.

14 April 2009 - 5:00pm
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The City Makes a Comeback

Nicolai Ouroussof uses four cities--New Orleans, Los Angeles, The Bronx, and Buffalo--as case studies on how America's urban areas, long neglected, can once again be great.
2 April 2009 - 1:00pm
The New York Times
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A Blueprint For Making Cities Efficient, Sustainable And Livable

Nicolai Ouroussoff, architecture critic for The New York Times, argues that the time is right for a new vision of rebirth for America's ailing cities. He applies this new vision to the challenges of New Orleans, Los Angeles, the Bronx, and Buffalo.
30 March 2009 - 10:00am
The New York Times

Draft Master Plan Released in New Orleans

A new master plan for New Orleans has been released. Controversy is expected on the highly anticipated plan as public input is gathered.
23 March 2009 - 6:00am
New Orleans Times Picayune

Citizen Recovery Efforts Hit Government Barriers in New Orleans

When architects Anne Van Ingen and Wes Haynes set out to aid the New Orleans recovery effort by restoring a home in the Ninth Ward for low income buyers, they thought their work would be welcomed. But bureaucratic interference and misguided policies have turned a good deed into a nightmare, writes Roberta Brandes Gratz.
23 March 2009 - 5:00am
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Duany on Restoring New Orleans

Andrés Duany observes that American planners and architects are misunderstanding New Orleans by thinking of it as an American city rather than a Caribbean one.
22 March 2009 - 11:00am
New Geography

New Orleans Endangers Funds by Not Using Them

Senator Mary Landrieu has threatened to take away some of New Orleans' unused federal dollars if they remain so. Of the unspent $34 million allocated for low-income housing, $11 million will be lost if there are no projects by May 31.
13 March 2009 - 2:00pm
The Times-Picayune
Jeffrey Barg

When The Planners Go Marching In

Thu, 03/12/2009 - 11:55

There’s just one problem with academia. Sometimes it can be so … academic.

In the interest of getting out into the world, I’m writing this post from Nawlins (nee New Orleans), where 16 other Penn planners and I are spending our weeklong spring break doffing our tops for beads and booze doing pro bono city planning work. For most of us, it’s been nothing short of a paradigm shift—and the week ain’t over yet.

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