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Lessons From America's Most Ambitious Infrastructure Project

The City Journal examines lessons from Boston's 35-year, $14.8 billion Big Dig project and asks how can American invest in infrastructure -- and do it intelligently?

December 10, 2007 - City Journal

Buffalo Chips

Over the past 75 years, Buffalo, New York, has gone on a long downward spiral of deterioration and depopulation. Instead of pumping money into this failing city, legislators should focus on helping its people, writes Edward L. Glaeser.

October 26, 2007 - City Journal

Is the CDBG Program America's Worst Urban Initiative?

Is the Bush administration right to put the community-development block grant out of its misery?

April 18, 2005 - City Journal

How Not To Develop New York's West Side

A proposed combined stadium/convention center complex create what is universally recognized as two of the worst economic development engines in urban planning.

March 31, 2005 - City Journal

The Curse Of The Creative Class?

Cities rushing to embrace Richard Florida's 'creative class' strategies are likely to be disappointed, writes Steven Malanga.

March 3, 2004 - City Journal

Postmodern Monstrosities For Downtown

The newest proposals for Ground Zero understand nothing about New York.

January 3, 2003 - City Journal

Can Technology Keep Cities Safe?

We can learn from advances in transportation and congestion planning to develop technology to protect cities from terrorism.

January 2, 2002 - City Journal

The World Trade Center's Surprising History

The history of the World Trade Center is a case study in why government should not be involved in private-sector development.

November 5, 2001 - City Journal

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.