St. Paul Pioneer Press

In suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, homeowners are losing the battle to keep affordable housing our of their neighborhoods. This Pioneer Press article includes a video that nicely shows both sides of the issue.

A new urban design center in St. Paul, Minnesota, allows residents to try their hand at city planning in hopes of educating the public about managing growth and development.

By taxing land more than buildings, cities can encourage valuable sites to be used productively, rather than banked by investors hoping for even higher prices.

A $1.5 billion dollar mixed use development proposed along the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been voted down by the city's planning commission after it refused to approve a zoning variance for 30 story condos.

The suburban form is taking over the world, and universities are expanding suburban studies to examine suburbia.

In a bizarre legal fight in Minnesota, the oil giant wants to stop eminent domain for a public housing project by claiming its own land is too polluted for residents.

Storage condos are seen as a new way to "atttack suburban clutter".

Several school districts invest in a new approach to raising funds.

Transportation appropriations bill wipes out the $600 million a year in federal funding that goes toward such transportation enhancements as walkways, bike paths, and similar improvements in fiscal year 2004.

After years of unruly activity and damage by college student neighbors, the City considers a policy that would restrict student rentals in residential areas.

Around the world, many of the world's cities are being reclaimed by pedestrians.

Lake Elmo and the regional Metropolitan Council battle over whether the Council can force growth into unwilling local cities.

Since the Mall of America opened a decade ago it has reshaped and set the standard for combining retail and entertainment.

An architecture critic comments on the psudo placemaking that commonly occurs with Disneyesque New Urbanist plans.

As rents in revitalized downtown areas increases, adult businesses are being forced out to the suburbs.

Protesting a new development in the suburbs of St. Paul, MN the "Pinkville Three" have started an urban fuchsia forst.