The Boston Globe

A former New York corporate lawyer turned developer is pouring his love for historic and human scaled urbanism into the city's neglected core.

In a third and perhaps final attempt, developer John Rosenthal submitted plans to locate 668 housing units, 57,000 square feet of retail, 1,200 parking spaces, and a redeveloped transit station in Boston's Kenmore Square neighborhood.

Commuter rail is an outdated model of transportation, and does little to reduce car use or promote transit-oriented development.

In Massachusetts, some cities are changing their zoning rules and restrictions, encouraging more developers to building higher density "cluster" developments in traditionally low-density areas.

Boston is set to become the first city in the nation to impose a strict set of green building standards on all new development in the city. The requirements will take effect in January and affect buildings 50,000 square feet and larger.

A innovative training program in Boston is helping people get better jobs cleaning up the environment.

A neighborhood group in Boston is trying to bring attention to the "poor planning" of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, in hopes to bring greater accountability to the agency.

At more than $1,168 a square foot, the $1.28 billion sale of 5 Times Square makes it the most expensive office tower to date.

Gov. Mitt Romney releases an engineering review that finds Boston's Big Dig to be 'fundamentally safe' but recommends some repairs.

City officials want to save Nuestra Culinary Ventures in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, which is facing imminent closure due to longstanding budget woes.

Across the country, an increasing number of marathon runners are adding to the economic growth of small, mid-size, and large cities.

As the nation's population reaches 300 million, tackling explosive growth becomes a critical national priority.

After undergoing years of gentrification, New York City's Greenwich Village has become almost unrecognizable to its long time residents.

After several failed attempts at urban renewal in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, government officials and investors believe that the latest efforts aimed at reincarnation of the city's core will succeed.

Despite a rocky start, the 30 years old John Hancock Tower has become Boston's greatest example of modern architecture.

In Boston, the naming of public spaces can be more challenging than actually building it in the first place.

The Boston City Council is considering an initiative that would require all new sidewalks in the city to be rubberized, using tiles of recycled tires as the city's walkways. Concrete cracking from tree root growth could become a thing of the past.

In the first of two installments, the Boston Globe delves into the ever-changing built environment of Shanghai, one of China's fastest growing cities.

One of Boston's most well known buildings, the I.M. Pei designed John Hancock Tower, is up for sale for the second time in almost as many years.

The Boston Globe publishes a recent series of readers’ comments about the merits of city versus suburban living.