Nevada

Life Beyond The Strip

A new resort and a master-planned community built around seven golf courses are planned on tribal lands east of Las Vegas.
17 August 2001 - 7:00am
Urban Land Magazine

Las Vegas Needs 'East Coast Urbanism'

Mayor Oscar Goodman discusses Las Vegas and his ideas for revitalizing downtowns.
9 August 2001 - 9:00am
MetropolisMag.com

Architect Of Las Vegas Skyline Dies

Architect Martin Stern, Jr. redefined the skyline of Las Vegas with his exuberant style.
3 August 2001 - 10:00am
The New York Times

Self-Steering Buses On Course For Las Vegas

Buses will be steering themselves through the streets of Las Vegas beginningin 2003 by means of an optical guidance system incorporating cameras,computers, and motors
1 August 2001 - 12:00pm
The New York Times

Las Vegas Looking To Slow Down Growth

County planners are advocating land-use designations for the Las Vegas Valley that would help stem the tide of housing and commerical developments.
19 July 2001 - 8:00am
Las Vegas Sun

Greening Nevada's Nuclear Test Site

Interesting environmental science projects are being explored at the site of the world's most dangerous nuclear experiments.
14 July 2001 - 7:00am
High Country News

Maglev Train From LA To Las Vegas Still Up In Air

Officials chasing federal money to onstruct a high-speed, magnetically propelled train between Las Vegas and Anaheim, California, say powerful friends in Congress are keeping their bid alive.
22 June 2001 - 9:00am
Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas Hoping To Develop Its Downtown

City officials will be review several proposals during the next few weeks to determine the amount of funds the city is prepared to invest in downtown development.
5 June 2001 - 11:00am
Las Vegas Sun

Smart Freeways Coming To Nevada

Electronic freeway signs around Las Vegas are the first part of the a planned traffic management system intended to relieve congestion in the booming state.
12 May 2001 - 8:00am
Las Vegas Review Journal

BLM Sells Land Allowing Las Vegas To Grow

The profits from the 1,905-acre sale in North Las Vegas will be used to purchase privately owned land in Nevada.
10 May 2001 - 9:30am
The Los Angeles Times

The Arsenic Capital Of The Nation

The water system of Fallon, NV, delivers a high amount of arsenic to residents.
19 April 2001 - 8:00am
The Chicago Tribune

Las Vegas Wants To Build A Downtown

Las Vegas -- the city best known for it's imitation monuments -- wants to build a real downtown.
16 April 2001 - 6:00am
The Boston Globe

Las Vegas Seeks Urban Legitimacy

Las Vegas, Nevada has been ridiculed as a warped caricature of american culture. It now wants cosmopolitan trappings.
20 March 2001 - 8:00am
The Los Angeles Times

Las Vegas: Utopia Of Clowns

James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, publishes a chapter from his forthcoming book on the Web.
19 March 2001 - 10:00am
James Howard Kunstler

How Two Fast-Growing Cities Deal With Growth

The Christian Science Monitor looks at how Las Vegas and Reno have dealt with their growth problems.
16 March 2001 - 8:00am
The Christian Science Monitor

Las Vegas Says No To Affordable Housing Project

Las Vegas City Council members and residents came out against a proposed affordable housing development citing an absence of open space.
12 March 2001 - 10:00am
Las Vegas Sun

The Best New Hotel In Las Vegas?

Las Vegas real estate mogul pronounces his new hotel "the single most wonderful resort in the history of Las Vegas."
8 February 2001 - 11:00am
Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas:From 'Sin City' To 'Smog City'

Las Vegas has some of the worst air quality in the Western US. Lax enforcement of environmental laws at fault.
2 February 2001 - 9:30am
The Los Angeles Times

Urbanizing Lake Tahoe

Environmentalists and affordable housing advocates compromise on a plan bringing more development around the famed lake.
27 January 2001 - 8:00am
Las Vegas Sun

The Smithsonian Comes To Las Vegas

Smithsonian-sponsored tours of art and architecture have added Las Vegas to the schedule. "Glitz and fakery is art, too."
26 January 2001 - 10:30am
The Los Angeles Times
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