Wisconsin

Faux finials and bogus balconies are just a few of the unsightly details defacing some newer buildings in Milwaukee.

Why should the big spenders have a monopoly on architecturally distinctive dwellings?

Mixed use developments are moving into the suburbs of Milwaukee as developers see the demand for combined uses spreading out from the city's core.

With a teenage pregnancy rate among the nation's highest, Milwaukee business leaders are joining community advocates in taking steps to address the problem and its negative impact on the local workforce.

The Great Lakes represent an excellent source of untapped wind energy, but the hurdles would be formidable, particularly the "visual pollution" aspect presented by the 400 foot machines.

A new website streamlines the home buying process, threatening realtors and their 6% commission.

The new city plan for Madison, WI, "turns suburban sprawl on its head" by making infill and new urbanism the official city policies.

As students leave rundown houses for newly-built, amenity-filled complexes, near-campus housing stock in walkable neighborhoods opens up for faculty/staff restoration.

Online entrepreneurs compete with big-boxes as they revive downtowns across the country.

Supercenter opponents are losing their battle against Wal-Mart in a small Midwestern town.

One of Milwaukee's most successful brownfield reclamation projects is now facing the questions of how much housing is too much, and how dense is too dense.

Milwaukee's 1965 Amtrak Station is a shrine to bad design, but it still has its charms, which stand to be wiped out by the plan to fix it.

Could taxing people on their anticipated road use be a more equitable way to pay for roads and related infrastructure? Would it reduce car dependancy in the long term?

Recall election results in defeat for Wal-Mart's opponents in Jefferson, WI.

As housing prices continue to rise, Middleton Hills moves further and further away from the reach of the middle class.

Votes against WalMart annexation get voters riled in Jefferson, WI.

A nearly century old plan with ample open space and clusters of academic buildings enlightens the campus plan for a new century.

Led by the revolutionary Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta is the city to beat for luring new businesses -- a feat that Milwaukee hopes to best.

Housing projects in Madison, WI, are blending older buildings with new construction.

As a result of a major planning effort in Racine, WI, its downtown has attracted over $200 million in investments.