Wisconsin

Madison, WI, considers setting up a city-wide wireless internet network.

Whitney Gould, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel urban spaces columnist, answers questions from readers.

Madison's Urban Design Commission makes a surprising recommendation.

Experts in Wisconsin try to account for why the greatest number of manufacturing job lost in the metropolitan Milwaukee area were in the suburbs.

A selection of opinions about urban sprawl.

All too often parking is treated as a leftover -- essential, but not worthy of good design. A little thought can make a huge difference, writes columnist Whitney Gould.

Rising gas prices got you down? Cheap fuel for your car may be as close as the deep fryer at your local diner.

The Milwaukee Common Council approved a plan on June 15 for redeveloping a mile-long corridor on an edge of downtown where the blighting influence of the Park East Freeway has been eliminated.

Vacant big box superstores can be hard to reuse, but some communities are adapting them creatively

By the end of 2005, Milwaukee will boast eight design-savvy new bridges.

New housing projects in Wisconsin's capital must include affordable units.

Emphasizing jobs and the environment a plan aims to revitalize Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.

What happens when a Plan Commission has no architect, landscape architect, planner or developer from the private sector?

A nondescript gas station in suburban Mequon serves as a positive example of what can happen when the city demands more creativity from developers.

Whitney Gould of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel considers the value and opportunities for the renewal of marginal, residual spaces.

Zoning changes welcome domestic chickens in single family neighborhoods.

A sign of tensions between urban and rural landscapes, Amish families are moving away from their traditional settlements.

Architect, planner, developer and author Alexander Garvin answers questions about the WTC and the field of planning.

Milwaukee neighborhoods are assessing 'green infrastructure' as method for economic development.

A regional planning agency expands its authority to telecommunications.