History / Preservation

Jarrett Murphy reviews The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs" by Roberta Brandes Gratz, and concludes that it is a nuanced interpretation of the classic showdown.

January 13, 2011 - City Limits

January 13, 2011 - Tim Halbur

The plot of a new Muppets movie in the works is said to focus largely around historic preservation issues, according to this post from Curbed LA.

January 11, 2011 - Curbed LA

Wal-Mart has started a major public relations effort to try to get the public behind plans to open several of its big box retail stores in New York City.

January 11, 2011 - The New York Times

A New York man who has watched a Bronx neighborhood fall into despair over decades is hoping to help un-blight the troubled area.

January 10, 2011 - The New York Times

In California, some worry that the state's aging delta levees are in extreme danger of being destroyed by earthquakes. And as environmental concerns rise, the state is considering plans to re-engineer its water supplies to prevent another "Katrina".

January 6, 2011 - Miller-McCune

The city of El Paso is hoping a new plan will breathe life back into formerly booming streets sucked dry after a freeway replaced them as the main entrance to town.

January 3, 2011 - El Paso Times

This slideshow from The Guardian looks inside some of Detroit's historic and decaying buildings.

January 3, 2011 - Guardian

This piece from The Globe and Mail takes a look at the history of Vancouver's waterfront, and how it gradually became public land.

January 3, 2011 - The Globe and Mail

Officials in Indonesia are increasingly considering a plan to relocate the capital from Jakarta to another, less troubled location.

December 30, 2010 - Guardian

New York City Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe talks with Next American City about the city's increased emphasis on creating active public spaces and how his department is handling budget cuts.

December 29, 2010 - Next American City

Urban explorer dsankt offers an in-depth look inside abandoned sections of the Metro system of Paris.

December 28, 2010 - Sleepy City

Over the last 50 years, preservation in Syria focused on restoring architecturally significant buildings, "sometimes destroyed the communities around them," writes Nicolai Ouroussoff. A plaza in Aleppo represents a change in strategy.

December 27, 2010 - The New York Times

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission lists only 110 interiors worthy of preservation. This article in Metropolis says the challenge is the "temporal nature of interior spaces."

December 27, 2010 - Metropolis Magazine

The crosswalk pictured on the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road has been designated a historic place in London.

December 23, 2010 - Guardian

Washington D.C. is planning to build a citywide streetcar network, but the overhead wires required for those plans would affect the city's historic views.

December 23, 2010 - NPR

Capitalism and bourgeois values built the city of Tel Aviv, which stands today as an outlier in Israel, according to this article.

December 22, 2010 - City Journal

The Archdiocese of Detroit is working with city planners and local demographers as they develop their plans for Catholic parish closures.

December 22, 2010 - The Detroit News

By looking at Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai, this article from City Journal explores how politics and different governmental ideologies have shaped the growth of these mega-cities.

December 19, 2010 - City Journal

A proposal to redevelop an abandoned rail embankment in Jersey City has pitted preservationists and smart growth proponents against each other.

December 16, 2010 - The Architect's Newspaper