Housing
New Pittsburgh Downtown Plan Emphasizes Housing Over Retail
A new plan to revitalize Pittsburgh's long-ailing Fifth and Forbes corridor is anchored by space for hundreds of new housing units, de-emphasizing retail space.
Another Take On A Better Suburbia
Village Homes in Davis, CA, while not strictly adhering to New Urbanist principles, offers a highly liveable alternative to typical suburban development.
The Name Brand Suburb
Los Angeles-based KB Home offers to brand the suburban community in ABC's popular soap opera, 'Desperate Housewives'.
Miami's Construction Boom
Projects will double the tax budget of one of the nation's poorest cities, but the jump in taxes is not a net gain.
Unsprawl Case Study: Prairie Crossing, IL
The first 12 models of homes at Prairie Crossing represent the firstcommunity-scale demonstration project for the U.S. Department ofEnergy's Building America program.
Washington's Revival
Neal Peirce reviews the revival of Washington D.C.
Cohousing Considered In Ohio
Loveland, OH, may have the state's first plans for a cohousing development.
Athens, GA, Grows Up
More high rise construction is planned in the heart of a quintessential college town.
Say Goodbye to Community Development Funding
Bush plans to reduce and cut crucial HUD programs.
A Growth Plan For The 'Software Development Capital Of the World'
Microsoft plans to add 2.2 million s.f. new office space on its Redmond campus over the next 20 years.
Dublin's High-Density Future
Historic Dublin is feeling pressure to increase density. Will Dubliners end up living in high-rise city center towers?
The Battle Over Eminent Domain
Across the nations, homeowners are battling developers' use of eminent domain.
In Favor Of Affordable Housing; Just Not Here
A small neighborhood school, or housing where teachers and other helping professionals can afford to live? Hard choices in suburban D.C.
Designing For Displacement?
How will a Tucson redevelopment project impact the city's public housing community?
'A Different Vision' In Iowa City
A developer's ideas take this college town's urbanism to new heights.
Judge Charges HUD With Fair Housing Violation
Agency blamed for not taking a regional approach to low-income housing creation in Baltimore area.
A History of Housing Segregation
Baltimore's public housing has been segregated since the 1930s, leading to concentrations of poverty in the inner city.
High Hopes For Harlem
A group of investors is betting $220 million on a new Harlem renaissance, in the form of a new office, hotel and retail complex.
Condo Conversions Are The New Residential Reality
Low mortgage costs and high home prices have launched a rash of condo conversions--a new trend that's bound to continue.
Exurban Development Generates Discontent, Arson
Why did a group of young men attack an upscale sub-division? Investigators encountered a puzzling scenario.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
