Housing

Has The Big Dig Killed Megaprojects?

After two decades of mishaps, the $14.6 billion tombstone for Boston's Big Dig seems to be: "Don't try this at home."

May 23, 2003 - The Boston Globe

Real Estate Agents Feel Threatened By Online Property Listings

Opponents of a National Association of Realtors' policy allowing realtors to keep listings off the Web say the policy restricts buyer choice.

May 23, 2003 - Wired

Middle Eastern Investors Buy U.S. Properties Despite Tension

Middle Eastern investors are pouring more money into U.S. commercial real estate, even as anti-American sentiment runs high.

May 22, 2003 - REIS

Ballot Approves Sprawling Development

Residents of Buckeye vote in favor of Arizona's largest master-planned community development.

May 22, 2003 - The Arizona Republic

Fields Of Prayer: Religious Groups Contribute To Sprawl

Religious groups are building places of worship in rural land first and then developing subdivisions around them.

May 21, 2003 - The Globe and Mail

'Student Ghetto' Transforming 'Old Urbanism'

Community life suffers as student population grows.

May 21, 2003 - Belfast Telegraph

Architecture For The People

New York City Housing Authority's architect David J. Burney works to prove that public housing need not be "banal" or poorly designed.

May 21, 2003 - The New York Times

Billion-Dollar Urban Village Planned

Ramsey, a city known as a stoplight amid RV dealerships, will break ground on a billion-dollar plan to turn vacant farmland into a transit-oriented urban village.

May 21, 2003 - Star Tribune

This Is Student Housing?

College dorms are being replaced by plush residences as collegees use private developers to build new units.

May 20, 2003 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Nation's New Brooklyns: Large, Fast-Growing, And Diverse

A wave of immigration is reshaping traditional white suburbs into fast-growing "New Brooklyns."

May 20, 2003 - USA Today

Affordable Housing At The Cross Hairs

Exclusionary zoning and its effect on housing affordability

May 19, 2003 - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Suburbs Face Sticker Shock Of Sprawl

Maryland suburbs begin to cope with the same issues as traditional downtowns: Who will pay for growth? What happened to Glendening's smart growth?

May 19, 2003 - Sun Spot

A House Bigger Than Monster Homes

A billionaire plans to build a 103,667-square-foot house in Washington which is the home to four of the top five big-house communities in the country.

May 19, 2003 - The Washington Post

Plans For Idaho's Largest Development Abandoned

Developers abandoned their plans to build what would have been Idaho's largest residential development saying the project´s progress has been bled dry by too many government regulations.

May 17, 2003 - The Idaho Statesman

Radical Individualism, Cities, And Transportation

The anti-urban movement is in "denial."

May 17, 2003 - Public Transit

Voracious Growth Threatens Future Congestion

Various transit related proposals are evaluated for the Phoenix Valley area to combat burgeoning growth.

May 17, 2003 - The Arizona Republic

Inclusionary Zoning Feasible For Los Angeles

A new study finds that inclusionary zoning did not have a negative impact on housing production in California cities.

May 16, 2003 - Livable Places

New Ottawa City Plan Discourages Sprawl

Ottawa hopes to channel future development into more compact neighbourhoods, with special attention for infill developments and higher densities in the inner city.

May 15, 2003 - The Globe and Mail

Filling In The Gaps Of Kansas City's Urban Fabric

Midwest-based Urban Coeur Development is combining historically rehabilitated lofts and commercial space with new construction townhomes to create a new boulevard park community in the heart of Kansas City's downtown neighborhoods.

May 14, 2003 - The Kansas City Star

Impacts Of U.S.-style Urbanization

In the second of a series on place and placelessness, The Globe and Mail explores the effects of U.S.-style urbanization in other countries.

May 14, 2003 - The Globe and Mail

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.

Community Development Director

City of Wisconsin Rapids

Professor of Urban Planning

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Transportation Planner I

KFH Group Inc.

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