Housing

Empty Cambridge Plaza High-rises To Be Imploded

The Philadelphia Housing Authority demolishes a housing complex north of downtown.

July 2, 2001 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mega Sprawl

In the next fifty years 10 western states will develop land the size of Cuba, according to a University of Colorado report.

July 2, 2001 - The Denver Post

Massachusetts Faces Affordable Housing Battle

In the fiercest fight over low-cost housing in decades, lawmakers square off over legislation to determine what role communities outside of Boston will play in alleviating the state's housing crisis.

July 2, 2001 - The Boston Globe

Utah's Sprawling Exurbs

Utah's high-income 'exurbs' are growing twice as fast as Utah's population.

June 29, 2001 - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

San Francisco Bay Vs. Airport

In this Chronicle editorial, Savethe Bay urges San Franciscansto take a stand against SFO's new runway development plans.

June 29, 2001 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Arguments Against Smart Growth

A recently study comparing growth management in Portland and Atlanta raises concerns that smart growth may not be all that smart after all.

June 28, 2001 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Chicago's North Shore Redeveloping Its Main Streets

Though the last few decades have seen rapid suburban sprawl, several North Shore communities are embarking on redevelopment projects to put life back into older neighborhoods and rescue failing downtowns.

June 27, 2001 - The Chicago Tribune

Urban Sprawl In America

Is the American Dream really the same as urban sprawl? National Geographic investigates.

June 27, 2001 - National Geographic

Non-Profit Promotes Shared Housing

Project Share, a non-profit organization that matches "home providers" with "home seekers" in Berkeley and Oakland, is helping to meet housing needs in the Bay Area and finding seniors the extra help they need.

June 27, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Emerging Trends In Multigenerational Communities

A new real estate niche emerges -- communities for multigenerational residents.

June 26, 2001 - Wall St. Journal

California Struggling To Manage Growth

Despite some of the best minds in the nation and its creativity in movies and technology, California lags behind the rest of the nation in controlling growth.

June 26, 2001 - Contra Costa Times-Walnut Creek

Housing Costs Driving Academics From Boston

While Boston has long been an nternational hub for university life, ich with labs and libraries and cademia's juiciest cocktail parties, the city is increasingly a tough sell to professors due to high housing costs.

June 25, 2001 - The Boston Globe

Winter Park Avenue To Return To Mixed Use

City leaders envision more growth along Park Avenue, with new offices and even loft apartments moving in above the street-level businesses, a decades old concept that used to be the norm.

June 25, 2001 - The Orlando Sentinel

Top 100 Construction Firms

The Engineering News Record publishes the top 100 construction and construction-management firms in the U.S.

June 24, 2001 - Engineering News Record

Ft. Lauderdale Approves Major Mixed-Use Project For Premier Intersection

A premier but decayed intersection in the city will get a boost after city commissioners approved an apartment building with stores that they had previously rejected.

June 20, 2001 - Sun-Sentinel

Cleveland To Allow Warehouses To Be Converted To Lofts

Artists may soon colonize Cleveland's struggling industrial districts under a new zoning classification allows for live/work residential spaces in industrial warehouses.

June 20, 2001 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Celebration Still Having Growing Pains

The new urbanist community has small town charm mixed with some Disney magic, but not all the residents are living happily ever after.

June 19, 2001 - The Orlando Sentinel

Transit Mall Planned Around Dallas Transit Station

100 acres of the Urban Center development in Las Colinas have been set aside for a transit mall that will be built around the DART light-rail station scheduled to open in 2008.

June 18, 2001 - Dallas News

Turning Strip Malls To Housing Villages

Orange and L.A. Counties are running out of land for housing. The solution? Some advocate changing strip malls to homes.

June 18, 2001 - The Los Angeles Times

Just Like A Suburb -- Only Bigger

Has suburbia become a way of life? Fast Company takes a harsh look at Denver's megasuburb, Highlands Ranch.

June 18, 2001 - Fast Company

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