Housing
Stamford, CT Living At Manhattan Rents
Best known to the planning world as a case study of the follies of 1950's slum clearance policies, Stamford gives mixed-use development a try.
Philadelphia's Risky And Ambitious Urban Renewal
Philadelphia is embarking on a risky $295 million urban renewal project to demolish 14,000 abandoned homes and replace vacant lots with urban prairie.
Suburban Economic Integration
John King writes about the unusual San Francisco suburb of Tracey, which is unlike any development since World War II.
New Growth Outpaces Utilities
The Detroit suburb of Canton Township has grown faster than utilities can keep up. Is this an ominous trend?
Affordable Housing And The 'Paradox Of Prosperity'
Working families struggle as affordable housing options disappear.
Weinstein's 'City Within A City'
Developer Mark J. Weinstein says his plan to turn an ageing property into modern residential lofts, coffee shops, and a promenade, is exactly what Los Angeles needs to reinvent itself.
Vancouver Proves That 'New Urbanism' Works
Experts say the 'New Urbanism' experiment in Vancouver, Canada, is working and the city is years ahead of other Canadian and U.S. cities in developing its downtown.
Plans For Buffalo's Tallest Building
Plans submitted for mixed-use development in Buffalo, NY, include a 50-story residential structure.
Fresno's Downtown Dreams
City leaders in Fresno, CA, have unveiled a $30 million plan to will revitalize the city's downtown. Will it succeed?
Affordable Housing: Six Serious Obstacles
Roger K. Lewis summarizes the most serious obstacles encountered when developing affordable housing.
Cohousing In Arizona
A Tuscon cohousing community opens -- a "community in balance with nature."
Building An Afforable Community From Scratch
South Ranch is a success story of a 195-home community developed and maintained by lower-income, first-time homeowners.
The Transformation Of 'Sprawl-Weary' Los Angeles
The second-largest city in the U.S. is transforming itself as it grows inward and upward. Planners praise new anti-sprawl projects inside the city.
Living The American Dream In China
Outside of Beijing there is an American suburb called Orange County. It is a gated community with homes American-style.
New Plan To Revitalize Pittsburgh Downtown Retail Corridor
After 15 months of work, a mayoral task force has created a $363 million plan to breathe life into the moribund Downtown Pittsburgh retail corridor bounded by Fifth and Forbes avenues and Market Square.
NY Developer Silverstein Profiled
The Wall Street Journal profiles Larry Silverstein, the New York developer who owned the WTC, and is central in the rebuilding effort.
FHA Home Mortgage Insurance Program Is Strong
A report issued by Deloitte & Touche says the FHA's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is in its strongest financial condition.
Stupid Sprawl: Enemy Of Smart Growth and Regionalism
Logan Jenkins says "smart growth" is actually "old growth."
REITs And Modernization
Lehman Brother's David Shulman discusses the lasting benefits of the REIT Modernization Act of 1999.
Book Review: 'The City In Mind'
A review of "The City In Mind: Meditations On The Urban Condition" by James Howard Kunstler
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
