Humor
Friday Funny: Land Use and Love Lost
California Planning and Development Report's Morris Newman looks at the land use issue that caused the break-up of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and former TV news reporter Mirthala Salinas.
Friday Funny: Most Lustful US Cities?
Forbes has published its ranking of the America's 10 Most Lustful Cities. If you're looking for love, start in San Antonio or Cincinnati.
Best of the Worst in Planning for 2007
Keeping track of the weird things that occur in the planning and government world – from rules prohibiting screaming on amusement park rides to “green” cremation techniques – isn't really necessary. But someone should do it anyway.
Friday Funny: Crumbling Infrastructure Likely Means 'Something'
This article from The Onion looks back at the infrastructure problems that defined 2007, asking what they signify for the country.
Friday Funny: Payback For The Parking Czar
The head of traffic and parking enforcement in Rome, Italy was fired after parking illegally using a fraudulent handicapped permit.
Friday Funny: 'Mind Your Mouth'
The voiceover artist famous for reminding passengers to 'mind the gap' on the London Underground was fired after posting a series of subway announcement spoofs on her website.
Friday Funny: It's All About Horsepower
Fuel costs, environmental concerns, and striking transport workers are reviving interest in horse-driven vehicles in some French towns.
Friday Funny: How Real Estate Deals Work In LA
A Los Angeles City Planning Department employee accidentally leaves a message intended for the developer on the answering machine of a project opponent: The project will be approved "no matter what."
America's Most Caffeinated Cities
Is your city addicted to caffeine? Need Coffee Dot Com shares a study commissioned by HealthSaver to determine the most and least wired of America's cities. And no, it's not Seattle.
Friday Funny: Disney's 'Urban Adventure'
As the Disney Corporation and the city of Anaheim, California, squabble over a proposal to build affordable housing near the Happiest Place on Earth, Morris Newman suggests turning the affordable housing project into an "urban theme park".
The Music Of Failed Planning
Some urban planning projects are so frustratingly bad you just have to sing about them ... or at least find some songs to help vent that frustration. This blog post from Stuck Between Stations finds those songs.
Friday Funny: New York Steak
This article from the meat-focused magazine Meatpaper discusses Manhattan and its similarities to a slab of meat, and looks at how Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs would have sliced their New York steaks.
The Ugliest City In America - The People, That Is
Survey says: Philadelphians are the ugliest (and perhaps the fattest) people in the U.S, while the beach-loving residents of San Diego and Miami are the most gorgeous.
Friday Funny: Street Signs Tell Tale Of Love
This video from Do The Green Thing tells the tale of Gusty and Ford -- a street-sign love story that only came to be because of a fortuitous decision one day to walk instead of drive.
Friday Funny: No Kitchen, But Close To The Food Court
The leader of an artist's collective was recently charged with trespassing after he was found by security guards inside a small furnished room his group had secretly built more than four years ago on mall property.
Friday Funny: Pigeon Problems? Put 'Em On The Pill
Pigeon poop is driving officials crazy in towns across the world -- crazy enough to propose putting the birds on birth control to cut down their populations.
Friday Funny: Just Like The Village Trolley -- Everybody Gets A Ride
Before its planners had realized what they'd done, a proposed name for a planned streetcar system in Seattle -- the South Lake Union Trolley, or SLUT -- had already slipped out into the public.
Step One: Kill The Architects
This illustrated list outlines the 10 simple steps to designing the city of the future.
Friday Funny: Planning At Its Worst In Kauai?
"ViralKauai" posts a self-made video on YouTube pointing out the problems from overdevelopment of the beautiful island of Kauai.
Friday Funny: Really High Density
Plans to accommodate population growth in Los Angeles while facing a land shortage have developers giving a new meaning to "building up".
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.
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Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
