The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Former Capital Seeks To Regain Title
<p>Residents in the Bolivian city of Sucre are mounting an effort to have their city regain its status as the country's capital -- a designation is lost in 1899. But the costs of transferring the political infrastructure from La Paz would be immense.</p>
Progress Slow For San Diego's 'City of Villages' Plan
<p>The city's lauded framework plan for implementing smart growth practices has failed to deliver on its promises, say some residents and experts.</p>
Will Atlanta's Beltline Be Solely For The Wealthy?
<p>A new study shows that property values have spiked around the proposed parkway, threatening to price lower-income residents out of their homes.</p>
New Jersey's Transit Should Be An Example For Connecticut To Follow
<p>Connecticut could learn a lesson from neighboring New Jersey about how to improve its transit infrastructure.</p>
Fears Of Terrorism Haven't Stopped Skyscrapers
<p>Six years after 9/11, skyscrapers continue to be planned for dozens of American cities.</p>
Preservationists Eye Bukowski's Bungalow
<p>Literary fans and preservationists push for the recognition and historic designation of a Los Angeles bungalow once occupied by poet and novelist Charles Bukowski. The property is currently up for sale and threatened with demolition.</p>
Crime And Misuse Has Many Calling For Removal Of Automated Toilets
<p>With constant complaints from the public and consistent reports of drug dealing and prostitution, Seattle's automated public toilets may be on their way out.</p>
A Power Grab For San Diego Planners?
<p>A proposal to combine the planning and development services departments could give San Diego's planning director the power to plan for the long-term -- or perhaps lead to more political scandal.</p>
D.C. Mayor's Public-Private Partnership Criticized
<p>A plan by city officials to trade public land to a developer in exchange for a new firehouse and library is under fire from residents and activists who believe the deal shortchanges the city.</p>
Density Isn't New For Los Angeles
<p>Forgotten in the ongoing debate about new high-density development is the city's long history of multi-family and mixed-use housing.</p>
Property Taxes Skyrocket Along Atlanta's Proposed Beltline Corridor
<p>Property taxes along Atlanta's proposed Beltline -- a 22-mile loop of park and trails ringing downtown -- are rising sharply, threatening to displace the poor that live in adjacent areas.</p>
Buffalo - Where Progress May Be Marked More By Demolition Than Construction
<p>Buffalo is grappling with a blight of abandoned homes - which are directly correlated to crime rates in neighborhoods. It shares much in common with other cities well past their heyday, such as St. Louis, Detroit, and Youngstown.</p>
FEATURE
When A McMansion Isn't Large Enough
With Americans living in ever larger homes, the growth of the self storage industry demonstrates the irony of an American solution to an American problem -- overabundance.
The Unwanted Historic Designation
<p>Two buildings in Baltimore were recently approved by the city's historic preservation commission as being worthy of historic designation. The only problem is that the owners don't want it.</p>
D.C. Considers Bike Parking Requirements
<p>The Washington D.C. Council is expected to pass legislation that will require bicycle parking at apartment buildings.</p>
Chicago Transit Authority Blasted For Derailment As Fare Hikes Loom
<p>The report couldn't have come at a worse time, as Chicago prepares for fare hikes and transit cuts to make up for budget shortfalls.</p>
Housing Slump Forces Developers To Un-Supersize McMansions
<p>The nationwide slump in the housing market is manifesting itself in the shrinking square footage of new McMansions.</p>
Low-Income Artist Housing
<p>Washington D.C.'s Cultural Development Corporation is pushing condo conversions to create affordable housing for low-income artists.</p>
Step One: Kill The Architects
<p>This illustrated list outlines the 10 simple steps to designing the city of the future.</p>
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Las Vegas' Hidden Monorail
<p><img src="/files/u4/lvmonorail2.jpg" border="0" alt="Los Vegas Monorail" title="Los Vegas Monorail" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="362" height="362" align="right" />I was visiting Las Vegas for a wedding and, rather than blow my salary on the blackjack table, I was eager to try the new <a href="http://www.lvmonorail.com/">Las Vegas Monorail</a>. As the world's only city-scale example of a technology that was once envisioned as the future of mass transit, the Las Vegas Monorail has seven stops along a route that roughly parallels Las Vegas Strip, with stations connected to major hotels. <br />
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