The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The developer of a new 40-story building in downtown San Diego is going back to the drawing boards after criticism that the building resembled a phallus.</p>

July 13 - San Diego Union Tribune

<p>Austin's artists, arts organizations, and creative businesses contribute to the vibrancy, help define the identity, and sustain and grow the city's diverse cultures, especially in the burgeoning Second Street District.</p>

July 13 - Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

<p>After eight years of existence, neighborhood councils in Los Angeles are still struggling to define who should be involved in their process of advising the city.</p>

July 13 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency will provide technical assistance to communities in six states to plan for more efficient, affordable, and environmentally sensitive growth.</p>

July 13 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

<p>In this Q&amp;A, the new president of New York's Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance talks about what metropolitan New York can and should do to revitalize its 700 miles of waterfront.</p>

July 13 - The New York Observer

<p>A highly favorable tax incentive for green building in Las Vegas could cost the city up to $50 million per year -- an unintentionally high price tag for a program few were expected to take advantage of.</p>

July 13 - NPR

<p>As the gateway for much of the freight-container cargo destined for the U.S. becomes increasingly clogged, planners in Southern California have proposed building an inland port facility to handle regional goods movement and relieve congestion.</p>

July 13 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>With the real estate market in the doldrums, developers are pressuring local government officials in California to cut impact fees. Will fee cuts spur new development? Maybe, writes Bill Fulton.</p>

July 13 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>San Francisco is experiencing a resurgence of high-tech businesses and wealth similar to what was seen during the dotcom boom. But this time around, the city's recovery from the bust of the dotcom era has a much different character.</p>

July 13 - The Economist

<p>The move towards organic, chemical-free lawn care is sending ripples through suburban neighborhoods across the country.</p>

July 13 - The Wall Street Journal

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<p>In the Chicago suburb of Berwyn, Illinois, an iconic piece of public art featuring a 40-foot spear stabbing through a pileup of eight cars will soon be replaced with a Walgreens pharmacy.<br /><img src="/files/u5174/carkabob2.jpg" alt="The Spindle, Berwyn, Illinois (Source: www.berwyn-il.gov)" title="The Spindle, Berwyn, Illinois (Source: www.berwyn-il.gov)" width="133" height="167" align="middle" /> <br />

July 12 - Nate Berg

<p>In the U.S. regular cyclists are usually athletic men braving dangerous traffic. To get the rest of the population riding bicycles, the U.S. should look at successful solutions implemented around the world.</p>

July 12 - The Washington Post Writers Group

<p>Parking spaces in New York cost as much as $225,000 and could soon be going higher still, putting the cost for the prime spots above the price tag of the typical U.S. home price.</p>

July 12 - Yahoo Finance

<p>New York City has plans to install a permanent closed-circuit camera system throughout the city. It is based on a similar system in London, which some credit with preventing terrorist acts. But the system's constitutionality is a major concern.</p>

July 12 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>With millions of square feet of formerly industrial areas available for redevelopment, Milan is on the verge of a major urban transformation.</p>

July 12 - International Herald Tribune

<p>A historic section of streets and piazzas in Rome is being "pedestrianized", or altered so that it will be an area where the primary mode of transportation will be walking and private cars will not be allowed.</p>

July 12 - Architectural Record

<p>The city could lead the nation in eco-conscious building regulations if officials adopt new proposed standards.</p>

July 12 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Cities continue to compete with each other over the opportunity to host the next Olympics, despite repeated examples showing that the games lead to bloated housing markets, lost jobs, debt and repressive social policies.</p>

July 12 - AlterNet

<p>With interest in alternative vehicles growing, a historical look at the fate of one electric bus company 100 years ago.</p>

July 12 - The Economist

<p>Floor to ceiling glass walls are replacing balconies and terraces in many new high-rise residential projects.</p>

July 12 - The Denver Post