The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The Tokyo suburb of Kakamura has shown great appeal to expatriates because of its availability of space and proximity to scenic natural resources -- attributes that sharply contrast the dense and bustling big city one hour away.</p>

November 11 - International Herald Tribune

<p>As voters in Arizona overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative to restrict the government's use of eminent domain, the state's Supreme Court unanimously overturned another court's ruling that the initiative was invalid.</p>

November 11 - KVOA News

<p>A community in central Pennsylvania is considering rezoning land currently occupied by a mobile home park into what city leaders say is much needed commercial space.</p>

November 10 - Centre Daily

<p>With cities increasingly only building luxury homes for the rich or affordable housing for the poor, a prefab housing development in East New York provides a model building middle-income homes.</p>

November 10 - Metropolis Magazine

<p>Much has changed in the decades since the state created its widely lauded planning policies and programs. Now Oregon planners are trying to re-energize the state's residents around planning issues, in order to make needed reforms.</p>

November 10 - New West

<p>After years of prices spiraling out of control, the National Association of Realtors is suggesting that the housing market is ripe for home buyers looking to get a good deal.</p>

November 10 - Asbury Park Press

<p>Running afoul of the state's 1970 landmark environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), San Francisco's bike plan must undergo a full environmental review, ruled a superior court judge on Nov. 7.</p>

November 10 - San Francisco Examiner

New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission refused to designate the 19th century Colonial Club as historic. Instead, the building will be stripped of its cornice, pediments, and pilasters and be reborn with a new facade of aluminum and glass.

November 10 - The New York Times

<p>Responding to increasing cancellations and growing inventory, national home builders are being forced to slow production and lay off workers.</p>

November 10 - The Miami Herald

<p>Despite declining manufacturing employment, Chicago has continuously reinvented itself -- resulting in a thriving, diverse economy that leverages the throngs of young professionals continually attracted to the city.</p>

November 10 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Eight states approved new measures to restrict the use of eminent domain on November 7th -- widely seen as a reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Kelo vs. New London.</p>

November 10 - CNNMoney.com

<p>In Baltimore, a recent report has called for increasing housing density and decreasing building restrictions to reduce the gap between the need for and the availability of affordable housing.</p>

November 10 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Kansas City voters approved a light rail plan that was opposed by the regional transit agency -- who called it a fantasy and ungrounded in reality.</p>

November 9 - The Kansas City Star

<p>In the latest volume of his encyclopedic history of the development, architecture and planning of New York City, author Robert A. M. Stern has written the most complete history of any city.</p>

November 9 - The New York Sun

<p>The housing market decline has left many new suburban tract homes in the Phoenix metro area without buyers.</p>

November 9 - The New York Times

<p>Despite its booming growth and the recent announcement of a world-class office tower, downtown Calgary is suffering from a lack of human-scale planning, writes Lisa Rochon.</p>

November 9 - The Globe and Mail

<p>The founder of Burt's Bees is buying land in hopes of creating a new national park in Maine, but locals disagree with the plan to ban snowmobiling, hunting and all-terrain vehicles on 50,000 of her acres.</p>

November 9 - The New York Times

<p>With Houston's housing market on the rise as once-hot U.S. markets head south, some economists argue the city's lax development controls allow housing supply to keep up with demand.</p>

November 9 - The Wall Street Journal

While late to adopt bus rapid transit, San Francisco's Muni is planning to bring fully-fledged BRT lines, complete with dedicated lanes, to the city by 2010.

November 9 - The San Francisco Chronicle

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November 9 - John M. Dugan