The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Los Angeles should acknowledge that downtown will never be "it" for the city the way midtown Manhattan is for New Yorkers, writes Joel Kotkin.

April 6 - Los Angeles Business Journal

Spurred by Washington's Growth Management Act, a "luxury condos" trend is catching on in Seattle.

April 6 - The Seattle Times

Schools build and remodel to adapt to technological advancements and enrollment growth.

April 6 - The Christian Science Monitor

Why sustainability is good for shareholder wealth.

April 5 - Sustainable Business Insider

Does 'American urban planning' really favor malls accessible only by car over traditional downtowns?

April 5 - Daily Iowan

A new report reveals troubling evidence that the widespread trend of home refinancing is rife with fraud and artificial price inflation.

April 5 - Demos

There are important lessons for planners and architects in the aftermath of the tsunami.

April 5 - The Age, Australia

A 25-year plan would include three new parks in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area and additions to numerous existing park areas.

April 5 - Star Tribune

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<img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//popdens.gif" alt="" width="400" align="right"/>More human beings are moving to cities. You already know that. But according to new data (plus maps!) from the <a href="http://www.earth.columbia.edu/news/2005/story03-07-05.html">Global Rural Urban Mapping Project</a> at Columbia University (yes, that acronym is GRUMP), the Earth looks even more citified than anyone thought.<br /> <br /> Mixing satellite data with stats from that <a href="http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/plue/gpw/index.html?main.html&2">Gridded Population of the World</a>

April 5 - Anonymous

As housing prices continue to increase, California legislators are considering easing CEQA laws to make housing easier to build.

April 5 - San Jose Mercury News

Environmental activists are using "scare tactics" to attack President Bush's "balanced and people-friendly environmental agenda," argues M. David Stirling.

April 5 - The Washington Times

Burbank, California -- once the butt of late-night TV jokes -- is on the verge of becoming a thriving transit-oriented mixed use community.

April 5 - The Los Angeles Times

If passed, Minnesota cities would be allowed to impose property fees based on estimated traffic generation.

April 5 - Star Tribune

Often thought to be a mark of suburban exclusivity, gated streets are coming to high-crime inner-city areas.

April 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Tishman Speyer's $1.7 billion deal for the Met Life tower in Manhattanmarks the growing power of institutional money.

April 4 - The Slatin Report

Salinas California's financial troubles part of nationwide threat facing public libraries.

April 4 - The New York Times

How many bricks need to be saved to make it historic preservation?

April 4 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Public pressure generated by community organizing opposes implementation of the Bush administration's "Healthy Forests" initiative in the Rockies.

April 4 - New West Network

In his forthcoming book "Life 2.0: How People Across America Are Transforming Their Lives by Finding the Where of Their Happiness," Rich Karlgaard will name the nation's great places to live. [Updated]

April 4 - Urban Review - St. Louis

Does naming transit lines after colors make them more marketible?

April 4 - Public Transit