The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

In many cities, including Santa Rosa, CA, million-dollar homes are no longer the only for the rich and famous.

March 16 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

The new roof of the California Academy of Sciences is a living experiment in 'restoration ecology'.

March 16 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Boston city planners and public health officials are eyeing new open space created by the Big Dig as a way to promote active lifestyles and fight obesity.

March 16 - National Public Radio

Will land use restrictions and an aging population ultimately doom this forest community high above the California Coast?

March 16 - The Los Angeles Times

"What if you could actually afford to buy a house by award-winning architects?"

March 16 - The Globe and Mail

The home of Oregon's pioneering land use planning laws faces local opposition to mixed-use zoning.

March 16 - Statesman Journal

The Cascadia Scorecard is a new gauge of regional progress that monitors seven key trends--health, economy, population, energy, sprawl, forests, and pollution--that are profoundly shaping the region's future. [Link corrected]

March 16 - Northwest Environment Watch

Will white collar job outsourcing to India and other nations transform America's suburbs?

March 16 - Planetizen

Intergovernmental gridlock frustrates plans for revitalization of the Lake Ontario shoreline

March 16 - The Toronto Star

Will New Jersey Transit's newly-opened, $1.1-billion River Line bring new and investment to South Jersey towns?

March 16 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Cascadia Scorecard ranks the largest seven cities in the Northwestern U.S. and Western Canada in how well they contain sprawl.

March 16 - Portland Daily Journal Of Commerce

FEATURE

March 16 - Seth Brown

Legal bowhunting in Northern Virginia has some homeowners in one community of million dollar homes up in arms.

March 15 - The Washington Post

A class-action lawsuit accuses the EPA of 'prematurely announcing that it was safe to return' to buildings around the WTC site.

March 15 - Newsweek

Times Square used to exhibit a special kind of urbanity: food, theatre, and sexiness. Does it still?

March 15 - The New York Times

The new design of Lick-Wilmerding High School has students feeling good about school.

March 15 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Even before it opens, New Jersey's new light rail system is being derided for having with the worst financial performance in the nation.

March 15 - The New York Times

A report on the successful adaptation of the community-supported agriculture (CSA) model--an alternative to the global food system--in Guadalajara, Mexico.

March 15 - Planners Network

Community stands up to Wal-Mart with the help of zoning.

March 15 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Washington D.C. commuters will not have to pay taxes despite Mayor's efforts.

March 15 - The Washington Post