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The Gentrification Of Harlem
What can be done to preserve economic diversity in New York's Harlem neighborhood?
Legislation For Smart Growth Planning
The House reintroduces a bill to help states practice smart growth planning.
GM Announces A Disposable Automobile
General Motors announces a low-cost, disposable car, The Onion reports.
Does Sprawl Cause Sprawling Waistlines?
Does suburban sprawl cause health problems related to lack of exercise? Researchers aim to find out with a $4 million transportation study.
Bush's Five-Point Plan For Urban Renewal
George W. Bush presents a five-point plan to the U.S. Conference of Mayors National Summit on Investment in the New American City.
HHS May Take Over Homeless Programs
Combating homelessness could betransferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Development toHealth and Human Services.
Philadelphia Takes Over Disney Site
The city takes control of a proposed development for $12 million after Disney fails to come up with a suitable alternative.
Beautiful Billboards
Columbia, South Carolina is using unsold billboards to display public art.
Translucent Concrete: Will It Transform Architecture?
It is still very much in the research stage, but could translucent concrete dramatically transform buildings and cities?
Central European Architecture Visits L.A.
How do you make order and logic in a city? The same questions that faced medieval planners face planners today.
Tale Of Two Census Tracts
St. Louis is yet another city following the national trend of suburbanization, with blighted inner city areas and booming fringe communities.
Mobile Telephones And Urban Metabolism
The widespread use of mobile devices is increasing in the metabolism of urban systems.
Washington To Help Pay For South Florida Transit
Miami's Tri-Rail system is getting a boost in the form of federal dollars to complete a proposed expansion of the rail line.
Global Warming U-Turn A National Disgrace
Kevin Sweeney criticizes the Bush administration's decision to pull out of the Kyoto global warming treaty.
U.K. Harnesses Wind Energy
A U.K. project to power a million households with wind energy will help the country meet its obligations to reduce global warming.
Census: American Indian Reservations Growing
A new generation is coming back to American Indian reservations in search of culture and wealth.
Planning For A Sustainable Bay Area
A 25-year plan titled "Draft Compact for a Sustainable Bay Area: Economy, Environment, Equity" is available for public comment. It tackles some of the Bay Area's toughest planning issues.
Urbanizing Orange County
Traditionally known as the low density suburban neighbor of Los Angeles, the region has discovered that it is becoming denser than its urban counterpart.
Sprawl: It's Market-driven Growth
Sprawl offends urban planners, but it's just market-oriented growth to the business community.
Code-free Zone Urged In Baltimore
Well-known architect and planner Andres Duany has recommended that Baltimore designate a small part of downtown as "code-free" to stimulate growth.
Yukon Government
Caltrans
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mpact (founded as Rail~Volution)
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Norman, Oklahoma
City of Portland
City of Laramie
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