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Condo Crazy In California
As housing prices skyrocket, the conversion of apartments to condos becomes popular. What will happen to rental stock?
A Letter From Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs writes a letter to New York City Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council.
Are Planners Irrelevant?
If we as planners don't do better in defining ourselves, we risk being seen as irrelevant and superfluous, writes Leonardo Vazquez in this week's Planetizen Op-Ed.
Can Miami Handle Condo Growth?
A Miami neighborhood is undergoing a complete transformation as condo developers rush in.
Smart Code In Wal-Mart's Home Town?
A reporter attends a SmartCode conference and speculates on how New Urbanism principles could help Bentonville, AR -- home of the original Wal-Mart and the company's headquarters.
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Overcoming the Comfort of Powerlessness
If we as planners don't do better in defining ourselves, we risk being seen as irrelevant and superfluous, writes Leonardo Vazquez. Do planners assure their own powerlessness by ignoring those in power?
Public Housing Transformation And The Hard-to-House
A new study examines whether housing authorities adequately meet the needs of hard-to-house residents living in public housing.
Raising Fees To Subsidize Affordable Housing
Should cities begin significantly raising development fees to finance affordable housing?
Comparing Stadium Deals In Big And Small Cities
Smaller cities pay a much higher price to build professional sports stadiums than big cities do.
Oil in an Age of Scarcity
The Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail begins a week-long look at what 'peak oil' will mean for the world.
Nature-Deficit Disorder
Is is possible to reconnect childhood with nature?
In Search Of A City
A new book depicts Los Angeles in all its multiplicity.
A Clean-Energy Mega-Mall
Who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with strong GOP affiliations and 25 mega-malls under his belt?
132 U.S. Mayors Embrace Kyoto Treaty
A bipartisan coalition of 132 U.S. mayors are pledging to have their cities meet the Kyoto Treaty that President Bush has rejected.
Mapping A Community's Health Needs
A Toronto website sheds light on community 's health needs.
Mapping The Probability Of Earthquake Shaking
The USGS begins publishing maps that show the probability of earthquake shaking in the next 24 hours in California.
WTC Redesign: Trump Vs. Libeskind
Celebrity developer Donald Trump clashes with celebrity architect Daniel Libeskind over the redesign of the World Trade Center.
Friday Funny: Chicago's Supersized McDonalds
McDonald's tries to pack value into design in its huge new 50thanniversary restaurant, which opened in Chicago.
Foiling Global Warming WIth A Local Band-Aid
Switzerland employs a local solution to counter the impact of global warming on Alpine glaciers.
Design For New World Trade Center Cultural Complex Revealed
The design will work hand in hand with the already proposed Performing Arts Center complex.
JM Goldson LLC
Custer County Colorado
Sarasota County Government
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Claremont
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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