The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Michael Mehaffy writes that there is growing research that paints a decidedly mixed picture on the benefits of tall buildings.

February 23 - New Urban Network

Phase One of the Hunter's Point South waterfront development is set to begin as Mayor Bloomberg unveils details of the plan.

February 23 - Gothamist

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that the city will begin to utilize QR (quick response) codes on all building permits, providing more access to information for New York residents.

February 23 - TechCrunch

Infill development has been championed largely by architects, planners, and activist groups like the Congress for New Urbanism. Now developers have finally banded together in the Infill Builders Assoc. to insist that infill can be good business.

February 23 - California Planning & Development Report

Australian and Canadian cities dominate the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

February 22 - The Huffington Post

City planners reassert what many in Sacramento have known for years: that the city needs a remodeled downtown plaza, one that is less like a mall and more like city center.

February 22 - The Sacramento Bee

The Western Australian city has an urban renewal plan by the waterfront estimated to cost $440 million AU.

February 22 - PerthNow

A federal appeals court upheld a federal district court ruling that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area's transportation planning and funding agency, does not discriminate against minorities in the way it funds buses and trains

February 22 - San Francisco Chronicle

The New York Times profiles Braddock Pennsylvania's Mayor John Fetterman, who has practiced a wide range of revitalization strategies to bring his town back from the brink.

February 22 - New York Times Magazine

Cities in India and China, as well as in Dubai, are building smarter cities which spurs more investment and development.

February 22 - Computing.co.uk

Plans to use western rivers to transport oil production equipment are butting against environmentalists' concerns over endangered salmon.

February 22 - The New York Times

A brand new capital city is being planned for the recently approved new country of South Sudan. Juba, the region's current capital, is seen as too chaotic to serve as the new country's capital.

February 22 - Sudan Votes

A new exhibit looks at the legacy and modern-day relevance of Frank Lloyd Wright, and imagines how he would react to the suburbia of today

February 22 - Express Milwaukee

The mark of human civilization will last long after humans go extinct, according to this article looking at the anthropocene, or the age of humankind.

February 22 - National Geographic

In this essay from <em>Places</em>, architecture professor Wes Janz documents and ponders the economic decay of Flint, Michigan.

February 21 - Places

Neal Peirce expounds on the increasing power and importance of cities, a dominant message in the new book "Triumph of the City" by economist Edward Glaeser.

February 21 - Citiwire

Scotia, California may be the nation's last remaining company town. The entire city could be headed to market this year.

February 21 - Newsweek

Ahead of the 2016 Olympics, the host city of Rio de Janeiro is embarking on a massive redevelopment plan in its decaying port area.

February 21 - Xinhua

Construction is nearing completion on the longest railway tunnel in the world.

February 21 - National Geographic

Miyashita Park in Tokyo is an historic site with a history of homeless encampments. Officials plan to turn the park into a skateboard park, with naming rights purchased by Nike.

February 20 - Positive Spaces