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California Land Use Law Expert Passes Away
<p>Daniel J. Curtin Jr., a former Walnut Creek city attorney who was known as the dean of California land use law, died this week at 73.</p>
Coming Home To Your Old Workplace
<p>Some of the former employees who used to work in government offices in a Brooklyn landmark are now coming home to one of the condominiums in the newly converted building.</p>
An Urban Loft In The Suburbs
<p>Want a house with urban feel without the urban strife? Developers are building new loft projects outside of big-city downtowns that cater to people who want loft living but prefer a more suburban life.</p>
Hollywood's Latest Foray With Urban Planning
<p>A new film centers on the efforts of one determined inner-city resident to confront the architect who designed the low-income housing project she lives in with her family.</p>
Public Space vs. Political and Ideological Space
<p>A comment on how public spaces are often overrun with political and ideological actions, reducing the equity of the daily user leading to confrontations and chaos in India.</p>
Changing Auto Industry Links The Fates Of Two Towns
<p>While Rustbelt cities cope with job losses at ailing U.S. auto makers, the south is benefiting from Asian auto makers' success.</p>
Hispanic Immigrants Leading Carpool Resurgence
<p>A report from the Transportation Research Board shows that Hispanic immigrants are largely responsible for an up-tick in carpooling in Atlanta, Georgia.</p>
Are Hybrid Car Sales Headed For A Crash?
<p>With gas prices falling and the amount of federal tax credits dwindling, sales of hybrid cars have hit a downward slide.</p>
Taking The Pulse Of Middle Market Neighborhoods
<p>Policymakers in Memphis, Tennessee, are taking a closer look at the housing market in middle-income neighborhoods that are increasingly destabilizing due to neglect.</p>
Public Transit Vital For Future Of The U.S.
<p>In the second of his two op-eds on the future of transportation in the United States, columnist Neal Peirce looks at the role of public transit.</p>
Interstate Bridge In Atlanta Remade Into Pedestrian-Friendly Mini-Park
<p>Known mostly for paving over everything in sight, the Georgia Department of Transportation has surprised its critics by spending $10 million to retrofit an interstate bridge into a mini-park connecting the Georgia Tech campus.</p>
Pollution Threat Outweighs Traffic Congestion Concerns
<p>With new road-building measures approved and funded in Atlanta, the debate over what to do about the area's traffic and transportation woes is ignoring the severe health impacts of air pollution.</p>
Blakely Chosen To Head New Orleans Recovery
<p>New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin has appointed as the city's new recovery czar Edward J. Blakely, the man who played an instrumental role in recovery planning after the 1989 San Francisco Bay Area earthquake and the 1991 Oakland fires.</p>
Combating The Redevelopment Agency
<p>A neighborhood group in Boston is trying to bring attention to the "poor planning" of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, in hopes to bring greater accountability to the agency.</p>
Remembering Transportation Expert Melvin Webber
<p>Distinguished urban planning professor Melvin Webber, who helped plan and then studied San Francisco's BART system, passed away at 86.</p>
Large Portion Of Amazon Gains Protection In Brazil
<p>More than 57,000 square miles of land in Brazil's Amazon rainforest were recently set aside to be protected from unsustainable logging and development. The area will be the largest protected rainforest area in the world.</p>
The Rise and Spread Of Sprawl
<p>As cities from Paris to Beijing now creep outwards, the city that is credited with giving birth to sprawl is re-evaluating its own structure.</p>
Nation's Largest Housing Complex Up For Sale
<p>Perhaps following the lead of the recent Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper housing project sale in Manhattan, the Starret City housing complex in Brooklyn's Jamaica Bay neighborhood is up for sale and may command a $ 1 billion dollar price tag.</p>
New Wave of Granny Units Stirs Community Debate
<p>"Do they damage the 'look and feel' of the neighborhood character, or provide a necessary housing alternative?" Welcome to the granny unit debate in today's suburbs. Zoning revisions are being written that reflect the outcome of the debate.</p>
Downtown Memphis Looks To Sports Arena To Spur Development
<p>Piecemeal development has occurred around the FedEx Forum in Downtown Memphis, but a major project from a potential new owner of the city's NBA team has boosters excited.</p>
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