The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A shopping mall plan grows in Sibiu, a town to be nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List and as the 2007 cultural capital of Europe.

January 15 - INTBAU News

A unrealized 1905 design by Frank Lloyd Wright is resurrected from the dead -- celebrities donate money to help fund the construction, which will be erected on the shores of Lake Erie.

January 15 - The Buffalo News

New Orleans residents are challenging the plans for rebuilding.

January 15 - Black America Web/Associated Press

How did a Seattle non-profit raise $27 million and reinvent one of the most notorious public housing complexes in the city?

January 14 - Seattle Weekly

Neighbors don't want public housing, public housing residents don't want their homes gentrified -- not quite a win-win situation.

January 14 - San Francisco Weekly

Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne decides to use a budget surplus on expanding the state park system, when many expected more educational funding.

January 14 - The Boise Weekly

By focusing resources on seemingly minor infractions like graffiti, some cities hope to discourage more widespread criminal behavior.

January 14 - Tucson Weekly

The Common Dreams website's quick visual reference guide to levee construction around the world -- and how woefully inadequate American levees were in New Orleans.

January 14 - CommonDreams

Searching for a sense of community, sharing, and a connection with humanity? Move to a small town.

January 13 - CommonDreams

The debate over the redevelopment of New Orleans is now being framed as a "war", a "battle" and a even "guerilla struggle", with community organizations pitched against developers and politicians over policies and plans for rebuilding.

January 13 - TomPaine Common Sense

Architects and planners hope to add an interesting block of buildings to "boring" Orlando.

January 13 - The Orlando Sentinel

While housing demand in the rest of Canada cools, Alberta homebuilders can't keep up with demand, and are literally turning homebuyers away because of shortages of materials and labour.

January 13 - The Globe and Mail

But surely there are more corporate retailers to criticize in 2006?

January 13 - Indianapolis Nuvo

The failed St. Louis Centre mall has divided development patterns, and boosters are waiting for an outside investor to make his move.

January 13 - St. Louis Riverfront Times

A new book chronicles the state of American urban Christianity in 21 cities.

January 13 - Detroit Metro Times

Charleston institutes a "Flex-route" shuttle van service that could compete with local taxis.

January 13 - Charleston City Paper

At least the holiday decoration looked better than a "radioactive, rancid birthday cake."

January 13 - Denver Westword

A noted builder backs down in Las Vegas as construction costs wipe out margins. Is it smart business, or the start of something bigger?

January 13 - The Slatin Report

Shortage of affordable housing causes problems recruiting new faculty at one of the world's top higher education institutions.

January 12 - The Guardian Unlimited

This could be the year that skyrocketing heating prices, plus incentives, really push efficient homes.

January 12 - The Christian Science Monitor