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Portable Paper Buildings
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban built a portable museum out of shipping containers and paper tubes.
Urban Planning Students Create Plans For 'Cool Cities'
Plans are submitted in national Planning and Design contest.
Housing First
Some advocates believe that providing the homeless with their own housing -– and not just relegating them to shelters -– is the only way to succeed.
Network Organizing: A Strategy For Building Community Engagement
In weak market cities where cynicism and dysfunction have become the norm, it takes a different kind of organizing to bring people together to demand change.
A Tree Grows In Northern Liberties
A community garden and park on a former brownfield has enriched a neighborhood.
SAT Scores And Home Value: An Internet Match
More school district scores are available on line, and families with means are using it to decide where to live.
Las Vegas Glitz Dulled By Growing Pains
As the city opens the world's most expensive casino, residents worry about lack of housing, bad traffic, smog, and crime.
Canadian Housing Bubble Risk Exaggerated, Report Says
While there are legitimate concerns about housing markets in the US, Britain and Australia, Canada's housing market is on a "solid foundation."
Brooklyn's Identity Crisis
The borough, which 'once epitomized working class America,' faces intense gentrification.
Congress Passes 'Deeply Flawed' Energy Bill
"Industry-friendly" bill subsidizes fossil fuel production, leaves communities liable for clean-up of groundwater contamination caused by fuel additives.
Teetering Canadian Government Boosts Cities
In a controversial bid to shore up his scandal-plagued Liberal Party, Prime Minister Paul Martin has agreed to meet the demands of the left-leaning NDP party and re-write the government's budget to invest in social housing and environmental protection.
San Luis Obispo Voters' Commitment To Downtown
San Luis Obispo voters appear to have rejected highly controversial big-box development by slim margin.
Learning How Not To Drive
Livable Places staff members leave their cars at home and opt for a smart growth lifestyle in Los Angeles.
Uptown Charlotte Experiences Building Boom
Plans for a mixed-use project have expanded.
Parking As A Neighborhood Asset
Why wait for rail when community parking can help create pedestrian-oriented areas, writes Mott Smith.
What Will New York City Gain By Hosting The Olympics?
Lessons learned from two ambitious World's Fairs hosted by New York City.
Art Group Wants More Non-Gated Communities
'Something there is that does not love a wall/That wants it down...'
Transforming A Rundown Walkable Neighborhood
Georgetown pioneer remakes 'rat-infested alley' into an 'elegant cluster of shops.'
Canadian Real Estate is the New RRSP
A new report shows that surging housing prices in many Canadian cities are enticing investors away from other investments like the stock market and RRSPs.
Understanding Climate Change - Part 1
First installment of Elizabeth Kolbert's series on global climate change.
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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