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'A Different Vision' In Iowa City
A developer's ideas take this college town's urbanism to new heights.
How Big Businessmen Saved The City
A review of the founding and development of the 50-year-old Greater Baltimore Committee.
The Perfect Historic Preservation Case Study
The debate over preserving L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel is a perfect case study in historic preservation in this 'equivocal city.'
Second Act For A Historic D.C. Neighborhood
Rennovated theater is the first of many new developments in Columbia Heights.
Ten City Design Commandments
Jeff Speck offers ten 'City Design Resolutions' for city mayors who want to build better places.
Call For Transit Oriented Development In Baltimore
MaryPIRG releases report connecting denser, mixed-use development to reduction of traffic congestion.
Judge Charges HUD With Fair Housing Violation
Agency blamed for not taking a regional approach to low-income housing creation in Baltimore area.
FEATURE
Making Better Places: Ten City Design Resolutions
Jeff Speck offers advice -- in the form ten City Design Resolutions -- for city mayors who want to build better places.
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Integrating Public Participation Tools and GIS Improves Decision Making
<td>Take a planning challenge, add some technology and a pinch of public process, mix them just the right, and you have a recipe for good decision making. Orlando County Florida is cooking up such an event- and planners, practitioners, academics and members from all communities will be interested in watching their progress. <br><br /> <br><br /> Orlando Florida is embarking on a year-long initiative to address economic, environmental, land use, and transportation needs for a 90,000-acre study area in southeast Orange County.
New York's Golden Age
New York in the 1970's was a chaotic and 'gritty' place to live. But it was also perhaps the most creative time the city ever experienced.
The Link Between Teen Births and Poverty
A 40-percent decline in teen births since 1991 has reduced problems of poverty in Baltimore.
A History of Housing Segregation
Baltimore's public housing has been segregated since the 1930s, leading to concentrations of poverty in the inner city.
Shutters Offer a Window of Opportunity
Shutters could be more than quaint decorations on American homes in the 21st century.
The Perfect L.A. Car
Organizers of the L.A. Auto Show challenge designers to come up with the "perfect L.A. car."
AIA Honor Awards 2005
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the 2005 recipients of the AIA Honor Awards.
High Hopes For Harlem
A group of investors is betting $220 million on a new Harlem renaissance, in the form of a new office, hotel and retail complex.
Hybrids Causing Congestion
The explosion of the clean fuel vehicle market in Washington has caused heaches for carpoolers.
Metropolitan Planning Organizations Reviewed
Have MPOs undertaken actions consistent with environmental justice andtransportation equity mandates?
Land Bank Goes To Work On Flint
County uses new state laws to redevelop abandoned properties
Encouraging Downtown To Reach New Heights
Proposal would allow Seattle downtown buildings to be taller in an effort to increase density, attract jobs, and curb sprawl.
Pagination
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
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Planning for Universal Design
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