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Florentine Renaissance In Aurora, Colorado
Twenty-five years of redevelopment efforts in "Original Aurora", the downtown of Colorado's third largest city, are coming to fruition with an emerging arts district.
Mixing Planning, History And Divinity
A high-profile interdisciplinary graduate planning workshop introduces a unique range of topics about the built environment.
Are U.S. Cities On The Right Track For Rail Transit?
A new report from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute evaluates the benefits of rail transit in a study of major U.S. cities.
Building Frank Gehry's New House
Architect Frank Gehry is finishing plans for a new home in Venice, California, and 'quietly wooing the neighbors.'
An Environmental Litmus Test For Presidential Candidates
Stephen Hese analyzes the environmental record of John Kerry and George Bush.
Environmental Policy Hastening Biblical 'End Times'?
Some influential Christian fundamentalist politicians oppose environmental protection laws on the grounds that ecological destruction will bring about the Apocalypse.
New Urbanism Cozies Up To A College Campus
DesMoine's Drake neighborhood breaks ground on a new, "New Urban" development.
Is Any Land Pristine?
What are the long-lasting effects of human habitation and what can be done to make it more sustainable in arid regions in the future.
Kyoto Treaty Is Not Enough
UN climate chief says more needs to be done to counter global warming.
Relocating A Village
Erosion is eating away at the Eskimo village of Newtok, Alaska. The village grocer has stepped up to lead the relocation.
Report Criticizes Canada's Environmental Efforts
A report by Canada's commissioner of the environment criticizes environmental progress.
Privatizing Chicago's Skyway
Chicago approves a record $1.82 billion deal to lease the Chicago Skyway to a Spanish-Australian consortium.
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Accessibility Tools In Windows XP
I was interested to read in<a href="http://www.gcn.com/23_31/buyers_guide/27674-1.html">Setting sites on Section 508</a> about an accessibility tool built into Windows XP:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>"There is a decent screen magnifier in Windows XP, which also includes a text-to-speech tool called Narrator. It is pretty limited and is only available in English, but it provides a useful tool in Notepad, Wordpad, Control Panel and Internet Explorer, as well as the Windows desktop and Windows setup." </blockquote><br /> <br /> You can launch Narrator easily by pressing the Windows logo key and the U key, which also lets you start and stop the tool.
Fifteen Questions For Bush And Kerry
The Oregonian gets George Bush and John Kerry to respond to questions about their stand on environmental issues.
Are Megastores More Important Than Housing?
The CSM argues that the high court can't let cities and states take someone's land simply to avoid raising taxes.
Conservatives And Conservation
Presidential candidates quietly vie for the crucial support of traditionally conservative voters who are also serious about conservation.
Child-friendly Urban Planning
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation considers the impacts of sprawl on children.
Is Smart Growth A National Issue?
Bush and Kerry would do well to make metropolitan policy a priority on the national agenda.
California's Mystery Land Benefactor
The LA Times identifies retired mathemetician David Gelbaum, who has quietly given at least $250 million to preserve California's wildlife corridors.
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Interactive Television is dead! Long live interactive television!
Remember when interactive television was dead? Time-Warner's Full Service Television experiment in Florida in the 1990s was a failure -- people hated it. Something about how the set-top boxes sucked, I think. So the concept went away, fading like CD-ROMs before the onslaught of the Internet.<br /> <br /> At least, that seems to be what the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/21/garden/21SOFT.html">remembers</a>. Here's the part I'm talking about:<blockquote>The Microsoft Home is more like a concept car, a design to dream about. Microsoft has imagined a dream house before: 10 years ago the company unveiled its first such demonstration home. At the time Microsoft's designers were intrigued by interactive television, a technology that never became the next big thing.</blockquote>
City of Moorpark
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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
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
