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More Single Women Becoming Homeowners
According to the National Association of Realtors, more single women are buying homes.
L.A. Selects N.Y. Developer For Downtown Centerpiece
The Related Cos. of New York-based has been selected to create the $1.2-billion centerpiece on Grand Ave. in downtown L.A.
The Cost Of Sprawl
Readers interview Gerrit KnaapExecutive Director, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Maryland.
The New Environmentalism: Follow The Money
Randy Hayes of the Rainforest Action Network champions the environment by challenging corporations. Welcome to Hayes' 500-year plan.
Smart Growth: A Disconnect Between Planners And People
While planners recommend denser development, people choose the opposite. Is "smart growth" inconsistent with the American Dream?
Providence Nation's Least Sprawling Metro Area
Wendell Cox adjusts the Smart Growth American sprawl index for errors and concludes that Providence is the nation's least sprawling metro area and Colorado Springs sprawls less than Portland.
TEA Reauthorization Places Public Transit Alternatives At Risk
"In a climate of record level oil prices, a bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee just before Congress recessed for the party conventions would substantially curtail travel options for the public."
When Schools Can't Keep Up With Development
Atlanta is spending $543 million for new school construction -- and still not keeping up with its sprawling subdivisions.
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Open Source In Government
An article in the Los Angeles Times takes a look at how local and national government agencies around the world are increasing adopting Open Source Software (OSS). (See: "<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-linux9aug09,1,1269720.story">Developing Nations See Linux as a Savior From Microsoft's Grip</a>" [Reg. reqd], Los Angeles Time, page A4, Aug 9th, 2004) . According to the article: <br /> <blockquote><br /> "Government-driven movements to shift to free or low-cost software � fed by security, economic and ideological concerns -- threaten to dent Microsoft's ambitions. In fact, government officials the world over, from local authorities in Austria's capital to high-ranking national bureaucrats in India, are increasingly moving from proprietary software such as Microsoft's to open-source products."<br /> </blockquote>
Rail Considered For Critical NYC Link
Plans for upgrading a critical but aging Hudson River bridge could include a passenger rail link.
Developing Workforce Housing In Los Angeles
Livable Places has developed a brief paper that de-mystifies the current dynamics of the housing market in Los Angeles.
Free Bike Parking Facilty Opens In Denver
Denver's first of its kind bike parking facilty and urban transportation center helps relieve parking burden and offers visitors, employees and shoppers alike, to the Cherry Creek North shopping district an alternative to driving and payin
An Interview With Denver's Planning Director
The Denver Post interview Peter Park, Denver’s community planning and development director.
Libeskind, Hadid, Isozaki To Transform Milan
Primary architect of the new World Trade Center, Daniel Libeskind, Pritzker Prize winner Zaha Hadid, and leading Japanese architect Arata Isozaki's design of three "pasta" towers will radically change the Milan skyline.
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Los Angeles Koreatown
Washington, DC - in our nation's capital, blogging about a New York Times article about Los Angeles. Isn't technology wonderful?<br /> <br /> The Times almost never gets LA right. They cover it like an alien planet, populated by strange, non-New Yorkers who also seem kinda hip (so what's up with that?). Usually, every NYT story about LA begins with the same implicit lead sentence that their coverage of Japan used to: "These freakin' people, you wouldn't believe what they're up to now."<br /> <br /> And then comes <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/fashion/08KORE.html">this</a>
Revitalizing Urban Parks
Many of the nation's urban parks are in decline, marred by trash and other problems. Cabbagetown's 4-acre park is an example of neighborhood parks can be relitalized.
The World's Most Environmentally Responsible Skyscraper
Bank of America and The Durst Organization are building a 'green' 945-foot-tall skyscraper in midtown Manhattan.
Eminent Domain: The Despotic Power
The Michigan Supreme Court rules that Detroit's 1981 eminent domain seizures of Poletown homes for a General Motors plant was not legal.
New Nicknames For Houston Light Rail
'Wham-Bam-Tram'and 'Streetcar Named Disaster' are some the nicknames given to the Houston's new light rail line between downtown and the Astrodome.
The Dangerous Developer
The Los Angeles Times profiles the controversial and litigious real estate developer Alan Casden.
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Mt Shasta
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
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.
