The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Urban revival is about recreating our nostalgia for the 1950's, but gentrified neighborhoods resemble a suburban subdivision more than an old city block, writes Michael Johns in The New York Times.

January 5 - The New York Times

The city's downtown and its art community are blossoming, but is luxury coming before the basics?

January 4 - The Orlando Sentinel

New York City's proposed street vendor laws could clean up the streets -– to make more room for city-endorsed advertising.

January 4 - New York Press

For the first time in many years, Amtrak is focused on the business of running a railroad.

January 4 - Mass Transit

Neal Pierce reviews Arizona-based builder, Vernon Swaback's new book: "The Creative Community: Designing for Life."

January 4 - The Washington Post Writers Group

York Region's 'Big Pipe' continues contruction despite inherent problems with gravity-fed system

January 4 - The Toronto Star

Ft. Lauderdale seeks to revitalize its original Main Street.

January 3 - Sun-Sentinel

Planners must address the challenges of a multicultural society but also recognize multiculturalism is a revitalization tool.

January 3 - American Planning Association

Cities and counties of all sizes are adopting regulations to limit development of big box stores.

January 3 - California Planning and Development Report

An in-migration of gays And others has brought new life to an old city just across the state line from Washington, D.C.

January 3 - The Washington Post

The Columbian profiles Clark County Community Development director Richard Carson about his 'contrarian' perspectives on planning.

January 3 - The Columbian

Despite efforts to reinvent itself, the 'Steel City' is facing an identity and economic crisis.

January 2 - The New York Times

City CarShare, a non-profit in San Francisco, has partnered with affordable housing developers to coordinate parking with housing.

January 2 - San Francisco Examiner

Should environmental hazards and toxic waste associated with the NSA be considered state secrets? The agency is uncooperative with EPA cleanup efforts.

January 2 - Sun Spot

An MIT architecture professor and two students designed and built a 'microvillage' that offers instant community in devastated areas.

January 2 - Technology Review

New citizens' network aims to reform state policies affecting land use and development.

January 2 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Scientists have begun measuring pollutants in our bodies and the results sound like a chemical clean-up site.

January 2 - Associated Press

Planner and activist Randall Robinson is embarking on a journey to create a comprehensive guide to Miami architecture.

January 2 - The Miami Herald

Houston Chronicle's Ken Hoffman rides the new Houston light rail on opening day.

January 2 - The Houston Chronicle

The future of retail development is outdoors, and Southern California developer Rick Caruso has successfully pioneered the form.

January 2 - The Los Angeles Times