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'Dumb Growth' and the Overreliance on Property Taxes
A Hartford Courant Op-Ed that calls for smarter, more sensitive growth policies for Connecticut.
Isabel's Long-Term Damages
The destruction left by Hurricane Isabel 'is likely to accelerate the trend of mini-mansions pushing middle-income families and summer cottages from the waterfront.'
Build The Light Rail, But Spare The Trees
Century old palm trees lining the desert city centre in Arizona are to be displaced not removed, to make way for Light Rail.
Walking The Tightrope Between Revitalization And Gentrification
Planners and residents try to reach an agreement on the future of Fort Worth’s Near South Side.
Suburban Redevelopment Victorian Style
A small town increases its population by half while maintaining its turn-of-the-century Victorian charm.
More Cops The Easy Answer for
George Will asserts that policing has achieved more success than any other effort to revitalize our inner cities.
Rising Home Prices Force Public Servants To Relocate
Priced out of an affluent county, workers like firefighters, teachers must commute long distances.
Death to the Paved Parking Lot
In Pennsylvania, a church experiments with a permeable “green” lot.
How 'Conservative Creatives' Transformed Chattanooga
How a city ranked 139th out of 268 regions in Richard Florida’s Creativity Index became one of the country's most successful places.
Is Amtrak A Federal Responsibility?
Amtrak President David Gunn is touring the country to garner support for the nation’s rail service, which could face huge cuts from the Bush administration.
Naturalized Immigrants More Likely To Become Homeowners
New Census data shows that naturalized immigrants are more likely to own homes than members of the same born in the U.S.
Michigan Wants To Be Cool, Too
The state’s new governor responds to recent Census data naming Detroit as first in the nation in the flight of young adults between 2000 and 2002.
Transportation Enhancements: A Good Use Of Taxpayer Dollars?
Federal highway tax dollars are spent on some unlikely projects.
Continued Stigma Keeps Housing Scarce For Mentally Ill
Fear of violence and the potential impact on property values make it difficult to find sites for secured treatment facilities in California.
Revisiting The Socialist City
Tom Angotti offers a progressive planner's perspective on urban planning, and explores lessons we can learn from the good, the bad, the ugly, as well as the theoretical and the achievable, aspects of the Socialist City.
The Young And The Childless
Mid-sized cities like Pittsburgh, Baton Rouge and Fresno, are using the young and educated as an economic development strategy.
Renewing Urban Renewal
An impoverished St. Louis neighborhood near the Missouri Botanical Gardens faces demolition, when rehabilitation might be the answer, in this case study.
D.C. Plans Ambitious Waterfront Revival
D.C.'s waterfront revival plans include retail, a hotel, and up to 900 residential units.
Cabrini Green: Rough Transition for Residents
Chicago's infamous public housing project, Cabrini Green, is undergoing uneasy change and a rough transition.
Is That American?
Oregon posts reward for driving less.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
