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Fired Official: New Yorkers 'Dumb'

The head of the city's customer-service office is fired after calling New York city workers "dumb," "whining" and "stupid" in an Internet essay.

December 31 - New York Post

WTC: The Best Three Designs

Mark C. Taylor selects the best designs from the seven proposals for Ground Zero.

December 31 - The New York Times

WTC As World Cultural Center?

The Village Voice asks if the new WTC design could become a new world cultural center.

December 31 - The Village Voice

Your Proposals For The World Trade Center

For anyone who dislikes the WTC reconstruction, you can submit your proposal to CNN. The choices are dizzying, with more arriving each day.

December 31 - CNN

Segregated City Hurt By Housing Patterns

Cleveland, the third-most-segregated city in the U.S. pays an economic price for its migration patterns.

December 31 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer


Erase-atecture In Los Angeles

In Los Angeles, there's more 'erase-atecture' than preservation. The Los Angeles Times examines demolition permits in the city for 2001.

December 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Blueprint Houston

A diverse group of Houston residents have launched an effort to demonstrate the need for long-range planning.

December 30 - The Houston Chronicle


What It's Like To Live On The Rose Parade Route

You think your community is loud and noisy? Read what's it like to have one million visitors camp on your lawn for 24 hours.

December 30 - The Los Angeles Times

Las Vegas: A Surprising Leader In Public Transit

Las Vegas will soon launch the nation's first monorail built as a public transit project and funded by private industry.

December 30 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Town Sold For $1.78 Million On Online Auction

A Northern California town listed on eBay, the online auction website, sold for $1.78 million.

December 30 - CNET News

Artificial Urbanity: Main Street Retail

Main street retail is the newest real estate trend. But sometimes reality "falls laughably short of the hype," writes John King.

December 30 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Main Street Retail Can Work In Suburbs

Main street retail can work well in the suburbs -- when the project draws on its surroundings.

December 30 - The San Francisco Chronicle

In The Name Of Smart Growth

Charlotte Observer associate editor Mary Newsom writes that misusing the term "Smart Growth" will give the movement a bad name.

December 29 - Smart Growth Online

The Industrial Prairie

The Bush administration is about to approve the largest-ever gas-drilling project on federal land. The New York Times provides an in-depth look at the environmental impact of the drilling.

December 29 - The New York Times

Universities Adopt Green Technology

Universities are using environment-friendly technology on campus.

December 29 - Wired

San Francisco Bans Segway

San Francisco bans the use of Segways on sidewalks and bike trails. One columnist calls the Segway as dangerous as Iraq.

December 29 - San Francisco Weekly

L.A.'s Forgotten Airport

Los Angeles plans to dust off a forgotten airport in Palmdale in order to distribute the region's increased demand for air travel.

December 28 - The Los Angeles Times

The Longest Subterranean Highway In The U.S.

A transportation engineer with political saavy gets his transit solution noticed.

December 28 - The Los Angeles Times

Urban Boundaries And Money

The precise location of municipal boundaries is becoming more important as developers look to build on infill sites.

December 28 - The Boston Globe

Audit Slams Housing Agency

A state agency that rehabilitates homes for the rural poor has mismanaged the program, Louisiana's legislative auditor said in a new report.

December 28 - The Times-Picayune

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