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New York Subways Recover From Sept. 11 Attacks

Subway lines damaged by the attacks on the World Trade Center will reopen ahead of schedule.

October 31 - The New York Times

A European Perspective Of Los Angeles

A professor of Architecture and Planning from Germany's Bauhaus University offers the European perspective on Ls Angeles.

October 31 - The Planning Report

Developing Environments

A number of tried and true principles are needed to guide city projects in the developing world.

October 31 - Urban Land Magazine

Mixing Suburbia And Density In Baltimore

Baltimore planners are proposing what the Maryland Sun calls 'the future of suburban development.'

October 31 - Sun Spot

If Sprawl Is A Defense, It's Fighting The Last War

Do dense cities or sprawling suburbs make the best defense against terrorism?

October 30 - The Philadelphia Daily News


County Pulls Out Trees To Prop Up Tourism Economy

More than 50 trees gracing roadway medians in Fort Lauderdale, FL, must give way to a parade of small airplanes, part of the convention of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association that is anticipated to bring up to $10 million to Broward County

October 30 - Sun-Sentinel

Linking New Urbanism And Public Art

Artist Bill Cochran links new urbanism with public art to promote diversity and join neighborhoods.

October 30 - The Town Paper


Somerville: A Test Case For Smart Growth

Somerville is a test case for the proposition that a community can be committed to smart growth in hard economic times.

October 30 - The Boston Globe

Project Approvals, Denials Draw Lawsuits

After two years of intense planning, Delray Beach's efforts to approve a $36 million, 59 foot high, mixed-use redevelopment complex, with 219 units, 12,300 square feet of shopping and 207 parking spaces -- came to a grinding halt.

October 30 - Sun-Sentinel

Rent Control's Comeback In Kingston, MA

Tenants in a mobile home community in Kingston, MA say rent control is the best tool to prevent huge increases in leases on their properties.

October 30 - The Boston Globe

West Eugene Parkway Threatens Wetlands

Analysis of the Environmental Impact Statement of the West Eugene Parkway project in Oregon warns of the environmental impacts of the project.

October 30 - Eugene Weekly

Property Taxes Rising In Massachusetts

In Massachusettts, property taxes for an average single-family home increased by 5.5 percent in 2001, according the numbers released by the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

October 30 - The Boston Globe

Build It - We Are Already Here

Paper outlines the Los Angeles, CA, business and development community's strategies to solve the affordable housing crisis at all levels: affordable housing, workforce housing and homeownership.

October 30 - Central City Association Of Los Angeles

Reactivating Nashville's Downtown

A strong residential component in an urban mixed-use neighborhood is completing Nashville's downtown renaissance.

October 30 - Urban Land Magazine

Imagining The Future Of Manhattan

Herbert Muschamp comments on the efforts to rebuild Lower Manhattan in New York and discusses the architectural culture of the city.

October 29 - The New York Times

Alternative Energy And Our Dependence On Foreign Oil

Talk of the Nation features a discussion with experts about alternative energy sources.

October 29 - National Public Radio

A Blighted Block In San Francisco

One block in San Francisco's Tenderloin district is a microcosm of the challenges involved in planning.

October 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Eminent Domain: Is It Good Planning?

Eminent domain -- even to build much-needed schools -- has become a political tool, and not a planning tool in New Haven.

October 29 - New Haven Register

Reconstructing New York: Many Alliances But No Plan

Reconstructing New York may well be the "largest urban redevelopment in American history." Alliances have been formed but the effort lacks a clear plan.

October 29 - The New York Times

Boston's South End Revival Ignores Middle Class

Boston's South End development was supposed to be mixed-income, but has left the middle class behind.

October 29 - The Boston Globe

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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.