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Revitalizing Cleveland's Older Suburbs
Cleveland's aging communities team up to market postwar era housing.
Trains: The Next U.S. Interstate
The question should not be "Can we build an iron Interstate, but, "How quickly can we do it."
New Urbanism Gets A Slow Start In Charlotte
Charlotte's University City is a fast-growing university town, with three different development plans in three years.
An Insider's Look At The New Property Rights
An attorney provides an insider's look at the Supreme Court case that dramatically alters government's ability to regulate land use.
Activists Attack Genetic Trees Research
Eco-terrorists target research to create genetically modified trees that grow thick, tall, and fast and even create their own pesticides.
NORCs: Naturally Occuring Retirement Communities
A NORC describes a place in which half of the residents are over 60 and have decided to spend their last years in their home.
Bush Scales Back Gulf Of Mexico Drilling Plan
Bush administration plans to open large tracts of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas have been scaled back under pressure from Florida.
The Wonders Of Suburbia
Columnist Karen Hershenson writes about her transformation into a suburbanite.
Late Night BART
An op-ed advocates increasing the operating hours for the Bay Area Rapid Transit system.
Henry Cisneros On Revitilization And The New Economy
Urban housing reclaims former HUD Secretary Cisneros with his new company, American CityVista.
Downtowns Heat Up
Downtown multifamily development is booming in cities large and small throughout the United States.
Back To The Future: A Food Powered Car
Unconventional Swiss concept car uses kitchen and garden waste as fuel.
Are Construction Bans Legal?
Courts debate if municipalities can employ construction bans to control growth.
Greater Cincinnati: Threatened By Sprawl
Is rapid development in Ohio 'irresponsible?'
Empty Cambridge Plaza High-rises To Be Imploded
The Philadelphia Housing Authority demolishes a housing complex north of downtown.
Podesta: An Unlikely Environmental Crusader
The New York Times profiles John D. Podesta, the newest member of the board of directors of the League of Conservation Voters.
A Perspective On Urban Sprawl
The Christian Century presents an introduction to urban sprawl.
The Irony Of Sprawl
Growth is inevitable -- will the anti-sprawl movement make enemies of us all?
A Planned Community With No Cemetery
If you live in Irvine, California, you have to move elsewhere when you die. This master-planned city has no cemetery.
Mega Sprawl
In the next fifty years 10 western states will develop land the size of Cuba, according to a University of Colorado report.
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.
