The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Housing Projects Get Aid For Bills
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez announced that HUD will earmark an additional $105 million to help pay the utility bills of public housing authorities and resident management corporations blind-sided by energy costs.
Cold Cities, Hot Architecture
Architect Aaron Betsky explains why "Architecture Must Burn."
Land Use Vs. Religion In Seattle
Seattle churches want an exemption to the area's growth limits to build churches in areas where development normally does not go.
Las Vegas Seeks Urban Legitimacy
Las Vegas, Nevada has been ridiculed as a warped caricature of american culture. It now wants cosmopolitan trappings.
'Destination Real Estate' To Be Explored
'Destination Real Estate' includes shopping centers that combine retail stores with entertainment uses.
ULI Residential Housing Case Study
ULI publishes a complete case study of Normandie Village, an award-winning residential apartment complex in East Hollywood, California.
Raleigh-Durham Market Update
Reis.com, a resource of commercial real estate trends, looks at Raleigh-Durham and Cleveland in it's most current update.
Immigration Fueling Big U.S. Cities
According to census figures, cities that attracted immigrants grew turning around decades of deterioration.
Attack Of The Monster Homes
Oversized homes are causing tension between residents and cities as planners hurry to rewrite zoning laws in order to restrict the size of houses.
New Community Development Journal
Capital Ideas, a new web-based journal, premiers with an article discussing how civic intermediaries can alleviate poverty.
Downtown Revival Comes To The South
Southern cities discover the economic advantages of dynamic downtowns.
Las Vegas: Utopia Of Clowns
James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, publishes a chapter from his forthcoming book on the Web.
Finding Good Dirt
As buildable sites get harder to find and more expensive to develop, developers are becoming more creative and taking greater risks.
Will L.A.'s Chinatown Bloom Again?
The next chapter in the long story of downtown L.A.'s revitalization is in progress with the Cornfield's purchase.
Is Sprawl Unstoppable?
"Open-space" programs are popular in Colorado.
The Economic Case For New Urbanism
Executives are recognizing that the talent pool is richest in places that are livable, diverse, and have high concentrations of ammenities.
Cleveland Retail Market Update
Cleveland, once derided as the "mistake by the lake," gives birth to a retail rennaisance.
Nation's Most Racially Segregated Cities
Most of the nation's cities are still racially segregated.
The Citizen Planner's Fix-It Manual
This excerpted chapter is from a "fix-it manual" for citizen planners working on improving their towns or neighborhoods.
Car Sharing In San Francisco
San Francisco has just initiated a City CarShare program thatrents cars by the hour to its members.
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.
