The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Few government programs are as misunderstood, with such high consequences, as public housing subsidies.

February 8 - Greater Greater Washington

The sign code for North Redington Beach, Florida has been found in violation of the First Amendment, following a dispute with a local café.

February 8 - Rocky Mountain Sign Law

But that's no reason not to try, figures Republican Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah, chair of the powerful House Natural Resources Committee, who has his sights on the Bears Ears National Monument, barely a month old.

February 8 - NPR

With a high number of elderly residents, the London suburb of Purley has taken steps to become "dementia-friendly." There's no single definition of what that means, but community awareness and education are a focus.

February 8 - The Guardian

The editors of a new book on displacement in New York argue that the city's historical record of exclusionary zoning carries over into the present. Urbanist concepts in vogue today simply rehash old divides.

February 8 - CityLab

Will a carbon tax have a better chance of success at the federal level if Republicans propose it? We're about to find out.

February 8 - The New York Times

Facing scary stuff that's also inevitable tends to clarify the landscape for decision-making.

February 8 - PlaceShakers

New York continues to grow, and as the city changes, so does its garbage.

February 8 - The New York Times

In a growing London, skyscrapers seem to be popping up everywhere, We Plan London catalogs the ten tallest.

February 8 - We Plan London

"Sunday might have been the Super Bowl, but Saturday was Metro’s super day," reports Dug Begley.

February 7 - Houston Chronicle

Who thinks the Brooklyn-to-Queens (BQX) would pay for itself? Someone whose paycheck depends on it, Neil deMause argues.

February 7 - The Village Voice

Critics of new regulations by the city of Los Angeles that ban sleeping in cars and RVs overnight say the new restrictions amount to a ban on homeless people.

February 7 - KPCC

A bill to require Philadelphia residents to get a letter from their district council before putting a bench or planter in front of their homes faces a petition from 5th Square.

February 7 - Fifth Square Blog

Christopher Hawthorne examines the unprecedented protests of the Women's March and the more recent airport protests for lessons in the understanding and appreciation of public space.

February 7 - Los Angeles Times

Pulling in community members and a network of local nonprofits, Phoenix's "Spaces of Opportunity" is an attempt to make urban farming something more than a catchphrase.

February 7 - The Architect's Newspaper

Two environmental groups are suing the nation's largest public power utility for contaminating drinking water through prolonged leaks from coal ash ponds at TVA's coal-burning Gallatin Fossil Plant into the Cumberland River and ground water.

February 7 - The Tennessean

Designed for a different era, Willis Tower's pedestrian-phobic base is in line for a complete overhaul. The goal is to open the immense tower to the street.

February 7 - Chicago Sun-Times

A southern Louisiana company is bringing a mobile, four-sided digital billboard to the streets of New Orleans

February 7 - The Advocate (Louisiana)

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School vouchers might expand educational choice and thus make city life more appealing to middle-class families—but the most appealing versions of a voucher system are also the most costly.

February 7 - Michael Lewyn

Atlanta's quickly growing region means many communities are seeking to incorporate. Several controversial processes, however, have compelled the state to reform the incorporation process.

February 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution