The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Actor and global sexy man Ryan Gosling has brought his talents to the world of Architecture, or so it seems.

January 13 - Archinect

Preservationists say Lathrop Homes should be preserved, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) says it should be "transformed", but what do the residents think?

January 13 - Chicago Tribune

Super-fast, beautifully-designed trains are the all the rage again in China, but safety, pricing, and technology concerns now need to be bumped to country's rail priority list to make it work.

January 13 - The Economist

After the destruction of some of its most significant architectural and cultural treasures, the City of Beverly Hills has finally adopted a historic preservation ordinance.

January 13 - Los Angeles Times

It's been more than 50 years since Boston's old West End was demolished, so why does the neighborhood still have its own newspaper, museum, and weekly gatherings?

January 13 - The Boston Globe

In an opinion piece for the New York Times, Dowell Myers outlines the key demographic changes in immigration patterns and the bold changes in our approach to both legal and illegal immigration policy that they should precipitate.

January 13 - The New York Times

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<p> I&#39;m writing from the audience of a presentation this morning in the Hotel Phillips in Kansas City. The presentation will cover the initial observations and recommendations of a national team of experts who&#39;ve been invited here by Mayor Sly James and his team of Daniel Rose Fellows. </p> <p> The Kansas City Daniel Rose Fellows: </p>

January 13 - Jess Zimbabwe

In an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, William Fulton, former mayor of Ventura and the only mayor in California who supported the Governor's proposal to end redevelopment, offers concrete steps for reviving redevelopment in the state.

January 13 - Los Angeles Times

Spiegel Online has published rarely seen photos of Berlin just a few months after the end of World War Two, depicting the massive destruction of the city.

January 13 - Spiegel Online

A key ruling on whether and/or how to allow the High Volume Horizontal Hydraulic Fracturing (or fracking) method of extracting natural gas is imminent in New York State. The decision could set a nationwide precedent.

January 13 - THE DIRT

Writing for the NY Times Sunday Review, Sarah Williams Goldhagen opines on the attraction of architects and urban designers to the design language of trees and other embodied metaphors.

January 13 - The New York Times

A police sergeant displayed his mediation skills at a regional planning meeting by temporarily replacing the facilitator after 20 tea party activists disrupted the meeting.

January 12 - The Press Democrat

There might be something to the analogy, opines Blair Kamin, when comparing the building's star status to its contribution to the urban setting.

January 12 - Chicago Tribune

Despite strong opposition from homeowners and environmentalists, the UK Government has just approved an ambitious investment in high speed rail linking London with Birmingham, Manchester, and Leeds.

January 12 - The Guardian

Llewellyn Hinkes-Jones makes a strong argument for why ugly buildings deserve some love.

January 12 - The Atlantic Cities

On the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Sara Miller Llana assesses the rebuilding effort.

January 12 - The Christian Science Monitor

Laura Allsop chronicles the controversial plans, which have caused consternation amongst heritage workers and restorers.

January 12 - CNN

Rowan Moore judges the return of the "huge" housing estate in the shape of the 2012 Olympics Athletes' Village in London.

January 12 - The Observer

A new study has created unexpected tensions between public health advocates and smart-growth-oriented urban planners.

January 12 - California Watch

The City's top budget official has warned that dismantling the Redevelopment Agency could cost the city more than $109 million in new expenses.

January 12 - Los Angeles Times