The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The Wall Street Journal reviews real estate articles from across the US about the top-ranked places to live and where housing prices are falling.

July 21 - The Wall Street Journal

Cul-de-sacs remain popular with homebuyers (and therefore developers), but some American cities are taking steps to limit or even prohibit their use.

July 21 - Smart Growth Online

Despite a price jump of 75% in gasoline per gallon since 2000, Americans bought 10% more in gas in the first half of 2006.

July 21 - Business Week Online

Plans for redevelopment include a convention hotel and entertainment center with restaurants, bars and nightclubs, surrounded by an enormous parking garage.

July 20 - The Houston Chronicle

The state will provide financial incentives to businesses who locate near transit and affordable housing.

July 20 - The New Standard

Toronto is modifying its subway cars to improve safety in this age of terrorist bombings, while one expert says the change will only create an illusion of safety.

July 20 - The Toronto Star

A non-profit organization in New York is improving the lives of school children by adding bright colors to hallways.

July 20 - Metropolis Magazine

The planned $222.5 million transit hub will seamlessly link T.F. Green Airport with Providence and Boston by 2009.

July 20 - The Providence Journal

Why should the big spenders have a monopoly on architecturally distinctive dwellings?

July 20 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

With the arrival of the digital music age, record stores are disappearing at an alarming rate.

July 20 - The New York Times

The United States Environmental Protection Agency publishes visual case studies of 10 smart growth principles as they have been used in 20 communities around the country.

July 20 - United States Environmental Protection Agency

Responding to a housing crunch, Manhattan volunteers will count all abandoned properties in the city this weekend in an effort to utilize any and all buildings available. The count is aimed at identifying new sites for affordable housing.

July 20 - City Limits

California's Central Valley is known to be one of the most polluted areas in U.S., but few know that the two national parks above the Valley, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, actually have higher ozone concentrations than the flatlands below.

July 20 - The Fresno Bee

Even as the housing market slows in Southern California, an upscale housing boom continues in Antelope Valley.

July 19 - The Los Angeles Times

Life in a community of freed slaves is mapped and documented by young descendents.

July 19 - The Chicago Tribune

Using their large purses and incredible political strength in the California legislature, lobbyists for the oil industry have succeeded in killing any legislation they have deemed a serious threat to profits.

July 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A recent commentary argues that surface-level boulevards may be bigger barriers to waterfront pedestrian access than the elevated freeways the replace.

July 19 - Reason Foundation

A planner who quoted Jane Jacobs for years finally discovers what the author really said in her classic book.

July 19 - Metropolis Magazine

While some believe imitation to be the ultimate form of flattery, others describe it as a foolish attempt to replicate the past.

July 19 - The New York Times

The developer of Miami's massive Midtown project says selling the project before it is built does not indicate a change in Miami's hot housing market. Some Real Estate analysts disagree.

July 19 - The Miami Herald