The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and other big box stores could pay Chicago employees a "living wage" as early as next month.

June 2 - The New York Times

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ralph Martire says that the project warrants careful analysis before the state decides to sell-off a profit-making asset to reduce deficit.

June 2 - Chicago Sun-Times

Frank Gehry, Herzog and de Meuron, Cesar Pelli, Richard Meier, and Enrique Norton are all working on projects in Miami.

June 2 - The New York Times

Pataki plans to require drastic cuts in mercury emissions from the state's power plants, going further than Bush's new standards, and angering the business community, which fears the tough standards may force coal-burning plants to close.

June 2 - The New York Times

Fearing that one memorial may lead to many more in the wake of the Big Dig, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is not supporting the placement of an Armenian-American memorial on the yet to be completed Rose Kennedy Greenway.

June 2 - The Boston Globe

After the much anticipated unveiling of the first quadrant in the Miami 21 project on May 13th, the public is now taking the opportunity to react to the City's most ambitious urban planning effort to date.

June 2 - Miami Sun-Post

It's been well documented that San Francisco has few households with children, and locals know that schools are closing because of declining enrollment. Yet pre-schoolers are on the rise -- why are families leaving the city before kindergarten?

June 2 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Mike Armstrong can't stand the environmental 'blame game'.

June 1 - Abhijeet Chavan

Experts speculate that as record amounts of investment continue to pour into the commercial real estate industry, infrastructure represents the next big frontier for real estate investors.

June 1 - National Real Estate Investor

When The Biosphere was originally built in 1991, it was in the middle of nowhere in the Sonoran Desert. Today, hyper suburban development between Tucson and Phoenix threatens its very existence.

June 1 - The New York Times

The Denver Post publishes an investigative series entitled "Truth Be Tolled", exposing errors in toll road forecasting, and suggesting that financial conflicts of interest may be responsible.

June 1 - The Denver Post

A major marketing effort hopes to attract retirees to Texas, through the "certified retirement community" program.

June 1 - Star Telegram

Thousands of Katrina survivors scattered throughout the country may be about to lose their homes due to changes in FEMA funding.

June 1 - The New Standard

How to identify and invest in housing markets with good short- and long-term appreciation potential.

June 1 - The Los Angeles Times

For less than the cost of a recent school levy, Tacoma, Washington, could have a brand new old-style streetcar system.

June 1 - Tacoma News Tribune

Speed limits on stretches of West Texas interstates have been increased to 80 mph.

June 1 - The Los Angeles Times

Living together for economic and social reasons, multigenerational households begin to influence architects and developers.

June 1 - The New York Times

What does it take to sell real estate in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina?

May 31 - The Los Angeles Times

City Life is a stunning city-building simulation which gives players the opportunity to build and manage a modern day metropolis in a fully 3D world. The game is being hailed as "SimCity with a conscience."

May 31 - GameSpot

Don't blame just the oil companies writes Rosa Brooks.

May 31 - Abhijeet Chavan