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Facing a doubling of passengers at the aging and space-constrained LAX, new Mayor Villaraigosa outlines plans to focus international flights at LAX, and push domestic flights to other regional airports.

February 2 - The Los Angeles Times

In advance of President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, William Rivers Pitt looks at widespread poverty and the ruins of New Orleans to state, "the state of this union is not good."

February 2 - Truthout

In an eight-part series, Gannett compiles three months of analysis to expose the serious problems of unchecked growth along the country's shores, along with a host of counterproductive public policies.

February 2 - Gannett News Service

How the tenants movement of the 1970s and 1980s evolved into the housing and community development movement of today.

February 2 - Shelterforce Magazine

The nation's largest urban park needs some sprucing up, and Melendrez landscape architects has recently submitted its draft master plan.

February 2 - The Planning Report

Elements of a new city council plan include an overall reduction in speed limit, a more streamlined tram system, and general opposition to increased road access for cars in the central business district.

February 2 - The Age

Two major newspapers report that the world is not only reaching a 'tipping point' where climate change is concerned, but that the Bush Administration doesn't want you to know about it.

February 2 - Editor & Publisher

In this op-ed, Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes argue that America's older, inner-ring, first suburbs -- like Nassau County -- must embrace a new vision for remaking themselves.

February 1 - The New York Times

In his state of the union address, President Bush says the U.S. is "addicted to oil" and alternate energy source will break its dependence.

February 1 - CNN

A new rail plan proposes to bring mass transit to Orange County.

February 1 - The Los Angeles Times

A TRB report explores how sustainability objectives can be introduced into the planning process for surface transportation facilities and operations.

February 1 - Transportation Research Board

An old timer remembers a center of Yiddish theater in New York from the late 1800s to early 1900s.

February 1 - New York Press

Creative class or not, Philadelphia artists are making a tangible impact on the city's neighborhoods, with support from major donors, and developers looking to cash in.

February 1 - Philadelphia City Paper

Neal Peirce reviews the flurry of rebuilding ideas taking shape in Katrina-ravaged areas.

February 1 - Stateline.org

Like the low-income tax credit before it, new-market credits are proving essential to the revitalization of American businesses, investing over eight billion dollars to date in low-income areas.

February 1 - The New York Times

The alter-ego of the Inner Harbor's 'hardscape', Baltimore's nearby Middle Branch harbor is set to become a model sustainable neighborhood, complete with hiking trails and alternative energy sources, if developers' visions go according to plan.

February 1 - Baltimore City Paper

Members of an underfunded Philadelphia neighborhood protest the gaming investment when basic services, such as a hospital, are lacking.

February 1 - Philadelphia City Paper

BLOG POST

After Adam's last two thoughtful posts, I thought I should weigh in here being the resident urban design on Tech Talk. In general, I sometimes share others concerns with marquee architecture but usually when its seen as a way of boosting economic development or the status of a city. I think in those cases, there are far better ways to boost the livability and physical appearance of a place. Thinking of what an "icon" for say, Fort Wayne, would be is an uninteresting question as that city faces other underlying issues that a marquee project simply can't address.

January 31 - Scott Page

One man owns a piece of Fort Totten, now a major New York City metro area park; he's just not sure where it is (or who's buried there), complicating matters for the Mayor.

January 31 - New York Press

TransLink, the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, plans to tax businesses per square meter of parking space in order to help pay for a $1.9 billion, three-year improvement plan.

January 31 - The Vancouver Sun