The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The new Hong Kong Plaza used the old Wal-Mart structure as a blueprint for its development.

July 31 - The Times-Picayune

Several lumber and furniture companies, are now offering a product line that prominently features salvaged wood.

July 31 - Sustainable Business Insider

Zipcar plans to open offices in 11 other metro areas.

July 31 - Smart Growth Online

An editorial looks at the many concerns with building a Home Depot in an already crowded area of San Francisco.

July 31 - San Francisco Bay Guardian News

Emagazine interviews John Seager on a variety of population growth issues.

July 31 - Emagazine

By utilizing photos, text, and a widespread community effort, 32 new porcelain panels at eight Silverline Bus stops will recount the history of Washington Street "one of Boston's most important -- and most neglected --thoroughfares."

July 30 - The Boston Globe

Bi-weekly series on mayors of the world's supercities focuses on Seoul's mayor.

July 30 - International Herald Tribune

Overlays allowing granny flats and customized zoning for unique development situations meet needs, reduce excessive regulations, promote affordable housing.

July 30 - Daily Herald

Sales of the E-ZPass have surpassed all expectations, driven by intense media coverage and government controversy.

July 30 - Toll Road News

Debate Over Moosehead Lake development heats up.

July 30 - Portland Press Herald

Neighborhood preservationists worry as fast food joints close around the country.

July 29 - The Onion

The increasing use of impact fees raises serious concerns about the effect of impact fees will have on the affordability of housing.

July 29 - HUD News

It's not so easy being a cheerleader for future-forward architecture when the future is right outside your window.

July 29 - MetropolisMag.com

BLOG POST

The "trace", as some designers and planners refer to them, are marketed and annotated tours that cover specific topics including waterfronts, historic districts and parks. Traditionally, they've been undertaken through marketing efforts and physical improvements such as signs, markers and designated trails. Until recently, they have been developed top-down with funding and the identification of historic markers and sites by specific organizations. Ken Snyder's excellent <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/archives/2005/07/01/298/">post</a>

July 29 - Scott Page

BLOG POST

In his 1992 novel, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash">Snow Crash</a>, writer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson">Neal Stephenson</a> imagined the ultimate user interface to access geographic information:<br /> <br /> <blockquote><br /> "There is something new: a globe about the size of grapefruit, a perfectly detailed rendition of Planet Earth, hanging in space at arm's length in front of his eyes... It's a piece of CIC software called, simply, Earth. It is the user interface that the CIC uses to keep track of every bit of spatial information that it owns -- all the maps, weather data, architectural plans, and satellite surveillance stuff." [<a href="http://essw.bren.ucsb.edu/~frew/courses/263/lectures/Future_of_GIS/Snow_Crash.html">More excerpts </a>]</blockquote>

July 29 - Abhijeet Chavan

Henry Rodriguez, a developer in south Florida, is convinced that New Urbanism is the best choice for places like South Bay Village in Osprey.

July 29 - Florida Herald Tribune

United States announces a partnership with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea to address global warming with technology.

July 29 - The Guardian Unlimited

Widespread speculation, 'interest only' mortgages with no down payments, and a 'ridiculously low' prime lending rate -- combined with a huge federal deficit -- all point to 'economic armageddon' for the U.S.

July 29 - Dissident Voice

Residents of a quintessential edge city explain the attraction.

July 29 - The Washington Post

The bid to privatize the Dulles Toll Road is the latest in a growing trend.

July 29 - The Washington Post