The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

An interactive guide to Chicago's Millenium Park -- the city's "boldest outdoor cultural project in more than a century".

July 16 - The Chicago Tribune

A massive petrochemicals complex takes shape in southern China.

July 16 - Bechtel-Parsons Brinckerhoff

A team approach to improving a neighborhood while getting a good return on investment.

July 16 - CNNMoney

The City of Dana Point sues a resident who chopped off the tops of seven pine trees in a public park to improve the view from his multimillion-dollar home.

July 16 - The Los Angeles Times

Wal-Mart faces city zoning hurdles in Mission, Kansas, as the retailer attempts to rehab struggling 350,000 square foot indoor shopping mall into a "Supercenter".

July 16 - BizJournals

The L.A. Times presents the fourth report in a series on Africa's swelling slums. This article focuses on a community known as 'Deep Sea'.

July 16 - The Los Angeles Times

Plausibility of Wendell Cox's transit replacement proposal is undermined by questionable assumptions.

July 15 - Public Transit

Planners in Houston finally establish a municipal land-bank program for redevelopment, but find after years of delays, that the real estate market has changed.

July 15 - The Chicago Tribune

Fed up with the congestion of Seoul, President Roh Moo Hyun has designated a rural area as the site for the future 500,000 person capital.

July 15 - The Seattle Times

With gasoline prices rising, a brouhaha has erupted over mileage stickers.

July 15 - The Christian Science Monitor

Covering six blocks, the mixed-use plan will include theaters, restaurants, and a massive hotel within walking distance of the Convention Center. City officials have yet to include financial support.

July 15 - The Los Angeles Times

Over budget and four years late, Chicago's stunning Millennium Park will become 'the new face' of the City.

July 15 - The Los Angeles Times

Fifty years later, Lakewood, the Los Angeles Levittown, proudly holds on to its working-class roots.

July 15 - The New York Times

While places like Michigan and Cleveland are investing millions of dollars to lure 20-somethings back, some demographers think expectations are exaggerated.

July 15 - Associated Press

Designer fears that World Athletes Monument will be damaged by proposal.

July 15 - INTBAU

Daniel Libeskind's suit against Silverstein Properties claims the developer is punishing the architect for protesting changes to the master plan.

July 15 - Newsday

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I don't really have anything to say about <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/14/creating.cool.ap/index.html">this</a> CNN.com story except <em>damn!</em> It's gotta hurt to look out at all the bigger, more popular cities, having all the fun and getting all the hottest sister cities, hosting all the coolest awards shows.<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Now officials in some cities and states are looking to reverse the trend -- by marketing themselves as hip places to live and giving college graduates a reason to stay.<br /> <br /> In Michigan, [Governor Jennifer] Granholm has launched the "Cool Cities" initiative, a grants program that she insists is more about economic development than just bringing "lattes and bookstores and nightclubs" to her state.<br /> <br /> Saugatuck, where residents are renovating an old pie factory into a center for the arts, was among the first to receive one of the state's $100,000 grants.</blockquote>

July 14 - Anonymous

Through the newly-signed agreement, Boston gets a look at the convoluted operation of the Big Dig parks.

July 14 - BizJournals

Designed to stop sprawl and preserve farmland, two state tax breaks to farmers are actually fueling further expansion. Much 'farmland' is already developed, yet still gets write-offs.

July 14 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Increase in home prices can be attributed to the rising costs of construction material.

July 14 - Builder Magazine