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Is Everything For Sale When Municipal Budgets Are Tight?
It's not just Snapple getting an exclusive deal in NYC, smaller cities are getting into the game.
What Happened To The Urban Agenda?
The presidential campaigns are in full swing, but the issues facing cities are largely absent from the debate. Is there an urban agenda in national politics?
Who Pays For Transportation Infrastructure?
California's budget crisis is bringing the issue of transportation funding to the forefront
The Real Cost Of Housing Subsidies
Subsidized low-cost housing costs more than private projects, according to new research.
Canadian Group Selected For New York Redevelopment
Urban Strategies and Artscape play key role in one of the largest New York redevelopment projects in years.
Applying The Vancouver Experience To San Francisco
How Vancouver ideas do -- and do not -- help in shaping San Francisco's first high density neighborhood.
Gehry To Unveil Redesign For Art Gallery of Ontario
Toronto architects ponder the influence of Frank Gehry on the eve of his long-awaited homecoming
Dickensian London: A Character In Itself
Dickens wrote so evocatively of the city's sites -- many of which can still be found.
Los Angeles Plans For A Walkable Downtown
Martha Welborne, managing director of the Grand Avenue Authority, discusses the most recent developments in the project that promises to define downtown L.A. and finally create a center for the region.
California's $37-billion Bullet Train
By 2020, over 68 million riders would use a statewide bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. But is $37-billion too much?
A New Coat Of Paint
Lithuania's past complicates the restoration of its capital's historic center.
The Trend Toward Commercial Condominiums
Speculative business parks aimed at ownership by small businesses are a hot new market.
Easing Traffic Congestion on a Tight Budget
One of a series of articles by The Washington Post that examines ways to ease traffic congestion without spending the vast sums required for major projects.
New Urban Neighborhoods Make Big Gains
New Urban News year-end survey finds 37 percent annual growth in new urban planning and construction.
The Worst Cars Of All Time
In our car-oriented culture, it's hard to find a truly awful car anymore. Forbes produces its list of the worst cars of all time.
Support For Sign Language Town
McCook County Commission voted 4-1 to support new sign language town in South Dakota.
The Art Of Place-Making
Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces discusses the elements and essentials of place making.
America's Greenest Building
Los Angeles has two of the most ecologically advanced buildings in the country -- and both are competing for the title of the greenest building in America.
Utah Gas Tax Tries To Keep Pace With Roads, Drivers
Utah lawmakers consider a 5 cent increase in state gas tax to fund transportation needs
Sick Mall Turnaround Specialists
As many as a third of the nation's 1,000 malls are obsolete. A new specialty is emerging for experts in reviving second-tier malls.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
