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'Smart Growth' Means 'No Growth'
Residents complain that monster houses are eating up open land. Developer says if communities want open space they should buy the land.
Building A New Downtown Riverdale
Riverdale, once a thriving community, has lost its industrial businesses, leaving unemployment and brownfield sites behind them.
Recommendations For Land Use Decision Making
Report identifies systemic weaknesses in land use decision making and offers a series of recommendations.
Revisiting the Definition of 'Affordable' in Housing
In a _Chicago Tribune_ Op-Ed, Gail Schechter, of the Interfaith Housing Center of the Northern Suburbs, challenges Illinois policymakers' definition of "affordable housing."
Prairie Flower
An ecologically conscious "New Urbanist" housing development begins to mature west of Chicago.
Toledo's Sprawl Report Places Suburbs 'At-Risk'
A new report, Toledo Metropatterns, identifies the areas around Toledo suffering from the impacts of sprawl.
What Does Your House Reveal About You?
This article traces the evolution of the modern house and what it reveals about our attitudes.
Riverside Growth Control Plan Adopted
After five years, and $11 million in the making, Riverside County, CA has adopted a sweeping general plan in an attempt to better shape growth in the booming county.
Downtown: A Place To Live, Work, Play
Signs are pointing to Milwaukee's downtown resurgence.
Little Solar Houses For You And Me
The Tennessee Valley Authority sets a new standard for eco-friendly homes.
Lining Up To Buy The American Dream
Housing in Southern California has become so scarce that people are lining up on the street for a chance to buy a townhome.
Resurrecting Walter Burley Griffin
A closer look at Walter Burley Griffin, who was a protege of Frank Lloyd Wright, and is famous for his masterplan design of Canberra, Australia.
Comeback Company Town
Marktown, a small company town in Indiana, known for its narrow sidewalks, is beginning to reemerge after years of community and economic decline.
A Civic Gift
Michigan preservationists reclaim history and revive local economies.
$764 Per Square Foot
The sale of the G.M. Building at 767 Fifth Avenue will go down as the most ever paid for a US office building.
Kicking The Car Habit: My Experience
Downsizing from two cars to one is scary.
Is Your City 'Cool'?
Some cities are hip. Others aren't. But 'unhip' cities are trying to change their image and attract young professionals.
'Commons' Commentator Dead At 88
Garrett Hardin wrote the seminal essay "The Tragedy of the Commons".
Big Homebuilders Getting Bigger
A survey by the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) reveals that big builders are beginning to occupy a large chunk of the housing business.
Fear and Hope for the Future of California's Housing Market
Real Estate experts and economists convene in San Diego to discuss and debate the sustainability of California's recent rise in housing prices.
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.
