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Update From APA's 2003 Conference
Sunday was the first day of the national American Planning Association conference in Denver, Colorado. 5,000 are expected.
The Transformation Of Jersey City
Jersy City is hip and prospering.
Smart Growth Scorecard Introduced
A scorecard system being discussed in Denver offers a market-based alternative to zoning for encouraging smart growth.
GM Pulls Ad That Labels Transit Riders 'Creeps And Weirdos'
General Motors Canada has pulled an ad campaign suggesting that transit buses are full of "creeps and weirdos."
Louis I. Kahn: A Man Of Mystery
A documentary explores the life of the great American architect Louis I. Kahn.
New York City Counts Its Homeless
Homeless advocates say New York City's estimate of 1,780 homeless living in the streets of Manhattan is too low.
Inclusionary Housing Is Good Policy
Requiring Los Angeles housing developers to include low-income units is good policy, a report concludes.
A Conversation With Dan Solomon And Andr
The Charleston Council of 2002 featured an open discussion on the issue of style and building.
The Big Dig Opens
After 16 years of drafting, spending, and defending, part of the Big Dig opens Sunday, stoking an urban revolution.
Debate Over Road Widening To Serve Increasing Traffic
Nearly all of Md. 32 to the south and east of the "new town" of Columbia has been upgraded to a freeway - should the section west and north of Columbia also be upgraded?
Can Neighboring Municipalities And Counties Cooperate?
Robert Norfleet, a retired banker, asks if local governments in the Richmond, Virginia metropolitan area can cooperate across jurisdictional boundaries, even when conflicts and disputes arise.
Sprawl's Impact On Military Bases
Military installations are being threatened by uncontrolled land development and states are reacting with a number of sound approaches.
Beachfront Threatened With Overdevelopment
Broward County officials are concerned about the overdevelopment along the county's 23-mile shoreline.
Traditional Byzantine & Islamic Building Codes Examined
Especially relevant in light of current world events, this essay examines Byzantine and Islamic building codes that have provided the legal andcultural foundations of Mediterranean urbanism.
Friday Humor: Wal-Mart Opens First 'All You Can Live' Township
Wal-Mart opens a company-designed and managed subdivision on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio.
Granholm Addresses First Smart Growth Council Meeting
Governor Jennifer Granholm's Michigan Land Use Leadership Council met for the first time in Lansing, MI.
Suburbs 2.0: The Scottsdale Story
What happens when an affluent suburb like Scottsdale, Arizona, runs out of land?
Expanding San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay has been shrinking. The effort to restore its health could be the largest wetlands restorating project in the West.
Proposed Environmental Rollbacks Sold As National Security Measures
Minnesotan Democratic Congressman Martin Olav Sabo argues that Bush Administration proposals framed as matters of military readiness and patriotism are just the latest efforts to roll back environmental laws.
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.
