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New Tools For Reclaiming Brownfields
Internet-based geographic information systems (GIS) are proving to be a useful tool for reclaiming brownfield sites.
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Can We Tame Sprawl?
Advocates of "smart growth" may be fighting a losing battle against sprawl.
Michigan's Transit Connection
Buses and trains are key to Michigan's competitiveness. Unfortunately, the state has spent the last decade laying more pavement.
Do Skyscrapers Have A Future?
A FEMA report concludes that the Twin Towers were remarkably well-built, raising the question: How tall is safe?
A Different Theme Park
A theme park in Gilroy, CA, celebrates trees.
Opposition To Futuristic Maglev Rail Grows
A proposal to build a Washington-Baltimore rail link using futuristic magnetic levitation (Maglev) technology is facing growing opposition.
Dreaming Of A Bold New Downtown
Urban planners and elected officials are thinking up grand visions for rebuilding the 16-acre area around the site of the World Trade Center.
Dr. Gridlock: Blinding SUV Lights
Readers comments about blinding lights on SUVs, yield signs, bumper stickers, and other commuting experiences.
Old Mall Turned Into Successful Office Complex
An old mall which closed in 1998, has been reborn into a thriving office complex that houses over 3,000 workers in Tampa, FL.
U.S. Video Gamers Organize To Save Historic Video Arcade
Video game players across the nation plan rally to protest city plans to close historic video arcade in Pasadena, CA.
Should 'Tall Targets' Require Stricter Standards?
Should very tall buildings require separate design standards as a result of their terrorism "target" potential?
Friday Funny: Freeway 'Prank' Goes Unnoticed For Months
The unusual and unauthorized "artwork" was seen by 150,000 motorists every day. Embarrassed highway officials who failed to discover the prank concede it is useful and will not press charges.
California Population Grows To 35 Million
Annual state numbers indicate that California's population grew by 1.9 percent in 2001.
Eugene's Land Use Code Flip Flop
Just months after approving its updated land use plan, the city was forced to revert back to the older version.
Mixed Use In Brooklyn: New Strategy Uses Old Idea
NYC housing program combines economic revitalization, home ownership, and traditional neighborhood design and finds inspiration for the future in a tried-and-true formula.
Managing Big Cities In The New Economy
Being a big city Mayor may be the toughest job in America. Smart City talks with the mayors of Austin, Texas and Louisville, Kentucky.
An Exclusive, Private Hawaii For the Super-Rich
The ultra-rich are buying up pieces of the Big Island to build multimilion-dollar homes and gated communities.
Philadelphia's New Cesar Pelli Tower
Philadelphia is considering a new 32-story tower designed by renowned architect Cesar Pelli: "It will take on the quality of the sky..."
Solar-Powered Structures And Sustainable Design
Architects Gregory Kiss and Colin Cathcart use solar panels as structural elements.
Create Incentives For Infill Development
Housing and commercial development near mass transit is sensible, but California must create incentives to encourage it.
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.
