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From Industrial Tract To L.A. Urban Lake
Harvard graduate students offer a plan envisioning a lake, housing and parks for the worst idustrial areas along the Los Angeles River.
Least And Most Resilient Cities
Joel Kotkin offers an analysis of which cities will be most damaged by the recession, and which cities will come through unscathed.
Retro Metro
D.C. officials are interested in a revival of the streetcar to tackle transportation problems.
Affordable Housing Trust Fund In So. CA
With 4,000 new housing units needed yearly to meet the demand, the $100 million trust fund is hailed for Los Angeles.
Texas Sprawl Pushes Into Smaller Towns
When the interstate came to Texas' rural Comal County, it was suddenly in communting distance of San Antonio, San Marcos and Austin.
The Battle Over Bauhaus
Is urban planner Omar Akbar trying to poison the historical memory of the most important design movement of the 20th century?
Impact Of Hollywood Retail Center
Will the new 640,000-square-foot retail complex in Hollywood, CA, become a tourist destination?
Charleston's Livability Court
Charleston, for years rated one of America's best-mannered cities, has a new court to ensure it.
Seven Principles For Rebuilding Downtown
A coalition of architecture, planning, and design organizations has prepared a report describing seven principles for rebuilding Lower Manhattan.
The Ultimate Los Angeles Planning Insider
Dan Garcia, who has served on nearly every significant commission in Los Angeles, offers his vision for planning in L.A.
Fighting Growth Is Expensive
Efforts to control growth in South Barrington -- a Chicago suburb --become expensive as lawsuits mount.
Lapp Named New N.Y. MTA Director
Katherine M. Lapp is appointed the new executive director of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Stormy Skies Over Chicago
State and local politics complicate decisions about much-needed airport expansion in the Chicago.
Eugene's Downtown Revitalization
Eugene planners develop a plan to revitalize an unsuccessful pedestrian mall.
How Are Low-Income Housing Goals Set?
Opening arguments are made in a suit challenging state goals for the inland Southern California region.
Reshaping Downtown New York
A planning coalition offers suggestion for reshaping downtown New York.
Slavery Museum Vision Clouded By Commercialization
Former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder's plan to build a national slavery museum is facing issues of siting and commercialization.
Festival Draws Participation Of Children In Planning
The Iowa Chapter of the American Planning Association recently cosponsored a "box city festival" in Cedar Rapids where children participated in the development of a city, including obtaining necessary permits for construction.
Transit Roundabout Trend Is A Nightmare
Transportation planners across the U.S. are replacing stop signs with roundabouts designed to slow drivers. The impact is precisely the opposite.
Myths Of Urban Infill Housing
Many of the challenges that urban infill housing presents are myths
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.
