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Don't Use The 'Z' Word
What's so bad about Zoning? Planner and attorney Edward McMahon separates the myths from the facts. At its best, zoning can help strike the elusive balance between quality of life and economic vitality.
Do Federal Funds Better Support Cities Or Suburbs?
Federal funds do not support all parts of the metropolitan area in the same way. This paper examines effects of that spending on development in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Philadelphia Has Only One Problem
This opinion column argues that rich households are treated as an enemy of city policy rather than as something to be pursued.
New Beginnings For Toronto's Neglected Waterfront
Toronto's central waterfront — that large, missing tooth in the city's smile — comes under unprecedented public scrutiny this week.
Metro Atlanta Leaders Seek Ideas From Crystal City
Delegation seeks advice from Crystal City complex managers about dreams of emulating the D.C. development near the Atlanta airport.
MA Communities Treat Growth With Scrutiny
Concerned about being overrun by new subdivisions, Bolton, MA has adopted a decidedly phased growth approach.
Engineers Uncover New Details Of WTC Collapse
Structural engineers debate over how the World Trade Center towers collapsed.
Riverfront Redevelopment: A Booming Trend
Cities across the nation are reconnecting with rivers; riverfront redevelopment is booming for aesthetic, environmental, and economic reasons and also as an "antidote" to sprawl.
Planner Confronts A Daunting Challenge
The Chairman of New York's Planning Commission faces a daunting challenge in planning to rebuild New York.
Cartoonitecture
What is cartoonitecture? Drive into the suburbs and go to the biggest new shopping center you can find.
A City In A Box
Despite Sony's best efforts careful packaging is replacement for real urban life.
Gateway Village May Become Atlanta's New Gateway
Visitors arriving at Hartsfield International Airport will be able to head for the new minicity of Gateway Village.
Alternative Energy: Technology Is Ready, Business Is Not
The technology for renewable energy sources is ready for deployment but companies haven't figured out how to create a business based on the engineering advances.
Amtrak Sued By High-Speed Train Maker
The company building high-speed trains for Amtrak's Washington-Boston route has sued the railroad.
Port Townsend: Life On The Edge
Port Townsend, set on the Quimper Peninsula in Washington, feels a little like its own island. For many, it's the end of the road.
Council To Amtrak: Reorganize Or Liquidate
The Amtrak Reform Council concluded that Amtrak will be break even and should be reorganized or liquidated.
Seattle's Entrepreneurial Success
As Seattle celebrates its 150-year anniversary, the city's entrepreneurial fervor sets it apart from competitor Portland.
Community Fighting 'Mansionization'
Planners in Encinitas, CA are working to make sweeping changes to building codes that would significantly reduce the size of new homes.
Regional Issues May Get Boost From New NC Triangle Mayors
With a new lineup of mayors in the Triangle's four largest municipalities, observers cite a good chance for cooperation on regional issues.
City Accused Of Neglecting Poorer Minorities
The city of Winter Park, FL has only spent $10,000 to rehabilitate housing in its predominantly black neighborhood over the past ten years.
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.
