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Downtown LA's Last Big Open Space
KCRW features special "Which Way LA?" discusson on the future of the Cornfields and Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles. Audio archive available.
$80 Million Industrial Park in LA's Chinatown
One of the last open pieces of land in downtown Los Angeles is scheduled for industrial park development. Opponents say that the fight over the Cornfield is not over.
New Planning Strategy for Downtown LA?
Los Angeles Downtown News editorial calls for a new planning strategy for the greater downtown area.
Burbank Nixes Airport Terminal Land
Burbank needs a new airport terminal. But the 81 acres set aside for that project will not be purchased by the Airport Authority.
Stacked Parking Could Double Capacity
An idea long used in European and Asian cities, stacked parking is now being discussed in San Francisco.
Panel Proposes Stricter Diesel Rules
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) islooking to impose strict diesel controls by 2004, two years earlier thana national deadline.
Record House Prices in San Francisco
San Francisco median home price soared beyond the $500,000 mark and inventories are running low.
A Way To Control Growth
Contra Costa Times editorial encourages Contra Costasupervisors to take land-use decisions a step beyond simply tightening the urban limit line and prohibiting development outside of it.
Dealing With Sewer Spill Fines
John H. Minan, faculty of the University of San Diego Schoolof Law and member of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board,discusses the future of a $3.47 million sewage spill fine against thecity of San Diego in this opinion editorial.
Disney and Anaheim Partner To Reimagine
Disney is developing a dramatic set of projects that coincide with the expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center and vast infrastructure improvements.
"Cadillac Desert" Author Dies
Environmental writer Marc Reisner's book "Cadillac Desert" detailed the misuse of water in the West.
San Francisco Dangerous For Pedestrians
The city long considered to be a walker's paradise now rates as one of the nation's most dangerous cities for pedestrians.
Easy Permits -- On The Web
Companies that have become accustomed to a six-week delay in applying for an general permits can now register for one in about six minutes.
LA's Toxic Cleanup Sites
LA Business Journal series details 10 toxic sites in LA County that are ripe for development or already in development.
Santa Barbara Beach Transfer
Vandenberg Air Force is considering deeding a stretch of coastline to Santa Barbara County.
A Price Tag on California's Beaches
Economists are coming up with dollar values for California's most popular beaches. Ammenity valuations could have dramatic impacts on land use decisions.
Sierra Business Council Offers Action Plan
In 1994 Lucy Blake, former director of the CA League of Conservation Voters, founded the Sierra Business Council for which she recently received $500,000 as a MacArthur Fellow.
The American City in A.D. 2025
What will our cities be in 25 years? The question calls up a caricature, a grotesque vision of ultimate ghettoization.
Garden Grove Gambles on New Hotels
Garden Grove, CA, is planning six new hotels but some question if the city will benefit from the heavily subsidized hotels.
Fresno's New Downtown
An EIR is sought on a 9.7-acre Cornerstone Fresno landmark project which would dramatically broaden Fresno's downtown.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
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.
