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I herewith draw your attention to the High Line, an unused, elevated railway that cuts through Manhattan's Meat Packing district. Some good, artsy pictures <a href="http://www.kottke.org/photos/highline0204/index.html">here</a>, the official site of the organization that wants to redevelop the High Line <a href="http://www.thehighline.org/">here</a> and a book with even better artsy pictures (and an essay by brilliant Harvard landscape/urban historian John Stilgoe) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/388243726X/qid=1089163838/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-9877415-8018419?v=glance&s=books">here</a>.

July 6 - Anonymous

Neal Peirce discusses how cities such as Boston and Chicago are betting on green buildings.

July 6 - The Washington Post Writers Group

An Michigan appellate court rules in favor of private property rights over public access to lake shorelines.

July 6 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The executive director of Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation responds to an editorial about the Metrorail project.

July 6 - The Washington Post

Bicycling Magazine picks Chicago as the best big cycling city in the United States.

July 6 - Chicago Sun-Times

New Urbanism is just "window dressing" writes David Knopf.

July 6 - Des Moines Register

The viability of a community is linked to its access and use of information and communications technologies. How are communities planning for technology?

July 6 - Planning Magazine

Joel Kotkin traces a shift in the role of cities.

July 6 - Joel Kotkin

A dispute among residents, environmentalists town officials leads to an exodus from the posh Georgica Pond region of East Hampton.

July 6 - Wall St. Journal

Small NC town changes zoning ordinance to accomodate Walmart.

July 6 - Winston-Salem Journal

Aging stadiums in Houston and Los Angeles have been reborn as megachurches. Is this the next commercial real estate boom?

July 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Deterioration of the West Coast's most travelled highway -- Interstate 5 -- could lead to disaster.

July 5 - The Los Angeles Times

While Thailand's Traffic Office plans to charge drivers for using center-city roads, high-speed railways will shuttle commuters around the city of 10 million.

July 5 - The Straits Times

The Northern Calfornia city of Rancho Cordova plans to build mini downtowns around each of its light rail stations.

July 5 - The Sacramento Bee

Cleveland's neighborhoods have been revitalized, and along with the now-sparkling Erie lake, it is becoming a tourist destination.

July 5 - CNN

A new Associated Press poll finds that while two-thirds altered their routes or allowed more time for a commute, only one in twenty took mass transit.

July 5 - The State

Urban Atlanta would be transformed if the innovative transit currently being planned was actually built.

July 4 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Technology and telecommuting are fueling the new migration from urban areas to rural areas.

July 4 - American Planning Association

NY Gov. George Pataki uses the Freedom Tower to advance his campaign, despite major uncertainties.

July 4 - Slate

A poll shows that a majority of Americans would pay higher taxes if it would improve roads and public transit.

July 4 - The Salt Lake Tribune