The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Economics and gentrification is causing the extinction of local movies houses.

April 7 - The New York Times

Is the consevation subdivision concept being misuesd to promote projects that cause urban sprawl?

April 7 - Tallahassee Democrat

FEATURE

Is Anaheim the New Brooklyn? With no soaring skyline or grand public spaces, Anaheim and similar "Boomburbs" are the ubiquitous background noise of the greater metropolis.

April 7 - Jennifer LeFurgy and Robert Lang

The APA honors the most outstanding efforts in the art, science, and profession of community planning.

April 6 - American Planning Association

A conservancy group is 'rewilding' a vast preserve just 50 miles north of the nation's second-largest city.

April 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Carol Schatz discusses Los Angeles' new downtown development strategy.

April 6 - The Planning Report

Buffalo's New World Street Market aims to improve life on the West Side one street at a time.

April 6 - ArtVoice

The small community of Hermon is fighting to reclaim its name after being nearly forgotten since 1903.

April 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Gov. James E. McGreevey who has vowed to stamp out sprawl is seen by many builders as a "smart growth zealot."

April 5 - The New York Times

The Bush administration wants states to manage the vast Section 8 housing programs.

April 5 - The New York Times

A new Bush administration cost-benefit analysis tool could significantly change the way the government assesses and regulates environmental threats..

April 5 - Common Dreams

The project to build 78 massive sea gates to protect Venice from devastating high tides has been launched.

April 5 - The Independent

Dialogue heats up in Athens, GA, where the community is considering a rental registration ordinance to better enforce quality of life issues.

April 5 - Athens Banner-Herald

Daniel Patrick Moynihan combined a rare mix of passion, politics and urban vision.

April 4 - The New York Times

Illinois' Campaign for Sensible Growth releases the final report of the Winnebago County Balanced Growth Initiative.

April 4 - Campaign For Sensible Growth

New Jersey governor to give local jurisdictions power to halt development.

April 4 - Inman News

A massive and dangerous fault is found to run directly through the heart of Los Angeles.

April 4 - The Los Angeles Times

A writer navigates her way through an urban story space -- with headphones and a GPS.

April 4 - The Christian Science Monitor

Mammoth construction management firms Bechtel and Parsons are the two finalists to be selected for a $600 million contract for rebuilding Iraq. [Link corrected.]

April 4 - The Los Angeles Times

According to Reason Research Fellow Chris Fiscelli, California needs market-oriented approaches, not restrictive land use controls, to grow smarter.

April 4 - Reason Public Policy Institute