The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

WaterView is a new 65-acre development where "the Cleavers would feel at home."

February 7 - Sun Spot

Wendell Cox, a member of the Amtrak reform council, offers his perspective on Amtrak restructuring.

February 7 - National Review

A seminar addresses the challenges of managing fragmented habitats.

February 7 - The Chicago Tribune

Azusa Foothill Drive-In's designation as a California historical resource gives it a fighting chance against demolition.

February 7 - The Los Angeles Times

A study in Georgia reveals that housing is far more costly than business, farms or forests, and bring in far less revenue.

February 7 - The Christian Science Monitor

New urbanist infill development sprouts in Tulsa, and downtown living becomes cool.

February 7 - Urban Tulsa Weekly

The Philadelphia Inquirer features a four-part series, on new uses for abandoned big-box store sites.

February 7 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Reinventing downtown Los Angeles will lead the city to maturity.

February 6 - The Los Angeles Times

An effort to build a new "TeleCom City" in Everett, just outside Boston, pits government redevelopment against business property rights.

February 6 - The Boston Globe

The Houston Astros want to get out of a naming rights agreement for its ballpark, saying the name is tarnished.

February 6 - The Houston Chronicle

To some it's an urban junkyard, but to it's close-knit residents -- it's a community.

February 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Growing meat consumption around the world has catastrophic environmental consequences.

February 6 - E-The Environmental Magazine

Sarah Boxer examines the role of the World Trade Center towers in the movies.

February 6 - The New York Times

City officials announce a new plan to develop a 308 acre neighborhood in Southeast Queens.

February 6 - The New York Times

An exhibition highlights the history of urban transportation in U.S. cities.

February 6 - The Washington Post

New York's Twin Towers were part of an economic development deal that left a broad legacy in metropolitan New York.

February 6 - California Planning and Development Report

Neal Peirce reviews various approaches to tackling the problem of urban sprawl.

February 5 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The National Association of Home Builders has released results of a survey of the least affordable places to buy a house.

February 5 - The New York Times

The National Academy of Sciences says federal scientists had "no substantial scientific foundation" to protect endangered fish by denying water to farmers in the drought-striken Klamath Basin under the Endangered Species Act.

February 5 - The Washington Post

Samuel Staley and Matthew Hisrich argue that while Ohio can't ignore growth, it also should not make growth controls too restrictive.

February 5 - Cincinnati Business Courier