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New York - An interesting observation about the impending demolition of Hollywood landmark restaurant Perino's here courtesy of the "LA Cowboy" blog.<br /> <br /> So, why <em>don't</em> they just <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2004/06/last-of-perinos.html">move it</a>?

June 6 - Anonymous

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New York - I'm in Manhattan, at a hotel in Times Square. It's been more than a year since I was here. And I'm struck by the increase in active signage, even here, the heart of inventive building-side ads. Just about every building here in Times Square is coated with multicolored, programmable screens. Some of them just do text; others are nearly as good as a television.<br /> <br /> So just an observation, but as flat-screen technology gets better, as LEDs get brighter, we're going to see a lot more TV-like screens replacing static billboards.

June 6 - Anonymous

New York Times critics offer eight suggestions for the cultural future of Ground Zero.

June 6 - The New York Times

Are expressways the right traffic solution for the island nation of Sri Lanka.

June 6 - Sri Lanka Sunday Observer

Architect and planner who joined a Smart Growth advocacy group receives a death threat.

June 6 - The Times-Picayune

Nashville Planning Commission adopts the Transect.

June 6 - Nashville City Paper

Despite 30,000,000 unused acres, the Department of the Interior hopes to lease more environmentally-sensitive areas to drilling firms. Watchdogs argue VP Cheney is using the plan as corporate welfare for his industry cronies.

June 6 - Newsday

What does the 'Sig' stand for in Southern California's 'SigAlert' traffic warning system?

June 5 - The Los Angeles Times

A campaign to refurbish Los Angeles' notoriously violent MacArthur Park may be working.

June 5 - The Los Angeles Times

The East Coast Greenway, a cyclist's version of the Appalachian Trail, begins in Calais, Maine, and ends in Key West, Florida--at least on paper.

June 5 - The New York Times

Azusa's former city manager, Rick Cole, marks the significance of the recent vote in favor of a smart growth development plan for Monrovia Nursery in Azusa.

June 5 - The Planning Report

The Cook County Recorder of Deeds blocks a new $10 fee on real estate documents that would have subsidized rental assistance programs.

June 5 - Chicago Sun-Times

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June 4 - Zenhex

The U.S., once the leader in renewable energy, has fallen behind while other countries commit to ambitious targets and European nations gear up to sell clean energy to the developing world.

June 4 - Wired

Former CAO of Culver City, Mark Winogrond reflects on the state of planning in California and the need for planners to be more proactive in determining the future of their respective communities.

June 4 - The Planning Report

How the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) is trying to reverse this desertification of Owens Lake.

June 4 - MetropolisMag.com

Joel Hirschhorn examines the power of the "sprawl lobby", and its impact on the American landscape.

June 4 - Newtopia Magazine

Neal Peirce compares 20th-century renewal plans with Detroit's New Urbanism-based formula for a massive urban renewal.

June 4 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The conventional enclosed mall is in decline as developers around the nation replace it with a new retail attraction that aims to recreate the atmosphere of a vibrant downtown.

June 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Project to use van equipped with digital cameras aims to to build a nation-wide database of 15 million buildings.

June 4 - The New York Times