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Urban Village Opens In Pasadena, CA

Paseo Colorado is a New Urbanism project that covers three blocks of Colorado Blvd. Will the retail-residential work?

September 28 - The Los Angeles Times

Architects Need To Rethink Building Design

MIT faculty agree that the terrorists understood the structural weekness of the WTC buildings and exploited it.

September 28 - Technology Review

Mayor Hahn Involved In Dividing Up L.A.

The Mayor of Los Angeles and the City Council want a say in what goes before voters in 2002 regarding secession.

September 28 - The Los Angeles Times

Rebuilding Subway Near WTC Could Take Years

The damage to subway near the World Trade Center in New York is so severe that damaged sections will have to be completely rebuilt and could take more than two years.

September 28 - The New York Times

Healing New York With Architecture

The debate continues over what should be built at the site of the World Trade Center in New York and who gets to decide.

September 28 - The Washington Post


Architects, Designers, Meet To Discuss WTC Rebuilding

Design professionals met to discuss ideas for rebuilding the World Trade Center in New York.

September 28 - The New York Times

Home Depot Ballot Box Planning

The Home Depot takes its case directly to voters for a new store in Mountain View, California.

September 28 - San Jose Mercury News


Attacks Will Change Nature Of Work Space

The terrorist attacks are changing the way architects and planners are thinking about the new look of the American workplace.

September 28 - Fast Company

Security, Not Expansion, New Airport Focus

The controversial $12-billion plan to expand LAX and accomodate more flights, is to be redrawn to focus on security.

September 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Plan To Fight Total Gridlock In Southern CA

The regional population continues to grow, and with the growth, gridlock in Orange County. Plans to fight are underway.

September 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Real Estate Industry Improves Use Of Web

An increasing number of homes are going up for sale over the Web. The trend is disturbing for some.

September 27 - Interactive Week

Developer Withdraws Proposal For Developing Cranberry Land

A.D. Makepeace Co. has withdrawn its plan for a 6,000-acre development project in anticipation of being rejected at upcoming town meetings.

September 27 - The Boston Globe

Atlanta Region Cities Strengthen Tree Ordinances

Most cities in the Atlanta metro region are strengthening tree ordinances as demand for tree protection grows.

September 27 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta Shouldn't Fell Downtown Trees For New Parking

Atlanta'vision for its downtown is to encourage pedestrian activity. So why is the city ready to cut downtown trees to make space for new parking?

September 27 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Public Sector Role In Growth: Lead Or Get Out

Azusa, CA City Manager Rick Cole, offers a blunt perspective of some of the dilemmas inherent in planning, and how they should be solved.

September 27 - The Planning Report

Southern California Bike Highway Plans

Southern California cities moving ahead with bike highway plans -- dubbed the 'Coastal Rail Trail.'

September 27 - North County Times Escondido-Oceanside-Vista

Tragic Beauty: Preserving WTC Tower Facade As Sculpture

Some see beauty in the twisted aluminium facade wreckage at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center and are calling for its preservation.

September 27 - The New York Times

Manhattan Bars One-Occupant Cars From Congested Areas

In response to severe traffic jams, Mayor Giuliani has announced a decision to bar one-occupant cars from parts of Manhattan.

September 27 - The New York Times

Architectural Symbolism: A Bad Idea?

San Francisco was intentionally built on an earthquake fault. The symbolism of the place more important than the danger.

September 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Conservancy To Acquire Malibu Parkland

The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy will acquire 1,408 acres of Malibu wilderness and coastal open space.

September 26 - The Los Angeles Times

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