The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Alexandros E. Washburn discusses how public space should be preserved and used to improve the quality of urban life.

September 19 - REIS

A San Francisco family faces a 13-year battle with a community design review board. It's a troubling story of how planning ruined a family's life.

September 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The author who wrote a history of the World Trade Center says the towers should not be rebuilt.

September 19 - CNN

Artists Paul Myoda and Julian LaVerdiere have conceived a design for a memorial to fill the void left in New York's skyline.

September 19 - The New York Times

The transportation industry says that it will take a major hit until consumers regain confidence in air travel.

September 19 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Proposed "solar chimney" in Australia would be twice as tall as the world's tallest building and provide power to 200,000 homes.

September 18 - Wired

A nonprofit organization is hoping to rebuild a 14-mile train from Teague to Mexia to boost tourism in the area.

September 18 - The Houston Chronicle

The author recalls a tour of the TWA Flight Center on the day before his tour guide, Neil D. Levin, executive director of the Port of New York and New Jersey, attended a breakfast meeting at the World Trade Center.

September 18 - The New York Times

After the attack on New York's World Trade Center, some of the nation's largest companies are searching for office space away from downtown Manhattan. Will they come back?

September 18 - The New York Times

Faced with difficult economic times, farmers are finding entertainment uses for their farmland.

September 18 - The News & Observer

The building boom in Manhattan, New York, has slowed down after the attacks on the World Trade Center.

September 18 - The New York Times

CNN reports that one of the suspected terrorists in the September 11 attack studied urban planning in Hamburg, Germany.

September 18 - CNN

If World Trade Center is not rebuilt, what should go in its place?

September 18 - Dallas News

Critics say the planned 4,367-home development between Calimesa and Beaumont in Riverside, CA is sprawl. Supporters say it will bring needed jobs.

September 18 - The Los Angeles Times

Philip Johnson, Robert A.M. Stern, Peter Eisenman, Richard Meier and others express their thoughts on whether the World Trade Center towers should be rebuilt.

September 18 - The New York Times

Researchers in the U.K. have developed wind-turbines that could be integrated into buildings. Experts say the innovative concept could be a "new paradigm" as the demand for renewable energy grows.

September 17 - NewScientist

Author David James Duncan writes thought-provoking essays about environmental issues.

September 17 - The Seattle Times

Community Development Credit Unions (CDCUs) may be the best vehicle for providing affordable capital and financial services in low- and very low-income areas. So why can't there be more of them? This article seeks to answer that question.

September 17 - The Brookings Institution

The entertainment industry is in a quandry -- do they remove the twin towers from their television and movie skylines?

September 17 - Wall St. Journal

The Washington region does not meet air quality standards. Phil Mendelson outlines the sacrifices required to improve air quality.

September 17 - The Washington Post