The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

The dot-com invasion is causing housing prices to soar in Santa Cruz, CA.

January 17 - San Jose Mercury News

After two decades of study and contention, the Twin Cities are gettinglight rail.

January 17 - Star Tribune

What is it like to live in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? And how much does a Wright house cost today?

January 17 - Chicago Sun-Times

Urban adventurers are exploring forbidden buildings, abandoned subway tunnels, and other forgotten modern ruins, and using the Internet to chronicle their written and photographic records of historical places about to be lost forever.

January 17 - Salon

Because of decades of urban sprawl, a place most people consider a lush tropical paradise actually ranks among the least shady landscapes in the nation.

January 17 - The Miami Herald

Atlanta's Downtown Connector expressway splits the city and divides residential neighborhoods. Now the city is looking at ways to stitch the city back together.

January 16 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Supreme Court rules that an abandoned gravel pit isn't navigable water.

January 16 - Wall St. Journal

Learn the 6 "P's" of parks promotion -- people, positioning, price, place, promotion, and planning.

January 16 - Urban Parks Online

One of the nation's largest public-private redevelopment projects can be found outside the "happiest place on earth".

January 16 - Planning Magazine

Residents fear that Yucca Mountain, in western Nevada, will become the burial ground for nuclear waste.

January 16 - The Los Angeles Times

An interview with Harvard University professor Marjorie Garber about her new book titled "Sex and Real Estate."

January 16 - Orange County Register

Dot-com money is draining out the quirkiness and creativity of San Francisco.

January 16 - Utne Reader

A plan to use light rail to move visitors in the park is facing a challenge from Arizona politicians.

January 16 - Associated Press

Two proposals in Charlotte, NC are vying for $50 million a year in transit funds to link up the city.

January 16 - The Charlotte Observer

The inventor of the mysterious invention called Ginger that is rumored to be able to "change-the-world-as-we-know-it" releases a statement as new details emerge.

January 16 - Wired

How much new housing does Southern California need? State and local officials continue to argue.

January 15 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The electric car sounds like a great idea, but even one of its leading supporters has lost faith.

January 15 - LA Weekly

What do you do when your neighbor's tree encroaches on your property? In California, the answer isn't so clear.

January 15 - Inman News

A review of a book on New Urbanism -- "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream."

January 15 - Reason Online

Culver City, MGM's former home, must bring new life to downtown businesses. A new town plaza is the answer.

January 15 - The Los Angeles Times