The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is considering testing its tour guides to ensure the accuracy of the city's rich history -- a big tourist draw and economic boon for the city.</p>

June 1 - The York Dispatch

<p>After a devastating fire, competing visions emerge for restoring Los Angeles' Griffith Park, one of the largest urban parks in the nation.</p>

June 1 - Abhijeet Chavan

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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s been said before, but it’s worth repeating – the reconstruction of New Orleans is both a planner’s dream – and a planner’s nightmare. Even before the flood waters subsided, planners and architects from around the globe descended on the Crescent City to give their take on the road to recovery. Close to two years later, a host of plans lay in the wake of the constant ebb and flow of professionals in and out of the city. Local residents are exasperated with the proposed plans and the progress of the recovery. Meanwhile, the rest of the country has seemingly lost interest.</p>

June 1 - Christian Madera

<p>As the permafrost melts, villagers in small Alaskan towns are forced to abandon their homes, which are sinking and eroding before their eyes.</p>

June 1 - The New York Times

<p>Jonathan Demme's new documentary, "Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower Ninth Ward," shows us residents who have returned to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.</p>

June 1 - The New York Times

<p>On the Kansas side of Metro area, officials still include thinks it needs more roads to ease sprawl created congestion.</p>

June 1 - The Kansas City Star

<p>Cities and counties in California's Central Valley are starting to adopt policies to offset the development of farmland. The new policies require developers to fund or purchase agricultural conservation easements.</p>

June 1 - California Planning & Development Report

<p>In Venezuela, small community councils funded by oil money are popping up all over the country, taking control over local decisions such as public education, infrastructure, and building plans.</p>

June 1 - NPR

<p>Available for select cities, "Street View" feature provides a 360-degree view of a neighborhood. New "Mapplets" enables users to create their own maps.</p>

May 31 - Red Herring

<p>Communities are stepping up measures to prevent developments from fencing in public areas. The new round of protests comes as the amount of open land in the U.S. is shrinking.</p>

May 31 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>The Northern California wine country town of Napa is on its way to becoming a high-class resort, with many housing and resort developers breaking ground on big projects.</p>

May 31 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>New Kelo-fighting measures make their way to ballots.</p>

May 31 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A new development in Hyde Park aims to revitalize its business district by attracting artists who are being priced out of Boston's formerly affordable neighborhoods.</p>

May 31 - The Boston Globe

<p>A program in Savannah is encouraging downtown churches to redevelop their parking lots to include needed affordable housing and neighborhood services.</p>

May 31 - Savannah Morning News

<p>Though a myriad of development plans have been announced, the slow recovery has put the future of many projects in doubt.</p>

May 31 - Forbes

<p>Rohit Aggarwala, a Columbia-educated former business consultant, is helping to create and implement New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sustainability plan -- PlaNYC.</p>

May 31 - The New York Sun

<p>The Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois is considering two competing proposals for new skyscrapers in its downtown.</p>

May 31 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>As Vancouver prepares for the 2010 Winter Olympics, rampant homelessness and a lack of affordable low-income housing threatens to tarnish the city's Olympic gold.</p>

May 31 - The Tyee

<p>Scottish adventurer Rory Stewart and the Turquoise Mountain Foundation are striving to preserve and restore the unique qualities of old Kabul as it recovers from decades of war.</p>

May 31 - The Globe and Mail

<p>In the first of his postings for Grist Magazine, author Wayne Curtis sets the watery stage of his new home in New Orleans.</p>

May 30 - Grist