The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Without access to the kind of community support they once knew in their homelands, otherwise successful recent immigrant women to Canada are finding themselves socially isolated and depressed in suburbia.

March 13 - The Globe & Mail

Los Angeles Times editorial supports property rights in a dispute between a landowner and a group that has created a sustainable community garden in Los Angeles' South Central area.

March 13 - The Los Angeles Times

The Georgia Department of Transportation proposes adding eight lanes to the already 15 lane wide stretch of Interstate Highway 75 that runs through the northern Atlanta suburbs.

March 13 - Atlanta Journal Constitution

A recent controversy in Montreal might shed light on how to tame gentrification.

March 13 - Maisonneuve

FEATURE

March 13 - Michael Lewyn

Gila Bend, 60 miles from downtown Phoenix, doesn't have much of anything -- except low real estate prices, which could mean it could get a lot more real soon.

March 13 - Phoenix New Times

Greening your roof could save you 25% on energy bills, help clean the air, and provide a cool place to relax all at once.

March 13 - Raleigh Durham Independent Weekly

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom vetoes the planning department's plan to reduce parking requirements in San Francisco's downtown (C-3) district.

March 12 - San Francisco Sentinel

A growing number of scientists support construction of a nuclear power plant near Houston as a necessary means to provide an alternative source of energy.

March 12 - Houston Press

The D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office proudly details success stories from cleaning up "nuisance properties" -- including crack houses -- on its website. But the results are mixed, at best.

March 12 - Washington City Paper

Michigan's governor rewards six older metro Detroit communities for successful completion of the Michigan Suburbs Alliance Redevelopment Ready Communities Initiative.

March 12 - Oakland Press

A new book ponders the state of the Everglades after decades of urban encroachment, and how we may restore them to their natural splendor.

March 12 - The New Republic

From East St. Louis to Louisville, Kentucky, cities are beginning to realize visions of riverfront glory.

March 11 - The Baltimore Sun

A federally funded program provides low-income commuters, who regularly need three-hours or more on public transit in order to reach suburban jobs, with faster, more feasible options.

March 11 - Philadelphia City Paper

A study of 5 million home loans made from 1998 to 2000 shows that state laws save homeowners billions of dollars each year.

March 11 - Raleigh News & Observer via Chicago Tribune

Although more expensive, replacing a critical yet obsolete viaduct with a tunnel would leave the most room for development.

March 11 - Seattle Weekly

A deluxe imitation of the urban loft is coming to a suburb near you.

March 11 - Wall Street Journal via Chicago Tribune

How to emulate The Donald.

March 10 - The Dallas Observer

The Los Angeles Police Department considers permanently ridding downtown Los Angeles's skid row area of it 'ubiquitous tent and box cities'.

March 10 - The Los Angeles Times

Robert Sameulson is uneasy about advocating a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border but believes it may be a way to curb illegal immigration.

March 10 - The Washington Post Writers Group