The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Once blighted with boarding houses and abandoned buildings, Boston's already gentrified South End is still an ongoing project in hip urban transformation.

February 7 - The Boston Globe

600 feet below Manhattan is one of the biggest urban infrastructure projects in history, yet most city residents do not even know about this 50-year water project.

February 7 - The New York Times

As Mayor John Street's eight-year term comes to a close, it's clear he has accomplished much locally, but how much has the city's reputation really improved?

February 6 - Philadelphia City Paper

New development explodes in the underregulated rural Arizona desert, as developers realize that a severe lack of water won't prevent development.

February 6 - The Arizona Republic

Dan Turner narrates his personal experiences as he takes on the challenge of traveling to Los Angeles International Airport using only public transportation

February 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Jim Rhodes may soon be the Nevada's largest home builder. His developments are popular, but opponents and some previous homebuyers are wary.

February 6 - The Arizona Republic

Author Ray Bradbury of "Fahrenheit 451" fame predicts that in the next five years Los Angeles' freeways will freeze and explains why he believes monorail is the answer to the region's transportation needs.

February 6 - The Los Angeles Times

A $200-million hotel project, touted as the first major tourist lodging in the neighborhood since 1966, drifts into obscurity amid corruption charges aimed at the developer.

February 6 - The Village Voice

Ronal Brownstein urges the Bush administration to take bold steps to cure nation's oil addiction.

February 6 - Los Angeles

A coalition of environmentalists criticize the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's voluntary Performance Track program.

February 6 - Grist Magazine

A list of top 25 stories ignored by the mainstream media includes one about a new coal mining technique being used in the U.S. that involves dynamiting entire mountaintops.

February 6 - Project Censored

The focal point in Miami's urban revitalization will include at least six large retailers.

February 6 - The Miami Herald

As mega-malls begin to emerge in established communities, communities have mixed feelings. Some think the development will bring traffic. Others look to increasing property values.

February 5 - The Los Angeles Times

Planners, students and citizens participate in a two-day visioning session to create a road map for the future of Seattle's open space.

February 5 - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Rapid transit is at the center of Grand Rapids' new development plan.

February 5 - Michigan Land Use Institute

Aussie investment corporation ING's $100 million deal nets 90 percent of U. Conn's off-campus student housing.

February 5 - University of Connecticut Daily Campus

For years, Lexington and 86th, considered the crossroads of the Upper East Side, has resisted gentrification. But those days are over, as a family squabble has been settled and a major mixed-use development project will replace some 1920s tenements.

February 5 - The New York Times

In San Francisco schools, some African-American and Latino children are mislabeled as 'learning disabled' due to cultural and behavioral differences from the mainstream.

February 4 - San Francisco Weekly

A new greenway, loft development, affordability, and cultural diversity are all are attracting homebuyers to East Boston.

February 4 - The Boston Globe

Not only was President Bush's discussion of energy in the State of the Union address 'woefully insufficient,' according to the NYT his failure to respond to the related issue of climate change 'is a negligence from which the globe may never recover'.

February 4 - The New York Times