The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Infringing on property rights or preserving local architectural styles? More Louisville, KY neighborhoods are establishing historic preservation districts in an effort to protect their distinctive character.

July 19 - Louisville Courier-Journal

A new study from Rutgers University shows Long Island's suburbs sagging as New York City's numbers grow. One expert says, "This relentless suburbanization has reached its low tide."

July 18 - Newsday

Plans to preserve the Hearst Ranch and one of the most scenic coastal real estate in California gains support.

July 18 - The Los Angeles Times

A defunct Renault plant is caught in a battle between those wishing to adapt the cradle of worker's rights and a billionaire's ego.

July 18 - The Independent Weekly

Challenged with easing choking levels of traffic congestion, Britain considers a nationwide highway toll system that could charge drivers as much as £1.45 ($2.71 US) per mile.

July 18 - The Observer

Four teams of architects previewed plans for the abandoned railway corridor running along Manhattan's West Side.

July 18 - Newsday

Despite being in Queens, the art museum brings out the 'starchitects' for a new show on tall buildings. Critics note the shift from contextual to signature architecture in the next generation.

July 17 - New York Daily News

Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar, wants to tear down a 1926 house that preservationists say has historic value.

July 17 - The New York Times

In a three-way battle for transportation supremacy, a bicyclist, a subway rider, and driver race from the suburbs to downtown at rush hour. The challenge is for a report on the city's vitality.

July 17 - The Toronto Star

Many urban plazas and parks in U.S. cities, until recently in state of deterioration, are enjoying a resurgence. Yet, the new role of private investment in public spaces that is helping to accomplish this renewal is also raising questions.

July 17 - Urban Land Magazine

It's a neighborhood if it's got a Starbucks.

July 17 - The Chicago Tribune

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel pokes fun at Milwaukee suburban leaders who have prevented the city from considering light rail.

July 16 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Massachusetts 40B statute is contrary to the state Vision 2020 smart growth vision.

July 16 - The Boston Globe

Several new development projects look to New Urbanism for inspiration.

July 16 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

The law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop provides guidance relating to low income occupancy compliance for multifamily developments.

July 16 - Pillsbury Winthrop

An interactive guide to Chicago's Millenium Park -- the city's "boldest outdoor cultural project in more than a century".

July 16 - The Chicago Tribune

A massive petrochemicals complex takes shape in southern China.

July 16 - Bechtel-Parsons Brinckerhoff

A team approach to improving a neighborhood while getting a good return on investment.

July 16 - CNNMoney

The City of Dana Point sues a resident who chopped off the tops of seven pine trees in a public park to improve the view from his multimillion-dollar home.

July 16 - The Los Angeles Times

Wal-Mart faces city zoning hurdles in Mission, Kansas, as the retailer attempts to rehab struggling 350,000 square foot indoor shopping mall into a "Supercenter".

July 16 - BizJournals