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Denver: High And Mighty

APA profiles the history of planning in Denver in preparation for the 2003 APA conference.

January 30 - Planning Magazine

More Public Participation Needed For LAX Redevelopment

Los Angeles City Councilmember Cindy Miscikowski discusses the steps necessary to properly plan for the redevelopment of LAX.

January 30 - The Metro Investment Report

After 9-11, New Safety Measures For Skyscrapers

One of the first skyscrapers to be designed after 9-11, the 7 World Trade Center building uses new safety measures.

January 30 - The New York Times

Clarifying The Influence Of Dillon's Rule On Growth Management

This paper probes the definition and use of Dillon's rule and finds that it neither prohibits nor hinders action to limit sprawl.

January 30 - The Brookings Institution

Who Is Behind The Nation's Biggest Transit Debacles?

An article widely circulated on the Internet details the nation's biggest transit debacles by Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, and Parsons Transportation Corp.

January 30 - Charlotte Creative Loafing


Tadao Ando's Work Of Art

The new building for the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has created a small tourist boom.

January 30 - The New York Times

E-Government And Planning Profiles

From time to time, a new technology emerges that truly empowers citizens. In the case of urban planning, it is a new tool called Neighborhood Knowledge California (NKCA).

January 30 - American Planning Association


Buffalo Commons, East?

A new film from director Richard Linklater offers a daring vision for the World Trade Center memorial: A 16-acre park full of free-roaming bison.

January 30 - Salon

The State Of Afghanistan's Environment

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) reports on the state of Afghanistan's environment and cities.

January 29 - BBC News

The Favored WTC Design: A New Horror?

New York Post real estate columnist Steve Cuozzo offers a scathing and gutsy indictment of the the 'Libeskind Express' proposal for the World Trade Center.

January 29 - New York Post

Walk Through Ancient Rome

UCLA creates a 3-D virtual model of ancient Rome.

January 29 - Newsweek

Stapleton: Is This New Urbanism?

Quebec Square at the former Stapleton airport is a high-profile new urbanist project that some critics say ignores new urbanist principles.

January 29 - The Rocky Mountain News

What Makes People Care About The Environment?

Why do some people care about environment? NPR host Tavis Smiley talks to John Quigley, the activist who tried to save an ancient oak, and actress Rene Russo about the environment.

January 29 - National Public Radio

The Nation's Largest Growth Visioning Effort

Southern California kicks-off an innovative two year effort in growth visioning -- the nation's largest effort to date.

January 29 - The Los Angeles Times

A Modern Mass Transit System

A state-of-the-art mass transit system is being constructed in one of the most densely populated places on earth.

January 29 - The New York Times

The Future Of California's Coastal Commission

A Constitutional defect raises other questions about California's Coastal Commission.

January 29 - California Planning and Development Report

Hybrids Popularity Increases

Carmakers are responding to the growing popularity of hybrid vehicles.

January 29 - The New York Times

Property Rights Politics In Nevada County, CA

Pretty Place, ugly politics: Nevada County is home to some of the ugliest political discourse imaginable, pitting Smart Growth proponents against a well-funded growth lobby.

January 29 - YubaNet

President Bush's 2003 State Of The Union Speech

Following is the text of President Bush's State of the Union address as delivered Tuesday, January 28, 2003.

January 28 - The Washington Post

The Fatal Flaw In Open Space Preservation

How long does land preservation really last? Should a dying man's will forever constrain his property?

January 28 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

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