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Introducing The NEV: Neighborhood Electronic Vehicles
Several small automakers are introducing affordable and electric mini-cars targeted squarely at the urban market.
Will Los Angeles Get A Real Downtown?
Lewis Mumford famously dismissed Los Angeles as '100 suburbs in search of a city'. Has Los Angeles finally found its city?
A Town For Sale On EBay
The town of Bridgeville, CA, is up for sale on EBay, the popular online auction website.
Giuliani Pans Second Set Of WTC Designs
Former New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani pans the second set of designs for the World Trade Center.
Where People Choose To Live
New survey results released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that more people care about their proximity to work.
Michigan To Halt Sprawl With Smart Growth Plans
Developers warn that new measures will increase housing costs.
Calming Traffic With Chokers And Skinny Streets
Can the latest techniques of traffic engineering for slowing down traffic in order to create more pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods calm traffic and slow down sprawl?
Grapes Vs. Redwoods On California's North Coast
New chair of California Coastal Commission and Coastal Sonoma County Supervisor proposes limits to vinyard growth.
Creative Housing Solutions
As housing prices reach hit "crisis" levels, many cities are launching innovative initiatives to provide affordable housing.
Michigan Looks For Ideas To Curb Runaway Growth
In its final installment of the series "Grappling with Growth," The Detroit News weighs the costs and benefits of land reforms adopted in Baltimore and Lacaster County.
Town Fights Growth To Preserve '50s Character
Unlike many Florida towns where growth is welcome, residents of Cocoa Beach have voted to limit growth not once, but four times.
Elevated Rail LineTo Be Converted Into Park
Instead of tearing down a piece of industrial history, one group convinced the city to turn an elevated rail line into a neighborhood amenity that will serve as a catalyst for economic redevelopment.
Another County Abolishes Planning Commission
In what is starting to seem like a national trend, another municipal government terminates it planning commission and land-use plan.
Kuntsler Critiques New WTC Reconstruction Proposals
The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.
WTC: One Plan Is Superior
Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin argues that Libeskind's plan for the former World Trade Center is superior to the others.
Wilting Greens
The World Summit on Sustainable Development disappointed environmentalists -- and heartened the poor.
An Ancient Language For A Ground Zero Memorial
Great architecture throughout the ages has connected with the universe. Architecture in the modern era has forgotten this connection.
Don't Separate Planning From Architecture
A separate competition to design a memorial at Ground Zero is not required, argues architecture critic Herbert Muschamp. We've got 'memorial fatigue' he says, and it's all Maya Lin's fault.
New Customized Electronic Billboards
Like a page from a science fiction novel, new billboards are coming to Northern California that personalize freeway ads based on the wealth of the drivers.
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Saintly or Sanctimonious? A Candid Critique Of WTC Reconstruction Proposals
The latest round of World Trade Center reconstruction designs heighten fear and anxiety.
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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Planning for Universal Design
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