The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Construction crews moved in to Times Square Sunday night to start work on another ambitious leg of New York's pedestrianization project.

May 26 - The Huffington Post

Three cities - three directions on how their transportation infrastructure was shaped by national transportation and housing legislation, and the role of influential leaders like CO Gov. Lamm, OR representative Earl Blumenauer, and NY's Robert Moses.

May 26 - PBS

A subdivision in Florida's Dade County is left half-finished, leaving early buyers to live in a ghost town.

May 26 - The Miami Herald

Bethelem, PA, long famous for its steel industry, has faced years of hardship when the jobs went away. Locals are pinning their hopes on a new casino opening over the ruins of a steel factory.

May 26 - The New York Times

BLOG POST

<p> This past week I had the pleasure and honor of participating in the <a href="http://americancity.org/vanguard09/">Next American City&#39;s Urban Vanguard</a> conference. Held in Washington DC, the event brought 35 young urban leaders together from a wide variety of backgrounds. The magazine--one of my favorites--did an outstanding job organizing and running the two-day blitz of tours, events, networking opportunities, and intimate conference sessions. In an effort to keep this brief, I have outlined three highlights from the second day of the conference.  </p>

May 25 - Mike Lydon

BLOG POST

<p> This extended holiday weekend is much anticipated personally because it signifies the return to a recreational activity that thrills me more so than any other.  By this time most years the weather has warmed up enough to prevent any further delay in getting my cheap, little sailboat ready “for the season”.  While there is very strong merit in, and a touch of <a href="/node/38336">previous discussion</a> on, the return to sailing vessels for the purposes of international commercial shipping, this Memorial Day weekend I rather turn to the merits sailing has as a sustainable, low-impact, and surprisingly cheap way of having fun and experiencing the splendor of nature first hand.  Won&#39;t you please take a few moments to consider how a traditional form of waterborne transportatio

May 25 - Ian Sacs

Chief Executive Officer of IBM Samuel Palmisano believes that "smarter cities" are key to a sustainable future, and so are the focus of three upcoming summits hosted by IBM.

May 25 - Huffington Post

While driving an electric Hummer H3, Senator Hatch proclaimed that policy for the auto industry "must address our real need for larger vehicles."

May 25 - autobloggreen.com

New York State, according to a survey conducted by insurance company GMAC using driver's education questions.

May 25 - NY1 News

The rowhouse, a style of housing that began in 17th century Europe, is gaining in popularity in the U.S.

May 25 - Chicago Tribune

FEATURE

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg's office announced an initiative to encourage developers to include grocery stores in new projects. Nevin Cohen, whose research focuses on urban food system, reviews the plan.

May 25 - Nevin Cohen

We're sorry to be buzz kills. But we've heard this one before. Like in 1990. And 1910. Do the automakers have the juice this time?

May 25 - Salon.com

BLOG POST

<p> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rlhZCdZl2is/ShGQfdtBmQI/AAAAAAAAKqo/5Zv7aHqBTYU/s1600-h/IMG_7662_2+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"> <div style="text-align: center"> <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rlhZCdZl2is/ShGQfdtBmQI/AAAAAAAAKqo/5Zv7aHqBTYU/s400/IMG_7662_2+copy.jpg" /> </div> </a> </p> <p> See the building and the walls in the lower left?  They&#39;re designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.  They&#39;re part of the ensemble he designed at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).  Mies and his office designed this corner around the same time they were designing the masterpiece on campus - Crown Hall.   </p>

May 25 - Edward Lifson

A new exhibition of the sketches, designs and architectural models of Frank Lloyd Wright opens at one of his most famous creations, the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

May 24 - The New Yorker

The consensus seems to be that its so bad, we must have hit bottom. But "a drop in housing starts might actually be good news," says one economist.

May 24 - Business Week

Arthur Erickson, one of Canada's most renowned architects, has passed away at age 84.

May 24 - The Globe and Mail

The latest Census data show that a growing number of communities- even in the Midwest- are so multi-ethnic that white residents are becoming the minority.

May 24 - CNN

Mineola, NY has approved a new 257-unit transit-oriented development, which will benefit from a density bonus. The project is expected to pump $2 million dollars into the economy.

May 24 - Newsday

While nuclear energy is being touted as a possible savior for global warming, an updated MIT study says the technology hasn't progressed and is still too expensive.

May 24 - The Wall St. Journal

Falling tax revenues are a major element of the current economic woes facing many American cities. A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trust finds that few are increasing taxes in order to close budget gaps.

May 23 - The Philadelphia Inquirer