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Looking Backwards: 'The End of Suburbia' 4 Years Later
<p>When it came out in 2004, "The End of Suburbia" was required viewing for anti-sprawl activists. Now, four years later, the film is both quaint and frighteningly prophetic, writes Dorothy Woodend.</p>
Hollywood, Reborn and Transformed
<p>By nearly any measure, the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood has been radically transformed in the last 10 years, becoming a bar-hopper’s dream, a gourmet’s destination, and a rising shopping and housing district.</p>
The Modern Prefab Home Movement
<p>In a recent interview, architect Allison Arieff talks about the past, present and future of modern prefabricated housing.</p>
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A Next Level of Urban Achievement in Vancouver?
<p> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial">Long before I arrived here, I've been a fan and student of Vancouver city-building. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial"> </span> </p>
A Comeback For Public Housing?
<p>With HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's departure, it's time to begin reinvesting in the nation's public housing stock.</p>
Downtown Salt Lake Will Get Its Sky Bridge
<p>The controversial plan, which critics fear will hurt street life, gets the go ahead from the city council.</p>
A Call For Smart Growth-Based New Towns
<p>It's politics, not planning, that drives up housing costs. Rather than back away from regulations, more professional planning is needed to create healthy and affordable communities.</p>
Can Los Angeles Plan Its Way To Mobility?
<p>With a growing population, a sprawling urban landscape, and uncertain public funding, Los Angeles seems to be hoping for a miracle with its latest transportation planning effort.</p>
Encouraging Mixed-Use Big Box Retail
<p>By requiring a minimum height of at least two stories, cities could force big boxes to redesign their buildings into more urban friendly forms.</p>
Transit Ridership Is Up, But So Are Costs
<p>More and more people are riding public transit systems, which many officials see as a good sign. But the added strains to the systems are placing many in tight financial situations.</p>
Crime Cameras Move Crime, Not Deter It
<p>In San Francisco, "crime cameras" intended to ward of crime and record any illegal activity that occurs have been shown by a recent report to do little to prevent crimes from taking place.</p>
Put up a Park in the Lot
<p>Ruben Anderson suggests that if automobile parking could be kept to properties, that could free up the former on-street parking to become Garden Streets, so that cities could grow much more of their own produce.</p>
Honolulu Light Rail Plans Expected to Receive Nearly $1 Billion
<p>Politicians in Washington D.C. are getting behind Honolulu's plans for a $3.7 billion light rail system, calling it the "most efficient light rail project in the country".</p>
The New Street Thinking
<p>Though congestion pricing was shot down, New Yorkers are thinking about new ways to experience and use their streets.</p>
Californians Say 'Make Gas Guzzlers Pay'
<p>A new poll shows that many of the state's residents support new ideas for funding transportation improvements, including charging higher fees to drivers of SUVs and other fuel inefficient vehicles.</p>
Google Sued Over 'Street View'
<p>Pittsburgh couple sues Google for invasion of privacy after photos of their home are published on Google's "Street View" mapping feature.</p>
40 Years Later, A Neighborhood's Comeback
<p>The U street corridor in Washington D.C. was a flash point during the 1968 riots. Four decades later, the neighborhood is finally recovering from the aftermath.</p>
Does Hiring A Starchitect Help Developers Get Approval?
<p>Controversy surrounds a proposed 75-story tower designed by Pritzker Prize winner Jean Nouvel adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan.</p>
From Parking Lot To Pedestrian-Friendly
<p>The University of Utah wants to transform an eight acre parking lot near its stadium light rail station into shops, offices and condos.</p>
We'll Go Down To The River
<p>Despite official calls following the 1993 floods along the Mississippi to remove development from flood plains, more housing and retail developments continue to be built along vulnerable areas.</p>
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