The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Despite objections from city staff, a former Denny's restaurant in Washington has been declared a historic landmark. Many residents are backing the designation.</p>

February 27 - The Seattle Times

<p>Plans are being floated to create better downtown linkage between three of L.A.'s rail lines -- an idea that some downtown residents are wary of.</p>

February 27 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>New York City is considering a plan to create beds of oysters in one of the city's waterways to help filter water.</p>

February 27 - The New York Times

<p>Bars in Minneapolis have found a workaround to evade the state's ban on smoking in bars: stage "theater nights" and let all patrons be "actors" in a show that allows smoking.</p>

February 27 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>This post from <em>The Mish Mash</em> shows pictures of some of the worst neighbors to have.</p>

February 26 - The Mish Mash

<p>Sewage routinely spills into the San Francisco Bay, mainly due to aging and crumbling infrastructure. This report looks at the issue.</p>

February 26 - QUEST

<p>The cities of Vallejo, California, and McCall, Idaho, are considering filing for bankruptcy.</p>

February 26 - Governing

<p>The latest figures from Statistics Canada on household spending show that Canadians are spending more for basics, including shelter and public transportation.</p>

February 26 - Report on Business

<p>The Bay Area's $158 million Urban Partnership Grant is in trouble. It appears politically unlikely that a roadway toll will pass the legislature, so officials hope to change the flat Golden Gate Bridge toll to a variable toll to receive the grant.</p>

February 26 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Small grocers and deli owners in New York are up in arms over a city proposal to license a fleet of 1,000 street cart vendors.</p>

February 26 - The New York Times

<p>In an effort to bridge the gap between the ideologies of developers and architects, a "speed-dating" session was set up to get the practitioners of these two fields to interact.</p>

February 26 - The Times

<p>Creating beautiful public spaces is crucial to improving sense of community, according to urban designers looking to revitalize the Mississippi town of Tupelo.</p>

February 26 - Daily Journal (Northeast Mississippi)

<p>Big developments are on the slate in Philadelphia, and some argue that the city needs to develop a skyscraper policy to control the city's changing face.</p>

February 26 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

<p>Should everyone pay for a few people to live in fire- and disaster-prone areas?</p>

February 26 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Even as it celebrates the 40th anniversary of the city's landmarks ordinance, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks not only continues to leave many essential buildings unprotected, it's upending the very definition of what a landmark is.</p>

February 25 - Chicago Reader

<p>An Australian planner has confessed to having a series of affairs with prominent developers and subsequently approving their plans for major developments.</p>

February 25 - The Age

<p>Palm Springs -- once the epicenter of Spring Break -- is criticized by many for lacking public spaces. Now, a collection of architects, planners and urban designers have put out some ideas for improving the city.</p>

February 25 - The Desert Sun

<p>With Boston's Big Dig officially completed, many in the city are looking forward to other urban renewal efforts following in its wake. But hurdles remain.</p>

February 25 - The New York Times

<p>Urban school closings in St. Louis are being blasted by community members for draining the souls of many of the city's neighborhoods.</p>

February 25 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

<p>Organized crime has taken over Naples' municipal waste disposal -- and the resulting, uncontrolled trash heaps are causing illness, ruining regional agriculture, and contributing to an atmosphere of ungovernability.</p>

February 25 - The Globe and Mail