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What's Next For New Orleans Demolition Sites?
<p>In this commentary from <em>Bloomberg</em>, James S. Russell looks as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's threat to withdraw hundreds of millions of dollars worth of housing vouchers from New Orleans and the future of the city.</p>
Heathrow's PRT System On Track For Operation
A personal rapid transit (PRT) system is currently under construction as part of the renovation of London's Heathrow airport. The system is on track to begin operations within two years.
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Art, Agriculture, and Civic Identity Converge in the Great Plains
<p class="MsoNormal">MINNEAPOLIS--If not for the <a href="http://www.walkerart.org" target="_blank">Walker Art Center</a> I would have scant reason to spend extra time in Minneapolis.<span> </span>Minneapolis is not lacking for charm or culture, but it certainly falls in that middle range of American cities, somewhere between New York and nondescript, which is to say that it is not a destination in and of itself, yet it offers reasons to extend a stay for those who find themselves so far north for other reasons. </p>
Dry Southeast States Nearer To Water Deal
<p>The governors of Florida, Alabama and Georgia have come to a tentative agreement on how to divvy up the water supplied by shared rivers, giving hope that the 17-year water rights battle between the states may soon come to an end.</p>
Traffic Problems Have Relocating Businesses Wary Of Atlanta
<p>Atlanta's traffic problems are beginning to affect businesses' decisions to relocate there.</p>
The Pleistocene Dream?
<p>Owning a home may appeal to primitive happiness-seeking instincts, but the resulting suburban isolation and solitary commutes many people face may be making us profoundly unhappy, writes Charles Montgomery.</p>
Wind Power Goes Small Scale
<p>A wind turbine installed in one weekend is saving homeowners about 80% on their electricity bills.</p>
Buying Foreclosed Homes A Struggle Unless Occupants Are Booted
<p>Buyers looking to snatch up renter-occupied foreclosed homes and apartment buildings are meeting opposition from mortgage companies who want all tenants out before a sale. This leaves many buyers unsatisfied and many renters feeling insecure.</p>
Tech Startups Rebuild Rural Areas
<p>High-tech businesses and industries are popping up in more and more rural towns, bringing jobs and boosting the economies of these small areas.</p>
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The Myth of the Urban Core
<p><font size="3"><u><span style="font-family: Arial">Question</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial">: What do Keybank Tower in Cleveland, the Kettering Tower in Dayton, and One Seagate in Toledo have in common? </span></font></p><p><font size="3"><u><span style="font-family: Arial">Answer</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial">: They are their respective city’s tallest buildings, and they were built <em>after</em> their city’s population peaked.</span></font></p>
Reducing The Environmental Footprint Of Death
<p>When people die, they can still create negative impacts on the environment. Green burials are becoming a popular way to address this environmental concern.</p>
The Rise of The 'Green Collar' Job
<p>By creating "green collar" jobs, cities across the country are creating jobs and helping the environment.</p>
New York: The New American Teardown Capital
<p>Surpassing metropolitan Chicago, metro New York now hosts the highest amount of teardowns in the country.</p>
Long Beach's YouTube Videos Persuade Residents to Conserve Water
<p>The city of Long Beach, California has initiated a water conservation campaign, including YouTube videos. As a result, residential water use rates have hit record lows.</p>
Experts Weigh In On Urbanization
<p>The <em>Freakonomics</em> blog at <em>The New York Times</em> recently put together a panel of experts and asked them to outline the implications of our increasingly urban world.</p>
The Myth Of Resource Sustainability
<p>John Brätland, senior economist with the U.S. Department of the Interior, offers his observations on how economists have let the myth of resource exhaustion persist from the nineteenth century to the present, and why it is misguided.</p>
Do Starchitects' Egos Get in the Way of Good Design?
<p>One critic claims that "starchitects" are more interested in flash than function. He recommends these architects work with mainstream developers to have a more positive impact on average people.</p>
Anaheim Plans To Remake Its Sports District Into Highrise Urban Village
<p>Anaheim (Orange County, CA) has big plans: 20,000 urban infill homes planned for their sports district. While the zoning change passed the council on a 4-1 vote, developers will wait for the housing market to recover.</p>
The Determining Factor of Walkable Places
<p>Almost all of the towns with high percentages of walking commuters are centered around an institution, like a university or military academy, where many are housed very close to their classes or jobs.</p>
Architecture And The City: A Changing Relationship
<p>On the 10th anniversary of Getty Center art museum in Los Angeles, architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne examines how architecture and its relationship with the city have changed over the past decade.</p>
Tyler Technologies
New York City School Construction Authority
Village of Glen Ellyn
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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