The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Though swank new condo towers in certain hip metro markets are catering to young singles, empty nesters are ruining the party by purchasing units as well.</p>

May 12 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Brooklyn's House of Detention has long been an eyesore, but the red-hot housing market may change its setting into a lively place, with apartments, hotels or offices on both sides, and retail below. The market will help determine the uses.</p>

May 12 - The New York Times

<p>Decision makers are realizing that large (and expensive to maintain) acreage requirements are making kids, and their parents, dependent on cars to shuttle them to and from school. Some states have already eliminated the minimums, and more want to.</p>

May 12 - New Urban News

<p>The governments of North and South Korea have agreed on plans to create a cross-border train route -- the first such rail crossing in more than 50 years.</p>

May 12 - BBC

<p>Looking for a distinctive vacation home? There are 29 U.S. embassies for sale worldwide, several with prices under $500,000.</p>

May 11 - Associated Press

<p>Moscow is fast becoming the world's latest real estate boomtown. If you're an expatriate looking for housing, expect to pay upwards of $10,000 for a decent apartment.</p>

May 11 - Knowledge @ Wharton

<p>Los Angeles has knocked down a former "Crips" gang hangout and has plans to convert it into affordable housing.</p>

May 11 - NPR

<p>In suburbs across Illinois, residents are joining forces to fight against the creation of sidewalks, which they view as a threat to their communities' rural character and their very security.</p>

May 11 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>The first new bridge in Venice, Italy, in 70 years will first be constructed in a hangar before it is actually placed over the city's canal -- which many fear will cause the canal's banks to sink under the tremendous weight.</p>

May 11 - The Independent

<p>The Charter Award-winning Ft. Belvoir neighborhood in Fairfax, VA offers a model for military base reconstruction and affordability.</p>

May 11 - New Urban News

<p>New Orleans black population has been more negatively affected by Hurricane Katrina than the city's white population, according to a recent survey.</p>

May 11 - NPR

<p>With Manhattan rents skyrocketing and vacancies dropping, many renters are resorting to creative, and often questionable living arrangements. Builders have shied away from rentals and gone into condos while potential buyers are choosing to rent.</p>

May 11 - The New York Times

<p>Political opposition may stand in the way of Oregon's plans to raise money for affordable housing by increasing the fees paid when filing real estate documents by more than 100%.</p>

May 11 - The Register-Guard

<p>The supply of housing is being overpowered by demand in England, and government officials are hoping to establish measures that would ease the process of building new homes and increase the amount of affordable housing.</p>

May 11 - The Guardian

<p>More and more suburban Illinois communities are streaming their public hearings over the web, enabling more people to follow their local democratic process -- a trend being seen across the country.</p>

May 11 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>Transportation planners in Spain have proposed building a tunnel for a high speed train system which would run directly underneath a cathedral designed in the late 1800s by Antoni Gaudí. Experts say the tunnel could cause the cathedral to crumble.</p>

May 10 - International Herald Tribune

<p>David Suzuki has attained rock-star status as a passionate icon of Canada's green movement.</p>

May 10 - The Washington Post

<p>Manufactured-home communities, long vulnerable to displacement at the whim of park owners, are working with nonprofit partners to increase resident ownership of the land.</p>

May 10 - Shelterforce Online

<p>Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is pushing a plan to allow struggling communities to bring in more taxes from local businesses and to lower the amount of property taxes owners have to pay.</p>

May 10 - The Boston Globe

<p>For the first time, residents in a Ventura County city have voted to substantially expand their urban growth boundaries in order to accommodate a residential development -- following two previously failed attempts redraw the line.</p>

May 10 - California Planning & Development Report