The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>The central location and the expanse of space to facilitate a variety of different uses are getting people excited about the newly proposed City Plaza in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, despite the fact that it will cut through a well-used street.</p>

January 17 - The Independent Weekly (North Carolina)

<p>A innovative program for gifted children in Australia is giving students a chance to learn the basics of town planning.</p>

January 17 - The Sydney Morning Herald

<p>The father of New Urbanism takes on avant-garde architects and environmentalists as he talks about his latest project in Vancouver, Canada.</p>

January 16 - The Tyee

<p>Tesco, a UK-based supermarket chain, has plans to provide housing for staff members in new mixed-use developments featuring its stores.</p>

January 16 - BBC

<p>In many urban areas, farmers' markets provide both a connection to nature and a sense of community.</p>

January 16 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Developers in the city's booming downtown are pushing to change the rules originally enacted to preserve view corridors to the Texas State Capitol Dome.</p>

January 16 - San Antonio Express-News

<p>A wave of new development has finally come to gritty Georgia Avenue, and though many are pleased with the sorely needed investment, gentrification worries abound.</p>

January 16 - The Washington Post

<p>Ever in search of more consumers, advertisers seem intent on covering more places and spaces with marketing messages.</p>

January 16 - The New York Times

<p>French architect Jean Pierre Heim has proposed creating a semi-outdoor multimedia entertainment center in Shanghai -- a cinema, shopping center and restaurant all-in-one.</p>

January 16 - Shanghai Daily

<p>With her patrician manner and focused attention to the quality of buildings and public space, New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden has become a controversial figure in the city's planning and development circles.</p>

January 16 - The New York Times

<p>Forest City Enterprises has put forth a proposal to bring a major mixed-use urban infill community to Dallas-Ft. Worth on the grounds of Texas Stadium.</p>

January 16 - New Mexico Business Daily

<p>A new wave of public street furniture has rolled out in New York City, including bus shelters, newsstands, and automatic public toilets. Some are unsure whether the new designs will be accepted by a city already overwhelmed with visual individualism.</p>

January 16 - International Herald Tribune

<p>A public park and art space is set to open next week along Seattle's waterfront, replacing a former brownfield site. The new Olympic Sculpture Park was created by the Seattle Art Museum, an expansion of which is set to open in May.</p>

January 15 - International Herald Tribune

<p>The cost effective Katrina Cottage continues its evolution in the form of a schoolhouse.</p>

January 15 - Huntersville Herald

<p>San Francisco's new light rail line, the 5-mile T-Third, opened for free, weekend service Jan 13. The service is intended to revitalize the sagging south-east neighborhoods, but some bus riders question the new line. Daily service begins April 7.</p>

January 15 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>At almost 30 years of age, L.A.'s rent control ordinance is a double-edged sword -- reviled by some and relied upon by others.</p>

January 15 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>The historic city of Isfahan, Iran, has destroyed scores of 400-year old buildings to make way for new roads and shopping centers.</p>

January 15 - BBC

<p>As new developments consume agricultural lands in the fast-growing South, the cooperatives that cater to farmers feel the pinch. While some can 'retool' by selling pet food and lawn fertilizer, others must close as another casualty to sprawl.</p>

January 15 - AP via Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Virginia)

<p>A master plan proposed to protect almost a million acres of wetlands in New Jersey is meeting opposition from area farmers who fear the plan's limitation on development and certain farming practices will render their land worthless.</p>

January 15 - WFMZ-TV

<p>While they flourish in Asia, huge shopping malls are losing their popularity in the U.S. to big box retailers. One way developers are reacting is by recreating the formerly all-commercial shopping experience to include a mix of uses.</p>

January 15 - MSNBC