The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

State's economic pain sows seeds of prosperity.

November 25 - Michigan Land Use Institute

A new exhibit explores impressionist-inspired takes on "the new modern urban reality."

November 25 - Columbia Free Times

Public housing residents are being forced to do community service -– but what makes them different from other recipients of federal subsidies?

November 24 - Orlando Weekly

Projects in California range from relocating endangered frogs to mulching hillsides by helicopter.

November 24 - The Christian Science Monitor

An Australian columnist discusses the unfair disparities in home values Down Under.

November 24 - The Sydney Morning Herald

The impending death of a high profile resident foregrounds the dangers of klongs, canals that function both as sewers and as transportation in Bangkok.

November 24 - Time

Atlanta's new railway loop proposal may yet survive the usual onslaught of bureaucracy and red tape.

November 24 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

In a Chicago Tribune Op-Ed, the director of a recycling program at the University of Illinois at Chicago ponders the disappearance of walking to school in urban and suburban areas alike.

November 24 - The Chicago Tribune

The state of Massachusetts sets new goals and shifts focus on its approach to dealing with and solving homelessness.

November 24 - The Boston Globe

Houston, Texas is the only large American city with no formal zoning code. Does it matter?

November 24 - Planetizen

Smart growth offers a job-producing alternative to urban sprawl.

November 24 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Does the new report by Good Jobs First about smart growth resulting in better jobs also confirm that smart growth raises housing prices?

November 24 - Heartland Institute

FEATURE

November 24 - Michael Lewyn

A coalition of families of WTC victims grade all eight finalist designs for the WTC Memorial with an "F".

November 23 - Newsweek

Groups around Chicago are using a relatively new strategy to increase affordable housing in the area.

November 23 - The Chicago Tribune

There is more to Atlanta's popular Piedmont Park than meets the eye.

November 23 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Could Larry Flynt's new Hustler Club in Baltimore generate a vibrant new commercial district?

November 23 - Baltimore City Paper

Environmentalists and residents of Anne Arundel County, MD are worried by the recent development of old waterfront properties that predate current and tougher development regulations.

November 23 - The Baltimore Sun

Now six months into its congestion pricing experiment, Transport for London issues its report on Congestion Charging.

November 22 - Transport For London

By using 'megacolumns' Taipei's new megatower will top out at 101 stories (508 meters).

November 22 - Engineering News Record