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Naming Rights For Subways?

We've all heard about naming rights for sports, even skyscrapers. So why not subways?

January 17 - USA Today

20 Busiest U.S. Airports Rated

As more and more Americans fly every year, the nation's airports are feeling the pinch.

January 17 - Wall St. Journal

Downtown Revitalization With Small Business

While many cities have turned to corporate America to revitalize Main Street, the city of Tustin is looking to mom-and-pop's to help rebuild its downtown.

January 17 - Orange County Register

Six More National Monuments Created

As one of his final acts as President, Clinton creates 6 additional national monuments. One is in central California.

January 17 - The Los Angeles Times

Surviving Silicon Beach

The dot-com invasion is causing housing prices to soar in Santa Cruz, CA.

January 17 - San Jose Mercury News


Light Rail Comes To The Twin Cities... Finally

After two decades of study and contention, the Twin Cities are gettinglight rail.

January 17 - Star Tribune

Frank Lloyd Wright: Living With A Genius

What is it like to live in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? And how much does a Wright house cost today?

January 17 - Chicago Sun-Times


Exploring Modern Ruins

Urban adventurers are exploring forbidden buildings, abandoned subway tunnels, and other forgotten modern ruins, and using the Internet to chronicle their written and photographic records of historical places about to be lost forever.

January 17 - Salon

South Florida: A Treeless Paradise

Because of decades of urban sprawl, a place most people consider a lush tropical paradise actually ranks among the least shady landscapes in the nation.

January 17 - The Miami Herald

Bridging A Divided Atlanta

Atlanta's Downtown Connector expressway splits the city and divides residential neighborhoods. Now the city is looking at ways to stitch the city back together.

January 16 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Puddle Or Navigable Water?

The Supreme Court rules that an abandoned gravel pit isn't navigable water.

January 16 - Wall St. Journal

How To Market A Park

Learn the 6 "P's" of parks promotion -- people, positioning, price, place, promotion, and planning.

January 16 - Urban Parks Online

Anaheim Redeveloped With Disney Magic

One of the nation's largest public-private redevelopment projects can be found outside the "happiest place on earth".

January 16 - Planning Magazine

Nevada: A Future Atomic Wastebasket?

Residents fear that Yucca Mountain, in western Nevada, will become the burial ground for nuclear waste.

January 16 - The Los Angeles Times

Sex And Real Estate

An interview with Harvard University professor Marjorie Garber about her new book titled "Sex and Real Estate."

January 16 - Orange County Register

Hollow City

Dot-com money is draining out the quirkiness and creativity of San Francisco.

January 16 - Utne Reader

Grand Canyon Rail Faces Opponents

A plan to use light rail to move visitors in the park is facing a challenge from Arizona politicians.

January 16 - Associated Press

Light Rail Or Elevation Train?

Two proposals in Charlotte, NC are vying for $50 million a year in transit funds to link up the city.

January 16 - The Charlotte Observer

Ginger: Kamen's Stirling Idea

The inventor of the mysterious invention called Ginger that is rumored to be able to "change-the-world-as-we-know-it" releases a statement as new details emerge.

January 16 - Wired

California Officials Argue Over Housing Needs

How much new housing does Southern California need? State and local officials continue to argue.

January 15 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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