The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>New ozone standards will push the majority of American metropolises from compliance with to violation of the federal Clean Air Act. In this column, Joel Schwartz argues that ozone isn't the big problem.</p>

June 29 - National Review

<p>The public housing project where reggae legend Bob Marley lived is being re-envisioned as a historic site and tourist area. But high crime in the depressed neighborhood poses a challenge to dreams of a tourist-friendly shrine to Marley.</p>

June 29 - BBC

<p>New development spurred by rail expansion is setting Washington D.C.-adjacent Tysons Corner, Virginia, on what many see as a fast-track to revitalization.</p>

June 29 - Falls Church News-Press

<p>By creating market incentives for wetlands restoration, the Wetlands Initiative project aims to clean water, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce greenhouse gases.</p>

June 28 - The Washington Post

<p>State and federal funding is slowly feeding the recovery of New Orleans, while private foundations and philanthropies are playing an active role in supporting the city's rebuilding. However, much of this money is going to middle-class neighborhoods.</p>

June 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

BLOG POST

<p>Thanks to Planetizen, I found <a href="http://www.joelkotkin.com/Urban_Affairs/GHP101_Greater_Houston_5_22_07_1007am.pdf" target="_blank">“Opportunity Urbanism,”</a> a report that posits Houston as “an emerging paradigm for the 21st century.” (There&#39;s a related op-ed <a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/25284" target="_blank">here</a>.) The report, regrettably, is a manifesto as empty as the title -- which Kotkin clearly hopes will become a catchphrase. So why is it important? </p>

June 28 - James S. Russell

<p>Plan for 4,000 new homes and two hotels could threaten Galveston, TX, which was hit by the deadliest hurricane in American history.</p>

June 28 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>In a series of articles, <em>The Portland Tribune</em> looks at the state of the housing market in the city and the trends that are affecting the urban lives of the city's diverse population.</p>

June 28 - The Portland Tribune

<p>Migration of workers from Mexico to the U.S. is creating a drain of workers -- and a viable future -- from many Mexican towns.</p>

June 28 - NPR

<p>Jim Cullen, author of a new book on the history of homeownership in U.S., offers thoughts on how geography and government policy have helped build this American institution.</p>

June 28 - Forbes

<p>U.S. home builder Toll Brothers, renowned for its large home suburban subdivisions, is looking to expand overseas.</p>

June 28 - Reuters

<p>A new book brings together perspectives on how New York's urban renaissance has made the city less urban and more suburban.</p>

June 28 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>High demand for parking spaces at a transit station has prompted one city to consider banning residents of other cities from using the parking lot.</p>

June 28 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>Among its many other contributions to urban futurism, Dubai is soon to be the home of the world's largest theme park, Dubailand, which when completed will be larger than all of Orlando, Florida.</p>

June 28 - Daily Star

<p>The U.S. Census released its new population estimates as of 7/1/06 showing that southern and western cities continued their rapid population growth. However, the city that added the most population since 2000 was NYC with a gain of 205,750 residents.</p>

June 28 - USA Today

<p>Recounting a recent trip to Great Barrington, Massachusetts, writer Philip Langdon shares the pleasure of the small town's main street.</p>

June 27 - The Hartford Courant

<p>A district appeals court ruling has invalidated the housing element of San Francisco's general plan, arguing that the environmental consequences of the plan's increased density were not considered.</p>

June 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Federal Section 8 subsidies are set to expire for nearly 1,000 units of low income housing in Portland between December and 2013. Officials are looking to partner with private and non-profit groups to buy the housing before owners can raise rents.</p>

June 27 - The Portland Tribune

<p>The idea of expanding the influence of the metropolitan planning organization in Minnesota's Twin Cities region has been around for a while. But increasing growth and congestion may finally push the idea forward.</p>

June 27 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

<p>The ancient palazzos of Rome are being transformed by a flood of restaurants and bars catering to a growing population of drunken tourists. Many locals and preservationist worry about what they see as social and historical decay.</p>

June 27 - International Herald Tribune