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A few hours ago I got home from my first stint as a reviewer of student urban design proposals. That's right, kids: I went from consumer to teacher without ever having to be a producer. This afternoon I ducked out of work and went to the architecture and planning school at UC Berkeley to have a look, with some real professionals, at 18 class projects for a graduate-level landscape architecture class.<br /> <br /> Here's what happened: a few months ago I got a survey asking me how I felt about open space and parks in my neighborhood - West Berkeley, also known as Oceanview - and specifically how I felt about an alley that bisects my block and a couple blocks northward and southward.

February 16 - Anonymous

Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, comments on the Bush administration's plan to sell 300,000 acres of public land.

February 15 - Sierra Club

Wendell Cox charges that Ventura County, CA's plans to promote alternative transit strategies over expanding highways is a "fairy tale" that will result in additional pollution and more traffic.

February 15 - Ventura County Star

Residents of mobile home parks being bulldozed to make way for new homes and apartments find they have no place to go.

February 15 - The Los Angeles Times

When Morgans Hotel Group (OTC: MHGC) goes public, will investors find its stock as hot as its hotels?

February 15 - The Slatin Report

While Detroit is still obsessed with gas guzzlers, Japanese automakers are bringing out a new line of subcompact cars.

February 15 - The Los Angeles Times

Big business has learned that it's pretty easy being green.

February 15 - Reason Online

Despite a number of technology awards, only about half of the city's adults have internet access, and even fewer have broadband connections.

February 15 - Ohio Free Times

In Philadelphia, small non-profits can force payment from area businesses and owners through Business Improvement District regulations.

February 15 - Philadelphia City Paper

What event is 'a watershed in human history, comparable to the Neolithic or Industrial revolutions'?

February 15 - The Village Voice

New Maryland real estate developments are straining water-supply networks and could lead to chronic shortages and water-use restrictions.

February 15 - The Baltimore Sun

California environmentalists criticize Bush administration's plan to sale of over 300,000 acres of public land.

February 14 - The North County Times

What does the newest base closing order mean for San Antonio? The Alamo City is nervous about losing more of its military installations.

February 14 - Planning Magazine

Hybrid cars are just an expensive symbol, not a true solution to our energy problems, argues David Leonhardt.

February 14 - The New York Times

Let's say the idea of smart growth is a good one. Does that leave room for research questions, asks Randall Crane in UCLA's Department of Urban Planning.

February 14 - Urban Planning Research Blog

Environmental problems plague poor Americans, so why is the green movement thought to be only for the rich?

February 14 - Abhijeet Chavan

Congress gets ready to respond as members of the armed forces face housing shortages at their duty stations across the country.

February 14 - Nation's Building News

Compact, walkable development near public transit may be the next big real estate boom in Massachusetts, according to the Boston Globe's Sunday magazine.

February 14 - Boston Globe Magazine

A new book blends real estate market fixation with Eastern philosophy-inspired self-help advice.

February 14 - New York Times via Chicago Tribune

In remote Modoc County, the median home price just passed $100,000 -- and this only six-and-a-half hours from San Francisco.

February 14 - The Los Angeles Times