The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Utah's Governer Mike Leavitt is seeking federal protection and national monument status for San Rafael Swell in the desert of southeastern Utah.

January 30 - The New York Times

Despite the slow economy, sales of new homes hit a record high last year.

January 30 - The New York Times

Randolf, AZ., once a lively town born during the Dust Bowl era, became the American Dream to black families that settled there.

January 30 - The New York Times

What were the ten most popular planning issues and articles from 2001? Planetizen editors select the very best.

January 30 - Planetizen

Activists who want to save mountain paths, horse trails and wildlife, are fighting development in San Gabriel hills.

January 30 - The Los Angeles Times

A new publication aims to change the perception of apartments as a valuable, but often-overlooked commuity development tool.

January 30 - National Low Income Housing Coalition

FEATURE

The editors of PLANetizen select the top 10 planning issues from 2001 according to readers.

January 30 - Chris Steins and Abhijeet Chavan

Hewlett-Packard's CoolTown project envisions a digital lifestyle.

January 29 - BBC News

As development brings hotels, condominiums, offices, and parks, the South Boston Waterfront will lose over 2000 parking spaces.

January 29 - The Boston Globe

Fairfax County, VA, is searching for environmentally friendly alternatives to storm water holding ponds.

January 29 - The Washington Post

EPA ombudsman Robert J. Martin makes "conflict of interest" allegations againstEPA head Christine Todd Whitman.

January 29 - Salon

Environmental Defense's Tom Graff advice to California legislators: Don't sacrifice the environment for anything.

January 29 - The Metro Investment Report

In Orange Grove, CA, the city has put a moratorium on cybercafes, which have become centers of gang activity.

January 29 - The Christian Science Monitor

Verizon Wireless rolls out the nation's first high-speed wireless network in the Boston area and the San Francisco Bay.

January 29 - The Arizona Republic

West Linn, Ore. Mayor David Dodds is hated by developers and disliked by some former city council members - and he doesn't care.

January 29 - The Oregonian

Bill Price of the University of Houston is experimenting with translucent concrete and is aiming for fully transparent concrete.

January 29 - The Economist

What does the future hold for theFHA and what about the credit subsidy "problem?"

January 29 - Urban Land Institute

The politics behind building a memorial at the site of the World Trade Center.

January 28 - The Economist

People who suffer from claustrophobia find it difficult to live in modern cities like New York.

January 28 - The New York Times

Roger K. Lewis discusses the role of natural light in the design of buildings.

January 28 - The Washington Post