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New Urbanism Comes To Twin Cities Suburb
Despite costs 10-20% higher than traditional suburban planning, city planners have adopted a new urbanist approach.
Rem Koolhaas' Architecture Invades U.S.
Famous architect Rem Koolhaas is designing several major projects in the U.S.
Redondo's Heart Is At The Beach
Redondo Beach, CA, has what the city's chief planner considers aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity to remake the coastal suburb.
World Trade Center Designs Profiled
Newsweek profiles a collection of 50 sketches and multimedia projects for a a new World Trade Center.
Stalled Housing Production In California?
An panel of experts discusses how new prevailing wage legislation will impact housing production in Southern California.
Amtrak Interested In Louisville-Nashville Passenger Rail
Amtrak has told CSX that it would like to operate a passenger rail service between the two cities.
Twin Cities: Planning For Growth
Revised estimates show that one million additional people are expected to become a part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro area by 2020.
Planning For Livable Communities And The Urban Train
Plans are being developed around an upcoming Urban Train alignment with a Livable Communitities and New Urbanism focus.
What To Do With A Beer Can House?
A house covered in beer cans has become a folk legend in Houston. Will it now become a historic monument?
New Affordable Housing Rises In Portland, OR
A new building is designed to attract low-income residents, particularly Asian Americans, back to a historic part of downtown Portland.
Gentrification In Brooklyn, As Viewed From The Projects
Police and residents struggle to bridge the gap between gentrification and poverty that runs along "Murder Ave." in Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood.
Cities Should Incentivize Good Urban Design
Architect Johannes Van Tilburg argues that cities need to be more stringent in telling developers what kinds of buildings they will design.
The Last Days Of Chicago's Infamous High-rises
As the once-notorious projects come down building by building, three public housing advocates ponder what went wrong, and where to go from here.
CA Freeways To Join Rest Of The Nation
California will finally join the rest of the nation in numbering its state and interstate freeway exits.
From Industrial Tract To L.A. Urban Lake
Harvard graduate students offer a plan envisioning a lake, housing and parks for the worst idustrial areas along the Los Angeles River.
Least And Most Resilient Cities
Joel Kotkin offers an analysis of which cities will be most damaged by the recession, and which cities will come through unscathed.
Retro Metro
D.C. officials are interested in a revival of the streetcar to tackle transportation problems.
Affordable Housing Trust Fund In So. CA
With 4,000 new housing units needed yearly to meet the demand, the $100 million trust fund is hailed for Los Angeles.
Texas Sprawl Pushes Into Smaller Towns
When the interstate came to Texas' rural Comal County, it was suddenly in communting distance of San Antonio, San Marcos and Austin.
The Battle Over Bauhaus
Is urban planner Omar Akbar trying to poison the historical memory of the most important design movement of the 20th century?
City of Moorpark
City of Tustin
Tyler Technologies
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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