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Ambitous Makeover Plans For Montreal's Waterfront

A review of the plans to transform Montreal's waterfront.

May 18 - Hour

Jane Jacobs: The Twilight Of Civilization

Jane Jacobs sounded the alarm about cities 40 years ago - now her worries are bigger.

May 18 - The Christian Science Monitor

Density Of A Cow Town, Traffic Of A Metropolis

New Urbanists Andres Duany and Anton Nelessen keynote the Building a Better Richmond conference in Virginia.

May 18 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Red-Hot Housing Market Shouldn't Change Planning Principles

These days, a house in California costs a lot of money. Inevitably, the planning system gets blamed for the mess.

May 18 - California Planning and Development Report

New York's Quiet Code Revolution

New York City's comprehensive rewrite of its building codes will transform the city.

May 18 - The New York Times


Pricing Traffic, Pacing Growth

A number of pricing schemes could help alleviate downtown congestion and unwanted sprawl.

May 18 - Urban Land Magazine

Income, Not Race, The New Dividing Line

Many Chicagoans believe that income is increasingly replacing race as the new social dividing line.

May 18 - The Chicago Tribune


The Undiscovered 'Citrus Capital' On California's Coast

Can the sleeping California coastal town of Santa Paula manage growth as it is "rediscovered" by developers and residents looking for affordable land?

May 18 - The Los Angeles Times

America's Gasoline Addiction

Randy Salzman says the nation's gasoline addiction deserves a rational response.

May 17 - Richmond Times-Dispatch

Can New Schools Save L.A.'s Neighborhoods?

The Los Angeles school district's public works project to build 80 new schools is more on par with a small nation than a school district.

May 17 - The Los Angeles Times

Lower Your Water Bill, Stop Storm Water Erosion

An urban soil conservationist builds a backyard pond to stop his storm water erosion; now a local developer is interested in the idea.

May 17 - The Kansas City Star

Are New Urbanists Elitist?

Do new urbanists need to rethink their attitude toward chain stores and big-box retailers, including Wal-Mart?

May 17 - New Urban News

Opening Up California's Carpool Lanes

Two California legislators say carpool lanes should be open to all.

May 17 - Press-Enterprise

Los Angeles' Experiment With Neighborhood Councils

A report on the city's vast experiment with neighborhood councils shows mixed results, and how messy democracy can be.

May 17 - The Los Angeles Times

After The Big Dig

Architecture firm wins award for a design to transform remnants from the Big Dig into sustainable housing.

May 17 - MetropolisMag.com

Profiles of the Next Generation of Planners, Part 3

Three more masters-level planning students share why they decided to choose planning, and what they see as the future of planning.

May 17 - Planetizen

Have You Been Wal-Mart-ized Yet?

Wal-Mart brings tax money, crime, and especially change to rural communities.

May 17 - Provo Daily Herald

The End Of The Suburban Mall

We restore many public structures -- post offices, hotels, libraries, even churches. But most malls are too ugly to warrant such effort.

May 17 - The Atlantic Monthly

FEATURE

Profiles of the Next Generation of Planners III

May 17 - Catherine Stineback, Jason Gaines, Michael Boettcher

Cyberscrapers

The Skyscraper Museum has put online more than 2,000 documents about historic New York buildings by connecting the digitized images to an interactive map of Manhattan.

May 16 - The New York Times

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