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New Museum Restores Milwaukee Streets. Oh, and There's Motorcycles.
<p>The new Harley-Davidson Museum recently opened it's doors to the public, and the architecture firm Pentagram designed both the enormous exhibit space and the outdoor public spaces that connect the museum to the grid.</p>
A Different Kind of Public Art in Olympia
<p>An audio artwork called "Bus Station" will be installed in Olympia, WA's downtown transit station, to be heard over the public-address system.</p>
Urban Garden Brightens Popular Outdoor Night Spot
East Fourth St. is a popular spot in downtown Cleveland, an alley lined with tables from onlooking restaurants. A recent renovation has resulted in an explosion of flowers.
Curbside Dining
<p>In the summer, a handful of New Yorkers like Calvin Tsao remake public space into their own personal dining rooms.</p>
If They Don't Like It, Why Build It?
<p>Architect Robert Adam likens modern architecture to modern democracy, where decisions made on high supposedly represent the will of the people.</p>
What More 'Livable Streets' Could Mean for New York
<p>This article from <em>The New York Observer</em> looks at how New York City might be different with more "livable streets".</p>
An Argument for Congestion Pricing in Los Angeles
<p>Robert Poole, director of transportation at the Reason Institute, delivers an open letter to Los Angeles-area elected officials in the hopes of persuading them to adopt a federally-supported pricing system for the region's freeway network.</p>
Toyota Announces Smaller, Hipper Segway
<p>The 'Winglet' is a new, Segway-like vehicle in development by Toyota. The video shows the Winglet in action.</p>
Public Transit Benefits Mandate Proposed For San Francisco Employers
<p>San Francisco's latest attempt to mandate employers to provide benefits to their workers is to provide economic incentives to use public transit or vanpools. However, unlike prior mandates, e.g. health care, the business sector appears OK with it.</p>
Friday Funny: 'Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet'
<p>This just in from The Onion.</p>
A Move Back into Cities Indicates Changing Middle-Class Mores
<p>Author Alan Ehrenhalt says that conditions are ripe for the permanent return of downtown residential neighborhoods, and that a "demographic inversion" has already begun in Manhattan, Chicago and Washington, DC, among other cities.</p>
Affordable Housing Relief Coming to Southern California
<p>In the same week that Congress passed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, Los Angeles announcemed the New Generation Fund, a $100 million program for affordable housing.</p>
Swimmers Versus Seals
<p>A popular swimming area at the San Diego area beach of La Jolla has been overrun by seals, making swimming unsafe. Many community members want the seals out, but animal rights activists say they should be allowed to stay.</p>
Suburbs Aren't the Only Places Reacting to Rising Energy Prices
<p>This article from <em>USA Today</em> looks at how some big cities are reacting to rising energy prices. Two examples from metropolitan Phoenix highlight the fact that it is not only suburbs that are being forced to respond.</p>
The Eight Aspects of Good Downtowns
<p>As the downtown master plan of Baton Rouge turns ten years old, planners are looking at the next stages of development. They say eight factors play into making this and other downtowns successful.</p>
'Time Bank' Creates Community of Bartering
<p>An online "time bank" has opened in Los Angeles, allowing members to barter services with each other.</p>
$300 Million Mixed-Use Coming to Providence
<p>A $300 million mixed-use development is bringing new life to a long-neglected industrial district of Providence, RI.</p>
Toronto's Waterfront: For Cars or People?
<p>Christopher Hume argues that Toronto's planners, in planning for easy vehicle access to the revitalizing waterfront, will be harming it as a pedestrian environment.</p>
From Toilet to Faucet
<p>Orange County, CA's new $480 million Groundwater Replenishment System is the world’s largest water recycling facility of its kind. It can turn wastewater and into drinking water, churning out up to 70 million gallons a day.</p>
Suburbs and City Cores Need Cohesion
<p>Rising energy prices and falling home values are bringing many exurban dwellers closer to the city core. In this commentary, Keith Schneider argues that central cities and inner-ring suburbs need to work with each other to stay afloat.</p>
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