The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>Study predicts that by 2050 California's population will grow by 75%. Experts weigh in on what this means to planning for the state's growth.</p>

July 10 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Once a major tourist destination, Route 66 has lost much of its vigor since being decommissioned as a highway in 1985. But preservationists and entrepreneurs are attempting to revive Route 66 by renovating its many historic motels.</p>

July 10 - The Chicago Tribune

<p>After numerous roadblocks and failed attempts at renovation, the city of Paris seems to have a promising jump on bringing new life to Les Halles, once one of the city's main marketplaces and now an area many Parisians completely avoid.</p>

July 10 - International Herald Tribune

A development battle in Boston highlights the ongoing and controversial transformation of American's Chinatowns.

July 10 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>As the Central American country moves forward with plans to expand the width of its heavily-used canal, locals and scientists question whether a reforestation plan along canal banks will affect the area's supply of drinking water.</p>

July 10 - National Geographic

<p>A new book bills itself as a do-it-yourself guide for residents looking to strengthen the sense of community it their neighborhood.</p>

July 10 - Pioneer Press

<p>Businesses are hoping the redevelopment activities in Downtown Miami will create a thriving commercial center. Until then, they are just trying to stay afloat.</p>

July 10 - The Miami Herald

<p>A religious group known for embracing simplicity presents a bold green vision for Center City.</p>

July 10 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

<p>President Bush has often looked toward American technology to make voluntary carbon emission reductions, but that technology often must come from abroad, where industrialized countries are required to make emission reductions per the Kyoto Protocol.</p>

July 10 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Randal O'Toole, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, argues the planning model that has made Portland, Oregon, a planner's dream has taken a far greater toll than the benefits it provides.</p>

July 10 - Cato Institute

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<p>I recently discovered the Greek urban planner <a href="http://www.doxiadis.org/page/default.asp?la=1&amp;id=10">Constantinos Doxiadis</a> (1913-1975) through a biographical sketch by Ray Bromley in a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0470851600/sr=8-2/qid=1184009865/ref=dp_proddesc_0/102-0473148-3796168?ie=UTF8&amp;n=283155&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1184009865&amp;sr=8-2">collection of essays</a>. An energetic polymath, Doxiadis launched his career overseeing postwar reconstruction in Greece after WWII. Through involvement in the United Nations he developed an extensive international network of contacts concerned with urban development. </p>

July 9 - Robert Goodspeed

<p>DPZ finished three designs late last week detailing a level of urbanity that promises to make the sprawling 650 square mile City of Houston a more attractive place in the 21st century.</p>

July 9 - The Houston Chronicle

<p>In city after city, stadium-building with tax dollars is taking priority over more important priorities like public schools.</p>

July 9 - CommonDreams.org

<p>A privately-financed campaign allows web visitors to vote for the "New 7 Wonders" of the world.</p>

July 9 - CNN

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<p class="MsoNormal">BELLAGIO – No, not that Vegas hotel, but the ancient village of Bellagio, Italy – on the gorgeous rocky shores of Lake Como, a deep water lake that winds around the Dolomites in northern Italy. Here to cover a month-long summit about 21^st century urban futures, I rented an apartment and rather quickly woke up to realize that, after many years writing about the virtues of mixed-use urban centers, I had never actually known a single residential night in one. Lots of nights in big hotels of course, but that’s not really the same thing as living in a residential unit of a small building over retail shops and restaurants.

July 9 - Anonymous

<p>An oil boom is bringing news jobs and strengthening the economy but also harming the environment.</p>

July 9 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Series of concerts around the world urge individuals, corporations, and governments to address global warming.</p>

July 9 - The New York Times

<p>A movement that could create a massive shift in the architecture and design fields is going unnoticed because its leaders are not as media-savvy as architecture's biggest stars.</p>

July 9 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>Facing a transportation funding shortage, a county supervisor in Washington has proposed letting some roadways get more crowded and congested to save the money that would have been spent to improve them -- money the county doesn't have.</p>

July 9 - The Columbian

<p>Architects are using the online virtual reality world of Second Life to create elaborate and expensive 3D models of historic architecture and extravagant homes -- and many people are buying them.</p>

July 9 - The Guardian