The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Large-scale urban redevelopment projects raise many questions about the impacts of subsequent development. They often use new fiscal or regulatory instruments, and affect land prices and infrastructure.

April 22 - Land Lines, Lincoln Institute Of Land Policy

The controversial highway redevelopment isn't as massive as Boston's Big Dig, but it represents equally weighty issues for the future of the city.

April 22 - Seattle Weekly

Andres Duany leads a rebuilding team that considers the town a microcosm of New Orleans.

April 22 - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Despite their undying love of cars, Chicago commuters are grudgingly hopping on the train to avoid congestion from the "Dan Ryan Dig," a $600 million project to improve the "busiest road in Illinois."

April 22 - The Wall Street Journal

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources owns some property on Cleveland's rocky Lake Erie coastline. Now a rare layover for migratory birds, polluted Dike 14 has the potential to become a model park for the city.

April 22 - Ohio Free Times

This McMansionization is a must-see.

April 21 - The Austin Chronicle

Most of the counties and major cities in California's Central Valley are failing to make significant progress at preserving farmland in the nation's most important agricultural region, according to this new study from the American Farmland Trust.

April 21 - American Farmland Trust

Politics and special interests are stifling what science has to tell us.

April 21 - The Los Angeles Times

The historic Oakwood Cemetery has a rich past, and controversy surrounding its treatment, which has flared up again, has swirled for over 100 years.

April 21 - The Austin Chronicle

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April 21 - Chris Steins

Briarcliff Summit, built in 1925, has 200 units that are falling apart. Are the owners taking advantage of federal housing subsidies? Should the building be restored? If so, how will residents be impacted?

April 21 - Creative Loafing Atlanta

The law requires developers to put down a deposit for unforeseen repairs needed by owners, yet the it can be very difficult for owners to get their hands on the money.

April 21 - Washington City Paper

The City of Philadelphia plans to partner with a church to construct a shelter near the well-off Chestnut Hill neighborhood. Current residents aren't having it.

April 21 - Philadelphia City Paper

May issue highlights the environmental crisis and people across a variety of professions committed to education and change.

April 21 - Vanity Fair

Recently released Census data show that domestic migrants are fleeing the high housing costs of America's coasts in favor of more affordable environs. Will the tech regions start running out of techies?

April 21 - The Wall Street Journal

Columnist Jonah Goldberg believes that Al Gore, the environmental movement, and major news media are engaging in environmental "alarmism" over global warming.

April 20 - Abhijeet Chavan

Law professor Bernard E. Harcourt argues that the "broken windows" theory has be en proven not to be an effective crime-fighting technique. But LA Police Chief William J. Bratton, who has built his career on the theory, will not be easily convinced.

April 20 - The Los Angeles Times

Is the donut effect spreading to the suburbs? First it was older cities that lost population to their suburbs, but that flight now has spread to their greater metro areas. Paradoxically, gentrification occurs as the wealthy return to the cities.

April 20 - Associated Press via The Contra Costa Times

Bruce Donnelly explores a new way to examine city life that could increase the effectiveness of urban design.

April 20 - Terrain.org

The Shenandoah River reaches the tipping point thanks to pollution and development, according to national non-proft conservation organization American Rivers, which releases the annual list.

April 20 - The Washington Post