The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Some former New Orleans residents have moved permanently to other cities. Others are unsure if they want to return to their devastated city.

April 9 - Louisiana Weekly

Los Angeles County approves a controversial $100-million plan to relocated homeless services currently concentrated in downtown's skid row to five suburban centers.

April 9 - The Los Angeles Times

Several new companies are using technology to provide drivers a new way to avoid spending time circling the block looking for a parking space.

April 8 - The Wall Street Journal

20 million are homeless in the country, most living in poor conditions in huge favelas. A number of groups have begin taking action.

April 8 - Latin America Press

Blair Kamin muses about the aftermath of Katrina planning and the legacy of modernism.

April 8 - Metropolis

High levels of consumer debt, minimal equity and higher interest rates will soon bring an end to the "housing heaven" to which consumers have become accustomed.

April 8 - MoneyWeek

Comprehensive watershed planning is needed to prevent a water crisis in Alberta, which a new study shows is facing significant reductions in water supply due to climate change and tar sands development.

April 8 - The Globe and Mail

Like so many of the cars it produced, Motor City is heading for the scrapyard, the Onion reports.

April 7 - The Onion

Nantucket makes an effort to preserve its quaint, historic character.

April 7 - The Boston Globe

Anaheim, California, serves up an alternative to Kelo in the form of promoting competition, loosening business restrictions and lowering taxes, writes Steven Greenhut.

April 7 - The Wall Street Journal

A new study with evidence from New York City -- plus a "five-city social experiment" -- claims that there is no evidence to support the popular anti-crime theory.

April 7 - University of Chicago Chronicle

SustainLane's recently released rankings of the largest 50 U.S. cities by preparedness for rises in oil prices leaves some cities, from Colorado Springs to Kansas City, room for improvement.

April 7 - Colorado Springs Gazette

Displaced and overwhelmed, three major organizing networks provided immediate aid to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, and began working for long-term, equitable recovery. Will they be able to rise to the human and political challenges?

April 7 - Shelterforce Magazine

"Superboxes" may mean the days of seeing rows of newspaper boxes on sidewalks are numbered.

April 7 - The Globe and Mail

El Paso is one of the last Southwest cities to turn its downtown around, but will the proposed plan work?

April 7 - El Paso Inc.

MSN Real Estate publishes a special on McMansionization, detailing the backlash, a new "less is more" movement, and ways to fight the trend.

April 7 - MSN Real Estate

Demolition of the ostensibly failed modernist development Punta Perotti in Bari, southern Italy, was completed on April 2, to make room for the 10th International Architecture Exhibition (includes videos).

April 7 - La Biennale di Venezia

Thousands from Mexico and Central America are rushing to New Orleans where work is easy to find and no one is checking illegal workers' documentation.

April 6 - The Los Angeles Times

While Pictometry's new mapping technology is being used for public safety, it's also being used by building officials who don't have to leave the office to see who's building without a permit.

April 6 - Wired Magazine

Since the state dismantled its economic development agency, its piecemeal efforts compare poorly to other states' coordinated strategies, as shown in the state's poor showing at the biotech industry's largest trade show.

April 6 - San Francisco Business Times