The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Mike Davis previews his new book in a lengthy article in Orion Magazine.

March 8 - Orion

Measure 37 dramatically altered the planning and development landscape in Oregon. Now community-based environmental planning may be the only alternative for environmentalists.

March 8 - The Oregonian

San Francisco's Transportation Authority director views the initial results of Stockholm's congestion pricing as a good omen for his city's plan to implement a similar program.

March 7 - San Francisco Examiner

Since the 1970s, city officials in Lowell, Massachusetts, have been open minded to redevelopment strategies. Today, their patient efforts are paying off as condominium and apartment construction is helping to reinvent this former great textile city.

March 7 - The Boston Globe

A suburban Rochester town halts demolitions of older homes to be replaced with large 'McMansions'.

March 7 - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

Michael Duffy, host of 'Counterpoint' on Australia's Radio National, interviews Joel Kotkin about Richard Florida's creative class theory and Kotkin's new book, "The City: A Global History."

March 7 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio National - Counterpoint

A developer finds an innovative space solution to create Boise's fourth tallest building.

March 7 - The Idaho Statesman

Expanding Maine's majestic Baxter State Park has proved to be far more controversial than state officials expected.

March 7 - Maine Sunday Telegram

When CBS profiled the suburban community of Webster Park, outside of St. Louis, few in the neighborhood realized how their culture would appear to outside observers.

March 7 - St. Louis Riverfront Times

California, leading the nation in job growth and personal income growth, saw a net loss of close to 30,000 residents to other states last year, according to the state's Department of Finance.

March 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle urban design writer John King comments on the city's newest 'supportive housing' development, the eight-story Plaza Apartments, located in the heart of skid row, to open on March 15.

March 7 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Two new studies show that Antarctica is losing ice because of global warming and contributing to higher sea levels, disproving earlier projections that increased snowfall would compensate for melting ice.

March 7 - The New York Times

Politicians, public officials and the public have come to a realization that Los Angeles needs to do something about homelessness. In a lengthy editorial, the Los Angeles Times suggests six attainable goals.

March 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Quebec publishes a best practices guide for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and land use planning.

March 6 - Quebec Government

Former associates reveal a darker side to Thomas Kinkade, a popular artist who has inspired some suburban developments.

March 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Santa Barbara, CA's strong growth controls have kept the region spectacular and maintained a high quality of life, but the control has come with steep economic and social costs, according to a feature article in the Los Angeles Times.

March 6 - The Los Angeles Times

The life of SEKT, Dallas' most notorious graffiti artist, parallels the complex evolution of the city and its suburbs.

March 6 - The Dallas Observer

New legislation would more strictly enforce planning regulations governing public buildings and parks, regulations now often ignored by planners and developers.

March 6 - David Gest

Tesco, the world's fifth-largest retailer, is coming to California -- and with its 546 Tesco Express stores in the UK taking up as much land as just six Wal-Mart supercenters, it could bring a new model of retail land use with it.

March 6 - Slate

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March 6 - Michael Dudley