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Should Miami's historic abandoned Caribbean Marketplace be demolished to make way for a cultural center?

March 9 - The Miami Herald

Denver's Downtown Multimodal Access Planning Study touts the possibility of connecting destinations within Denver that are left out of the massive Fastracks plan.

March 9 - The Denver Post

Edinburgh's old, dirty harbors are planned to be transfromed into sleek mixed use developments. But will the harbor become 'Disneyland-on-sea'?

March 9 - The Guardian Unlimited

The $185 billion Trans-Texas Corridor, with 4,000 miles of expressways, mostly toll lanes. will be nearly a quarter-mile wide.

March 9 - USA Today

Historic value can't always save buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright from demolition.

March 9 - The Christian Science Monitor

Brookings Institution report details 12 steps which are necessary for creating a successful revitalization strategy.

March 9 - The Brookings Institution

London's mayor urges the city to build up in the city center.

March 9 - International Herald Tribune

A television explores the "collapse of the American Dream."

March 8 - The Toronto Star

Museums keep expanding, but will visitors continue to come?

March 8 - Wall St. Journal

A United Nations' report concludes that areas already damaged by humans suffered more than areas with healthy ecosystems.

March 8 - CNN

Where in the U.S. can you get an acre of land with ocean views, beach, palm trees and full-year sun for only $15,000 an acre?

March 8 - The Los Angeles Times

One of the largest eco-friendly building complexes in the world will be powered by renewable energy sources and built with "green" materials.

March 8 - Syracuse Post Standard

A deal with the city for a new 1200-room hotel is expected to make LA's convention center more competetive.

March 8 - The Planning Report

How will the competition between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles impact their respective cities?

March 8 - The Baltimore Sun

Rail critics identify eight "myths" about Honolulu's proposed $2.6 billion rail system.

March 8 - Harvard Design Magazine

A Washington Native American tribe confronts the state for building over the burial sites of its ancestors.

March 8 - Seattle Weekly

If the "Peak Oil" theory is true, something must be done. If it is not true, something must still be done to curb the instability, pollution, terrorism and war inherent in the petroleum economy.

March 8 - Truthout

Michigan's Jennifer Granholm thinking bigger, playing tougher

March 7 - Michigan Land Use Institute

A major transit-orienteddevelopment in Atlanta is moving at its own measured pace.

March 7 - The Slatin Report

Farmers and tility companies explore tapping wind energy potential of farmlands.

March 7 - Michigan Live