The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Planners around Texas are worried that Houston's deals with municipal utility districts will hamper regional development strategies.

June 15 - The Houston Chronicle

Borders committed to opening urban bookstores in Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit join Washington, other cities.

June 15 - The Detroit News

BLOG POST

This from reader Matt Bai, who responds to my observation that all the buildings in Times Square are coated with animated, lighted advertising signage: "I noticed the same thing when I was staying in Times Square recently. It's like a sci fi movie--everything is live action distraction. (I just coined that term, <br /> by the way--live action distraction. I want to be credited in your blog.)"<br /> <br /> Okay, Matt. There you go.

June 15 - Anonymous

Los Angeles' "starchitects" create trophy projects which are often disconnected from their urban planning context.

June 15 - LA Weekly

Inventor plans to develop technology to allow people to see through "invisible" walls.

June 15 - BBC News

While Boston's new Rose Kennedy Greenway will replace an elevated highway with a mile-long park this summer, key details, such as a final design, are not in place.

June 15 - The Boston Globe

Homeless activists blame the Reagan administration for rise in homelessness in the 1980s.

June 15 - Common Dreams

New York City's planners refuse to adopt inclusionary zoning due to equity principles that have no place in zoning.

June 15 - Planners Network

Has urban commentator David Brooks "cleverly packaged himself" as right-winger with a kinder, gentler sensitivity?

June 14 - The Nation

After years of coastal sprawl, Alabama's beaches finally see a trio of walkable, mixed-use communities.

June 14 - Mobile Pipeline

BLOG POST

We knew about <a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=5NMBENMBBXMO2CRBAELCFEY?type=scienceNews&storyID=5408235">this</a> already - Reuters is reporting yet another United Nations report that says global warming and population growth are increasing vulnerability to floods. This time they say there'll be 1 billion people exposed to the threat by 2050.<br /> <br /> I didn't go back and re-read before posting, but if I remember right that's much the same as what the Pew Oceans Commission said about <a href="http://www.pewoceans.org/reports/water_pollution_sprawl.pdf">coastal sprawl</a>

June 14 - Anonymous

As Americans mourn the death of former President Reagan, Professor Peter Dreier remembers Reagan as the worst housing president ever.

June 14 - Newsday

A study details how retail giant Wal-Mart uses taxpayer dollars to fuel its growth.

June 14 - Good Jobs First

The winding Interstate 70 has become the "Main Street" for towns and resorts across Colorado. As traffic becomes worse, resorts and residents feel the impact.

June 14 - The Los Angeles Times

How Wal-Mart benefited from more than $1 billion in government subsidies.

June 14 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Owen Courr&#232;ges offers a view of New Urbanism from the perspective of free-market capitalism.

June 14 - Planetizen

A look back at the environmental legacy of Ronald Reagan.

June 14 - Grist Magazine

After the loss of many of Beverly Hills' original one-story Spanish style homes to mini-mansions, the city adopts strict new design codes.

June 14 - The Los Angeles Times

The new strategy for subdivision developers is build homes only after they have secured buyers.

June 13 - The Los Angeles Times

Diana Williams, executive director of Urban Ecology, fields readers' questions on everything from gentrification to bike lockers.

June 13 - Grist Magazine