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Canadian Group Selected For New York Redevelopment

Urban Strategies and Artscape play key role in one of the largest New York redevelopment projects in years.

January 29 - The Globe and Mail

Applying The Vancouver Experience To San Francisco

How Vancouver ideas do -- and do not -- help in shaping San Francisco's first high density neighborhood.

January 29 - ArchNewsNow.com

Gehry To Unveil Redesign For Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto architects ponder the influence of Frank Gehry on the eve of his long-awaited homecoming

January 28 - The Toronto Star

Dickensian London: A Character In Itself

Dickens wrote so evocatively of the city's sites -- many of which can still be found.

January 28 - The Christian Science Monitor

Los Angeles Plans For A Walkable Downtown

Martha Welborne, managing director of the Grand Avenue Authority, discusses the most recent developments in the project that promises to define downtown L.A. and finally create a center for the region.

January 28 - The Planning Report


California's $37-billion Bullet Train

By 2020, over 68 million riders would use a statewide bullet train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco. But is $37-billion too much?

January 28 - The Los Angeles Times

A New Coat Of Paint

Lithuania's past complicates the restoration of its capital's historic center.

January 28 - MetropolisMag.com


The Trend Toward Commercial Condominiums

Speculative business parks aimed at ownership by small businesses are a hot new market.

January 28 - Wall St. Journal

Easing Traffic Congestion on a Tight Budget

One of a series of articles by The Washington Post that examines ways to ease traffic congestion without spending the vast sums required for major projects.

January 28 - The Washington Post

New Urban Neighborhoods Make Big Gains

New Urban News year-end survey finds 37 percent annual growth in new urban planning and construction.

January 28 - New Urban News

The Worst Cars Of All Time

In our car-oriented culture, it's hard to find a truly awful car anymore. Forbes produces its list of the worst cars of all time.

January 28 - Forbes

Support For Sign Language Town

McCook County Commission voted 4-1 to support new sign language town in South Dakota.

January 28 - Mitchell Republic

The Art Of Place-Making

Fred Kent of the Project for Public Spaces discusses the elements and essentials of place making.

January 27 - The Planning Report

America's Greenest Building

Los Angeles has two of the most ecologically advanced buildings in the country -- and both are competing for the title of the greenest building in America.

January 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Utah Gas Tax Tries To Keep Pace With Roads, Drivers

Utah lawmakers consider a 5 cent increase in state gas tax to fund transportation needs

January 27 - The Salt Lake Tribune

Sick Mall Turnaround Specialists

As many as a third of the nation's 1,000 malls are obsolete. A new specialty is emerging for experts in reviving second-tier malls.

January 27 - Wall St. Journal

The Importance Of Artifact

Lessons learned from a memorial to another kind of terror.

January 27 - MetropolisMag.com

Top Walking Cities

The American Podiatric Medical Association releases its list of the ten best cities for walking.

January 27 - American Podiatric Medical Association

Suburban Life Not So Cheap After All

A new study finds that living in Toronto's suburbs may actually be more expensive than in the central city.

January 27 - The Toronto Star

Schools As Centers Of Communities

Building new schools ought to serve as the foundation for community development, write David Abel and Jonathan Fielding.

January 27 - The Los Angeles Times

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