The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

A Pennsylvania company specialized in rebuilding 1940s-era streetcars is finding that cities, and commuters, love a trolley.

June 23 - The State

A law designed to protect land helps speed along other development.

June 23 - The New York Times

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The <a href="http://www.seeing-stars.com/TVstudios/ABC.shtml#EntertaimentCenter">ABC Entertainment Center</a> in LA is being <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mystery19jun19,1,7452818.story?coll=la-headlines-california">demolished</a>? Why does no one discuss these things with me? Well, okay, to be fair, <a href="http://blogging.la/">Blogging LA did</a>.<br /> <br /> Man, I loved that place when I was a kid. It wasn't just the futuristic-by-way-of-the-1960s architecture, or the ability to gape up through the tiers of shops and see the aluminum-framed Century City towers.

June 22 - Anonymous

A 2025 vision of Houston where mobility enhances quality-of-life.

June 22 - The Houston Chronicle

Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood is a case study in community building in an ethnic neighborhood.

June 22 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

The world-famous designer's next buildings will reshape Manhattan's skyline.

June 22 - Newsday

The Gem -- the world's best-selling electric car -- enters the UK market to rave reviews.

June 22 - BBC News

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It's behind schedule, over budget, and, thanks to celebrity architect Frank Gehry, looks more than a little <em>familiar,</em> if you know what I mean. It's soon to open, and thanks to reader (and my cousin) Vanessa Jones, you can see lots of good construction pictures <a href="http://www.landofwee.com/images/millpark/millennium_park.html">here</a>. Thanks, Vee.<br /> <br />

June 22 - Anonymous

Combining the latest advances in space-based imaging, GPS, mobile phones, search engines, and Web-based delivery, digital mapping is heading into exciting uncharted waters.

June 22 - MSNBC

Grist Magazine interviews Tim McCormick, planning manager at the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.

June 22 - Grist Magazine

Phoenix may be America's fifth largest city but it has a lot to learn from the city it passed, Philadelphia.

June 22 - The Arizona Republic

The Toronto native is celebrated for his work on 'unplanning.'

June 22 - The Toronto Star

Baltimore entrepreneur proposes photo treatment for boarded-up vacant houses.

June 22 - The Baltimore Sun

North Shore residents tell investors to take a hike.

June 22 - The New York Times

A "slow-growth" groups sues city over permits in Pasaden, CA.

June 21 - Pasadena Star-News

Indianapolis releases it's new regional plan, "Building a World-Class Downtown: Indianapolis Regional Center Plan 2020."

June 21 - The Indianapolis Star

Sprawl, highways, demolition come to China.

June 21 - The Washington Post

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Mojave, Calif. - This morning I watched a space ship take off. The SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan and funded by Microsoft gazillionaire Paul Allen, made it to just above 100 km (62 miles or, according to the rocket's own systems, 328,491 feet). That's space, baby: high enough so pilot Mike Melvill could see "white clouds above the LA basin [that] looked like snow on the ground."<br /> <br /> The craft, carried to 50,000 feet by a mother ship called the White Knight (it looks a lot like the White Star from <a href="http://www.infinicorp.com/VEX/starships/white-star-medium-cruiser.htm"><em>Babylon 5</em></a>

June 21 - Anonymous

The desert city is spending almost $200 million to recreate 12 miles of lost estuary in the heart of the city.

June 21 - The Arizona Republic

Oil is a nonrenewable resource. It's getting used up. Now what?

June 21 - The Washington Post