The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Hundreds of historically significant buildings in Chicago have been demolished.

January 16 - The Chicago Tribune

The Bay Area's signature structures are not churches or skyscrapers, but massive billboards.

January 15 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The Tucson City Council will impose a fee to connect new homes to the water system to make new development to pay for excess capacity.

January 15 - Arizona Daily Star

Architect Peter Eisenman responded to Frank Gehry's remark about the 'demeaning' pay given to design teams to develop proposals for Ground Zero.

January 15 - The New York Times

Architects and councillors criticize the plan to revitalize Toronto's waterfront.

January 15 - The Toronto Star

The City of Soap Lake, WA, is considering a towering 60-foot-high lava lamp in the center of downtown to revive tourism.

January 15 - CNN

A new study show that more households with fewer occupants has a strong impact on the environment.

January 15 - Nature

The Blue Line -- a light rail line running from downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach -- has grisliest record in the U.S.

January 15 - USA Today

In a county that nearly doubled in population between 1990 and 2000, a 944-page revision to the zoning codes that dramatically reduces the permitted density.

January 15 - The Washington Post

Sacramento County, CA is losing two top planning officials at a time when land-use is being redefined by the shift of growth to newly incorporated cities.

January 15 - The Sacramento Bee

The biggest development of modernist houses in decades is springing up, sleek and angular, in Southampton Town.

January 15 - Newsday

Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is the most dangerous in the nation.

January 14 - National Geographic

Chinese government spending is changing Chongqing, an inland city slated to receive $200 billion in investment over the next decade.

January 14 - The New York Times

The blast furnaces that powered the American Century are in danger of demolition if landmark status or funding cannot be secured.

January 14 - CNN

A look at the "Aspenization" of Park City and other towns.

January 14 - The Salt Lake Tribune

In Seagrove Beach, Florida, homes reminiscent of Florida's early settlers -- called 'crackers' -- have become popular.

January 14 - Wall St. Journal

The location chosen by the Bush administration for for the new Department of Homeland Security promotes sprawl and adds to traffic congestion.

January 14 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The Chicago Tribune publishies a scathing indictment of Chicago's efforts at historic preservation.

January 14 - The Chicago Tribune

D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams wants to increase the District's population by 100,000 over the next decade.

January 14 - The Washington Post

A rogue "halftime" outhouse in an upscale subdivision causes grief and complaints.

January 14 - The Boston Globe