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A digital model of the Statue of Liberty being developed by architecture experts for the National Park Service could be used to rebuild the world-famous landmark if it is damaged or destroyed in a terrorist attack.

January 7 - The New York Times

A new book says the SUV is the car of choice for the nation's most self-centered people -- and the bigger the SUV, the more of a jerk its driver is likely to be.

January 7 - AlterNet

General Motors plans to offer hybrid gas-electric powered cars, pickups, and SUVs.

January 6 - CNN

An experiment among environmentalists, government officials and loggers strike the right balance for preserving part of the Sierra Nevada moutains.

January 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Property values in the area around the new Clinton Presidential Library development in Little Rock have doubled since the library was announced.

January 6 - ABC News

From Los Angeles To Portland to New York, major cities are rethinking the way schools are designed. This article profiles the Portland architecture firm of Dull Olson Weekes.

January 6 - The Oregonian

Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy is a model of how a masterful conservancy can develop financial and political strength, and change the face of a region.

January 6 - The Los Angeles Times

Planners and environmentalists have wasted no time telling Massachusetts smart growth-friendly Governor: overhaul the state's antiquated zoning law!

January 6 - The Boston Globe

Across the U.S. competing interests are battling over sidewalks.

January 6 - The New York Times

Opponents of Los Angeles' high profile, master-planned Playa Vista project now charge that the development may be vulnerable to a deadly explosion.

January 6 - The Los Angeles Times

"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals forcefully respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6 - Planetizen

Houston -- for the third year in a row -- is the chunkiest city in the country.The "fittest city" is Honolulu, HI.

January 6 - Men's Fitness

FEATURE

"Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated." Architects, planners and consulting professionals respond to recent claims of New Urbanism's extinction.

January 6 - Lucy Rowland, Michael Mehaffy, and Members Of The Pro-Urb Listserv

L.A.'s mammoth water agency appears to have played chicken with the federal government and lost. Southern California's water allocation from the Colorado River is halved.

January 5 - The Los Angeles Times

The most powerful factor in the Downtown expansion is the loft boom. Once dismissed as unattainable, there are now almost 20 loft projects scheduled for completion by the end of 2003.

January 5 - Downtown News

An Oregon State task force introduces a proposal to use satellites to track driver's mileage and tax that driver accordingly to pay for road repairs.

January 5 - CNSNews

Introducing the first housing development planned around the needs of koalas.

January 5 - National Geographic

Lake Elmo and the regional Metropolitan Council battle over whether the Council can force growth into unwilling local cities.

January 4 - St. Paul Pioneer Press

In California's Central Valley, farmers form a strategy for steering growth.

January 4 - High Country News

An editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer clearly explains why more downtown parking is the wrong approach to planning.

January 4 - The Philadelphia Inquirer