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Challenges To San Diego's 'City Of Villages'
The City of San Diego is having toconfront institutional obstacles to its proposed "City of Villages."plan.
Cul-de-sacs: Homeowners Love Them, Planners Hate Them
Traditional developments with smaller lots on straight streets in a grid pattern are making a comeback with planners.
City To Spend $15.8m For Walkable Downtown
Sunrise, Florida to offer incentives to a private developer to "carve out a downtown."
Study Finds Merit In 'Broken Windows' Policing
Targeting minor crimes in a community results in decreases in serious crime.
Tri-State Awarded $26.7m For Second Track
Federal transit officials award funding to Tri-State, Broward County Transit, and Miami-Dade Transit.
Miami Officials On Hot Seat Over Bottom-burning Bus Benches
New black steel bus benches at city bus stops are too hot to sit on under the summer sun.
'Sweeping' Redesign To Revitalize Toronto Neighborhood.
The City of Toronto, Canada, is proposing to revitalize a multicultural neighborhoood.
Requiring Architects To Design Apartment Buildings
Faced with a proliferation of appalling apartment buildings, New South Wales mandates that architects design the buildings.
Reviving Downton: A Chicken-and-egg Problem
The closing of a neighborhood gas station illustrates the problems associated with people moving out of the downtown area, and with attempts to repopulate that area.
Chicago's $11 Billion Downtown Master Plan
The National Real Estate Investor looks at Chicago's new downtown plan -- the first planning document for downtown since 1958.
Dead-end Cities?
Urban theorist David Rusk analyzes census data to identify "cities on the slide."
NY Times Magazine To Offer WTC Designs
Herbert Muschamp, the New York Times architecture critic, is expected to lay out several alternative WTC design options on Sept. 8.
Massachusetts Flirting With Mount Laurel Doctrine
Massachusetts may be going down the same road as New Jersey's with its Mount Laurel doctrine, writes Jerold Kayden.
Conservation Dollars Into Smart Growth Opportunities
A new report shows that states can link their investments in open space with practical measures to shape economic development.
Conflicting Goals For WTC Shopping Mall
The underground mall was generating $900 per square foot in revenues -- three times the national average. Can this success be duplicated?
Rural Smart Growth Strategies
A new report illustrates promising rural growth strategies that revitalize small towns.
Maintain Quality Of Life: Provide Open Space
Arizona cities have been unable to build enough parks to keep up with the rapidly-increasing population.
Colosseum Branding
Where do you draw the line when it comes to corporate sponsorship and naming of Colosseums.
Case Study: The Religious Land Use Act
The Boston Globe features a story about the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
Retail Boom Spams Strip Mall Makovers
Strip malls are resilient in tough economic conditions.
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