The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

An audit of the agency responsible for regional planning in Southern California rates it a 'high-risk' recipient for public funds.

May 2 - The Los Angeles Times

It shouldn't be hard to agree about what Santa Fe needs in a welcoming Plaza. That part is easy.

May 2 - Santa Fe New Mexican

Columnist David Broder highlights some of the surprising findings of Myron Orfield's new book. "American Metropolitics: The New Suburban Reality,"

May 2 - The Washington Post

Californians passed Proposition 40, a bond to fund efforts that protect and improve the environment.

May 2 - The Trust for Public Land

PBS show "Why The Towers Fell" records the investigation by the American Society of Civil Engineers of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

May 2 - The New York Times

A new listing of great college town communities based on arts and culture, recreation, intellectual activity, historic preservation and cost of living.

May 2 - EPodunk

Local regulation of religious land uses has become the latest battlefield in California development.

May 2 - California Planning and Development Report

Cesar Pelli, architect of the world's tallest towers, talks about Ground Zero, the future of skyscrapers and New York's skyline.

May 2 - Salon

The "University village" development is one of large new projects in Chicago. It includes townhouses, dormitories, shops, and parks. Facades of old buildings are to be preserved.

May 2 - The Chicago Tribune

Former residents visit their old neighborhood to see how it changed for the worse before it changes for the better.

May 1 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

An Appropriate Use Framework, prepared by the Town of Banff and Parks Canada, is used to screen new business licence applications for appropriateness within Banff National Park.

May 1 - Rocky Mountain Outlook

Daniel Burnham Award given to a grass-roots movement for creating a land use plan addressing environmental and econmonic concerns.

May 1 - The Salt Lake Tribune

A neighborhood dispute over the clattering jingles of an ice cream truck is about to become a First Amendment courtroom battle.

May 1 - The Hartford Courant

Los Angeles joins a growing list of cities that have decided to ban all new billboards within city boundaries.

May 1 - The Los Angeles Times

After being forced by the State Supreme Court to allow non-residents into its beaches, Greenwich, CT, has constructed a fee system that some contend is still illegal.

May 1 - The Hartford Courant

A private foundation is buying up prime downtown real estate Portland, OR, and will donate it to the city for use as parks. But preservationists worry the gift will destroy historic buildings.

May 1 - The Oregonian

This report finds that most policies overlook the needs of first suburbs and calls for reforms to help strengthen their health before they become the next ring of decline.

May 1 - The Brookings Institution

Maricopa County, Arizona gained more residents in the last 15 months than any other county in the U.S.

May 1 - The Arizona Republic

WSJ columnist Thomas Bray questions whether federal standards on local zoning boards is such a good idea.

May 1 - Wall St. Journal

New urbanist-looking courtyard apartment complexes are being revived in Southern California.

April 30 - The Los Angeles Times