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New Urban Planning For Neighborhood Revitalization
Planner and Knight Program fellow Jennifer Hurley offers a personal account of her experiences with new urbanism.
Three Measures To Combat Sprawl
In response to rising concern about sprawl, elected officials in Connecticut propose measures to combat sprawl.
Lifestyle Centers
The regional mall is rapidly being replaced by the more attractive, and more profitable new urbanist "lifestyle center."
Convention Center Expansion Raises Issues About Takings
Owners of property in New Orleans expropriated by the state for the expansion of a convention center may sue for compensation.
Street Closing Impedes Commerce But Doesn't Improve Security
A study claims that closing the street in front of Independence Hall doesn't improve security.
Bush Plan Proposes Increased Logging
The Bush administration is proposing increased logging in national forests in the Sierra Nevada.
WTC Proposals: Who's Saying What Worldwide
ArchNewsNow has been compiling news and reviews of the nine WTC proposals since their unveiling on December 18.
The American Home Grows Out And Up
The 2000 Census data shows how US homes have changed drastically in the last 60 years.
With Troops Gone, A Base Town Hibernates
Sierra Vista, Ariz., is leaning on its communal bonds as massive troop deployment saps the town's businesses.
WTC Competition: The Final Round
What makes the leading two design for the World Trade Center site competition popular?
Base Redevelopment Avoids Voter-Approved Height Restriction
A voter-approved height limitation initiative does not apply to redeveloped land that was part of a military base, the Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled.
Two Plans May Be WTC Design Finalists
Two designs are reportedly finalists in the challenge to rebuild the former site of the World Trade Center towers in Manhattan, New York.
Fences In The True West
What fences mean for the rural western landscape.
The World's New Tallest Building
The Shanghai World Financial Center, already under construction, will top Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.
WTC Owner Rejects All Eight Plans
Larry Silverstein rejects the eight proposed designs, saying the plans as presented do not meet the site's requirements. (Includes a copy of the rejection letter.)
British Government Rejects Big Box Sprawl
Ikea's plans for a megastore are blocked.
Rem Koolhaas' Junkspace
If space-junk is the human debris that litters the universe, junk-space is the residue mankind leaves on the planet.
Local Stores Create Triple The Economic Activity Of Chains
Civic Economics explores the pros and cons of chain retailing on local economies.
Celebration Frays Around The Edges
Who would have thought that rot on the trim of Celebration houses would result in a feature length expose in the Orlando Sentinel...
Transportation: What We Pay And What We Get
STPP's analysis of ten years of federal spending, summarized by State.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
