The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Architecture critic Robert W. Duffy does not like the proposed 'retro' design for a new stadium in St. Louis.

January 7 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Assessments of the seven new Ground Zero proposals.

January 7 - MetropolisMag.com

As director of the D.C. Office of Planning, city planner Andrew Altman is very influential in reshaping the area.

January 7 - The Washington Post

President Bush's 'war on nature' could have catastrophic consequences.

January 7 - Salon

Renowned architect Frank Gehry has managed to stay out of the debate over the future of Ground Zero. Why?

January 7 - The New York Times

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