The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

Declared a "disaster area" in a 1982 HUD study, the city of Paramount, CA, is fighting blight and remaking itself.

March 26 - The New York Times

Herbert Muschamp writes about the challenges architects, planners, and engineers face in rebuilding Lower Manhattan.

March 26 - The New York Times

Baltimore region transit system will extend to Howard and Columbia counties.

March 25 - The Washington Post

American City and County features an in-depth discussion of the history, evolution, benefits and criticisms of the New Urbanism.

March 25 - American City And County

A church-based community development organization is leveraging new rail transit to transform one of Chicago's roughest neighborhoods.

March 25 - Michigan Land Use Institute

3-D modeling helps public visualize development alternatives.

March 25 - The News & Observer

Witold Rybczynski, professor of urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania, presents his views about rebuilding at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

March 25 - The New York Times

Redevelopment efforts in Hollywood are responsible for the return of tourists and the Oscars, but current residents say all the new buildings have done little to improve the quality of life.

March 25 - CNN

A modular housing frame can be assembled in one day, and is ready for move-in eight weeks later -- for under $50,000.

March 25 - The Christian Science Monitor

California legislators are considering a radical new tax-sharing plan that would change sales tax incentives on land use.

March 25 - The San Francisco Chronicle

When Boston's new Central Artery opens in 2003, it will be nation's largest, most sophisticated, and most expensive system.

March 25 - The Boston Globe

Wouldn't it be interesting if commuters could "swap" jobs for a closer job to their home?

March 24 - The Seattle Times

Baltimore's transit planners have offered recommendations that would double the area's rail service over 40 years.

March 24 - Sun Spot

A Connecticut judge rules that the city of New London was not explicit enough in defining conditions for condemnation.

March 24 - Wall St. Journal

Replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct -- a vital commuter link for countless Puget Sound-area residents -- will be one of the most expensive and disruptive road projects in state history.

March 24 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A nonprofit religious group plans to build 1,000 affordable homes across the city.

March 23 - The Boston Globe

California Governor's Building For The 21st Century report looks to incentivize infrastructure investment.

March 23 - The Planning Report

ULI's Bill Hudnut evaluates why today's opposition to development seems to be more sophisticated, vociferous-and effective than in the past.

March 23 - Urban Land Magazine

The Yurt, a portable structure first used by the nomads of Mongolia is becoming popular in the U.S.

March 23 - Wired

The April issue of Men's lifestyle magazine, Maxim, picks the top city on earth. All 13 of them.

March 22 - The Detroit Free Press