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Tenants Don't Abandon New York's Tall Buildings

Real estate brokers say tenants haven't fled tall buildings and condominium sales in skyscrapers are coming back to normal.

November 6 - The New York Times

Atlantic Station On Track In Atlanta

Atlantic Station, an ambitious multibillion-dollar mixed-use project is ready for the first phase.

November 6 - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Ten Tips For Revising Your General Plan

The community development director for the City of Saratoga, California offers ten things to remember when revising the general plan.

November 6 - Western City

Ten Dream Buildings That Won't Be Built

The UK's Guardian published it's list of the top 10 buildings that remain "a dream or a nightmare."

November 6 - The Guardian Unlimited

Atlanta's Real Estate Outlook Is Dim For Next Year

Report says the real estate market in Atlanta, GA, will struggle in 2002 has the potential for a sharp recovery.

November 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Downtown Boom May Reshape Atlanta

With $3 billion in projects in downtown Atlanta, GA, the city may be on its way to becoming a 24-hour city.

November 6 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Report: World Transportation Study By MIT

A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) examines the impact of transportation systems in developing and developed countries on economic development, social welfare and environmental quality.

November 6 - Massachusetts Institute Of Technology


Bush Dismantling Clinton's Environmental Legacy

In a scathing editorial, the "New York Times" accuses the Bush administration of trying, both overtly and covertly, to dismantle major elements of Bill Clinton's environmental legacy.

November 5 - The New York Times

Many Eyes Watch New California HCD Program

A new state housing program is intended to encourage home construction in areas with high concentrations of jobs.

November 5 - California Planning and Development Report

California Bay Area Smog Reduction Plan

The Bay Area's smog reduction plan is approved by the California Air Resourced Board, but with provisions.

November 5 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Architecture Firms Survive World Trade Center Attacks

How architecture and engineering firms that had offices in New York's World Trade Center survived the Sept. 11th and get back to business with help from competing firms.

November 5 - The New York Times

Monorails: A Vision For The Future Of Transit

Are monorails amusement park curiosities, or legitimate forms of mass transit?

November 5 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A Land-Use Plan That Bans Everything

They don't want people on the island. There are no stores, no utilities, no power lines. But the island has conflicts.

November 5 - The Los Angeles Times

The Future Of Cities: The Absurdity Of Modernism

Leon Krier, the godfather of New Urbanism, offers his perspective on the future of cities.

November 5 - Planetizen

Atlanta's Parking Meters Enter The Digital Age

Atlanta introduces new electronic parking meters that will soon be seen around the city.

November 5 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The World Trade Center's Surprising History

The history of the World Trade Center is a case study in why government should not be involved in private-sector development.

November 5 - City Journal

Atlanta's Lindberg Plaza To Be Redesigned, Rebuilt

Shopping and apartments are to replace shopping center, and it will be larger than Phipps Plaza when completed.

November 5 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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The Future Of Cities: The Absurdity of Modernism

November 5 - Nikos Salingaros: Interview with Leon Krier

The Shady Side Of Planning

A Los Angeles County urban planner in is suspected of selling certificates of compliance.

November 4 - The Los Angeles Times

Older Suburbs Growing Into Diversity

Older neighborhoods believed are actually transforming into thriving, ethnically diverse cities.

November 4 - Reason Public Policy Institute

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