The Daily Source of Urban Planning News
Mansionization Restrictions Emerge
A Planning Commission in Orange County, CA, approves new mansionization restrictions on homeowners building massive homes.
WTC Proposals Flood In To CNN
CNN has received over 900 designs for the WTC site from its viewers.
The Earthship Has Landed
The U.K. is the first country in Europe to grant full planning approval for Earthship dwellings.
Friday Funny: Stoner Architect Drafts All-Foyer Mansion
The stunning design for an all-foyer mansion attracts national attention, but the work of stoner architects is tragically underfunded.
Reservoir Could Become Valuable Green Space
A decommissioned could provide a valuable for dense neighborhood.
Goodbye To Cornell Architecture-Planning School?
Cornell considers dismantle the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
Lead Contamination At Gun Clubs
Environmentalists and anti-gun activists are concerned about lead contamination at shooting ranges.
A Land Trust To Build Parks
A coalition will focus on using a land trust to create a string of small parts throughout Los Angeles in low-income areas.
APA Lauds New Illinois Smart Growth Statute
Illinois enacts Local Planning Technical Assistance Act.
Submit Your WTC Design
It's official: Ground Zero design study underway, and architects and planners around the world are (finally) invited.
Manufactured Homes Gaining Mainstream Acceptance?
Manufactured homes have generally had the allure of affordability. Now, as the aesthetic appeal improves, will public acceptance follow?
Downtown Atlanta Swimming In Good News
$200 million state of the art aquarium to be built next to Centennial Olympic Park
2 Million Petition For Sustainable Energy
Technologies such as solar home systems, micro hydroelectricity generators, small wind turbines, wave energy and biogas are viable energy alternatives.
Putting NYC In A Pickle Jar For Future Generations?
Suirrel away the maps of NYC on a server away from the city, just in case - life in the world of GIS in a post 9/11 city
Digitizing Sanborn Maps For Research
D-Lib Magazine documents attempts to digitize Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps™ for research by planner, demographers and others.
Cities With Most Pedestrian Deaths
According to the Surface Transportation Policy Project, California cities have the greatest number of pedestrian deaths.
Minnesota's DOT New 20-Year Plan
Minnesota Transportation Commissioner is preparing a new plan to guide the MnDOT for the next 20 years.
Affordable Housing And Sprawl
Five opinions on how to control sprawl and make housing affordable in the Bay Area.
How To Manage Sprawl
This article discusses the current trend of increasing urban populations and how to resolve the issues they create.
Debunking The Claims Of Transit Critics
Sam Zimmerman argues transit opponents have been using "irrelevant or half-true claims."
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.
