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The L.A. River Is Nurturing Wildlife
Birds and other animals thrive in what critics have called the 'puny" L.A. River. Work is beginning on improvements.
The ADA's Impact On Architecture
Time Magazine interviews an corporate architect about how the arhictecture profession has been changed by the ADA.
Boston's Big Dig: A $125 Million Change Order
Boston's Big Dig faces yet another major price increase. And there's no end in sight.
Affordable Housing To Be Served At Fast Food Restaurants
Will this approach to home ownership be the special sauce that gets more folks in to affordable housing?
Portland: An 'Un-American' City?
What happens when an European streetcar system is installed in an American city? Portland, OR, is making a dramatic effort to apply European planning ideas in an American context.
Book Review: Nature Returns To U.S. Cities
In her book "Wild Nights: Nature Returns to the City", Anne Matthews examines the return of nature in U.S. cities and the impact of urban sprawl on the relationship between wildlife and people.
Balancing Conservation And Commerce
In Cypress Island Preserve, Louisiana, birds and oil wells are neighbors.
To Revive Old Cities, Be Inventive
William Hudnut, chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute Public Policy, is writing a book on reviving old cities.
Durham Trying To Rid City Of Commercial Eyesores
Residents want the city to pass an ordinance to allow the demolition of abandoned commercial buildings, but property owners say the rule would be problematic.
Sprawl Isn't Only In The Eye Of The Beholder
Columnist Daniel Weintraub recounts Sacramento State public policy professor Rob Wassmer's criticisms of a recent Brookings Institution study on sprawl in the U.S.
Frank Gehry vs Playa Vista Environmentalists
Architect Frank Gehry has been asked by environmentalists to resign from his position as designer of the Playa Vista project.
Vibrant Neighborhoods Cure Sprawl
A new report offers alternatives to the developmental sprawl that has dominated real estate growth over the last 50 years.
The 'Browning' Of North Carolina
North Carolina is becoming one of the fastest growing immigrant hubs in the country.
Military Base To Tourist Attraction
San Francisco's old Presidio military base will be converted to a tourist attraction and campus.
How Sprawl Helps
Researchers at Tufts University concludes that sprawl increases affordability of housing, and closes racial differences in homeownership.
Redeveloped Areas Get Electric Cars in OC
Anaheim, CA is giving free use of electric cars to low-income residents as part of an antipollution project.
Corps Tries To Balance Sparrows And Communities
A federal plan to protect endangered sparrows in the Everglades National Park would increase water levels in a key canal and remove a levee. Area farmers and communities oppose the plan.
Wider Sidewalks For World-Famous Public Space
Wider sidewalks in New York's Times Square are welcome but more needs to be done.
Cleaning Cheasapeake Bay
Some progress has been made in cleaning up the Cheasapeake Bay which has been threatened by pollution and land development.
A Crusade To Protect Florida's Beaches
Florida residents seek new zoning and laws to protect their beaches' 95%-pure quartz sand.
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
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