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Homeownership Rates Rise For Latinos
Homeownerhips rates for San Diego County's Latino population are rising.
Homeowners' Assoc. Sued For Failing To Enforce Covenants
Wealthy Westchester community is tied in knots over one resident's determination to have community covenants enforced to the letter of the law.
Boston Increases Taxes On Expensive Homes
Boston is shifting its tax burden to the increasing number of wealthy homeowners.
Portrait Of An Eco-Terrorist
What does it take for an environmentalist to turn into an eco-terrorist?
Dallas' New Mayor Focuses On Development
Dallas' new mayor plunges headfirst into downtown development.
Amtrak Seeks Help From Governors
Amtrak warns that most of its long-distance routes are threatened.
Shaping The City: Straight Lines And Curves
Why do right angles and straight lines pervade architecture? Roger K. Lewis celebrates non-rectilinear buildings.
Don't Grow Dumb, California
It is not growth that California needs to fear, but "dumb growth."
Boston's Mysterious 'Parking Zone'
Boston has a mysterious 'parking zone', where you can get cited -- for no apparent reason.
Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan wins the 2002 Outstanding Plan from the American Planning Association.
FEATURE
Don't Grow Dumb, California
It is not growth that California needs to fear, but "dumb growth" where there is insufficient planning and incentives for families, businesses and communities to make "smart" choices about where to locate.
9/11 Memorial: Readers Respond
Readers respond to New York Times editorial titled "Rebuilding Downtown."
9/11 Memorial Should Be Symbolic
This editorial argues that the best use of federal funds should be invested in transportation and other infrastructure.
Phoenix Family Donates Land For Cardinals Stadium
After months of failed proposals for a new Cardinals football stadium, a Phoenix family donates 15 acres of land.
'Facadectomy' Is Not Preservation
Preservation ordinances often address only the exterior of a building and neglect the interior.
Backyard Nature Is Expensive
The Wall Street Journal investigates what it takes to create a 'natural' backyard.
Taking It Easy In The Big Easy
Perhaps because New Orleans doesn't have an affluent tenant base, the housing market has been remarkable stable.
St. Petersburg Discovers New Urbanism
A St. Petersburg community is loosely modeled after Disney's Celebration, and find success in New Urbanism.
Award-Winning 'New Urbanism' Arrives In Rockville, Md.
The Centergate King Farm development won a national design award from the Congress for the New Urbanism.
Residents Clash With Ferry Operator Over Harbor's Future
Influential downtown interests compete over a cherished and valuable nook of New York City's waterfront.
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.
