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Chicago's Marina City Is Worth Saving

Chicago's Marina City towers are recognized around the world and should be granted landmark status to protect them says columnist Lee Bey.

January 29 - Chicago Sun-Times

Seattle's Ambitious Transportation Proposal

Seattle Mayor Paul Schell unveiled a $9 million initiative with new ideas to improve the city's traffic.

January 29 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Electric Car In Not Too Near Future

State air-quality officials voted to give Detroit more time to meet its electric car mandate.

January 29 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Fighting Sprawl With Smart Growth

In Charlotte, N.C. the only thing voters hate more then sprawl is density, something anti-spawl supporters are trying to change.

January 29 - The Charlotte Observer

Land Donations Booming In Wisconsin

Landowners in southeastern Wisconsin are donating land for open space atan impressive pace.

January 28 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Tribe Wants To Build Off The Reservation

The Pomo Indians want to build a high-end housing development 65 miles from its reservation. Foes protest and appeal.

January 28 - The Los Angeles Times

LA's Hollywood And Western: Developers Move In

A group of Los Angeles investors who became friends while at UCLA specialize in opening hip businesses in troubled areas.

January 28 - The Los Angeles Times


Realtors Like Martinez At HUD

The National Association of Realtors endorses the selection of MelMartinez as the new HUD Secretary.

January 28 - National Association Of Realtors

If You Build It, They May Not Come

The Research Triangle is experiencing the national trend of slowing demand for office space, and that is making developers think twice.

January 28 - The News & Observer

Planning Challenges For 2001

The Planning Report publishes its reader's thoughts on the new millennium, and the challenges it brings.

January 28 - The Planning Report

New Traffic Lights Speed Seattle Traffic

Seattle improves traffic flow with newly optimized traffic lights.

January 28 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Land, Archaeology, And The Free Market

Conflicts that arise between development and archaeology can best besolved by acknowledging that landowners have rights over finds.

January 27 - Cato Institute

Starbucks Subway Station?

The San Francisco Area's BART has decided to reject the proposal to sell naming rights of transit stations, while cities like Boston hope to take in $20 million from corporate sponsors.

January 27 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Urbanizing Lake Tahoe

Environmentalists and affordable housing advocates compromise on a plan bringing more development around the famed lake.

January 27 - Las Vegas Sun

California's Housing Crisis

State legistators discuss the challenges facing the state in coping with the housing crunch.

January 27 - The Planning Report

Relief For DC's Overcrowded Green Line

Responding to complaints of overcrowding, Washington DC Metro Chief plans to shift more rail cars to Green Line.

January 27 - The Washington Post

Gore's New Class On Community Building

Former Vice President Al Gore will be developing a course on community building, and looking to UCLA for help.

January 26 - The New York Times

Financial Crisis Hits Boston's Big Dig

A scathing report charges that officials overseeing Boston's Big Dig project wasted $83 million.

January 26 - The Boston Globe

The Smithsonian Comes To Las Vegas

Smithsonian-sponsored tours of art and architecture have added Las Vegas to the schedule. "Glitz and fakery is art, too."

January 26 - The Los Angeles Times

Park Restoration Unlocks Details Of Noted Architect

John Russell Pope designed the Jefferson Memorial, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Archives in Washington.

January 26 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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