Great Recession

Is the Worst of the Recession Over for America's Cities?

Battered for years by the Great Recession, declining state and federal support, and Congressional gridlock, the nation's mayors are expressing "cautious optimism," reports Lizette Alvarez.

June 18, 2012 - The New York Times

After the Crash: How Will People Live and Spend in the New Economy?

Kathleen Madigan takes a look at new research that considers the shift in America's living situations, and what it means for consumer behavior.

May 20, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal

China Provides Architecture Stimulus

China's unrelenting building boom has proven an irresistible lure for hordes of architects from around the world whose jobs disappeared during the Great Recession, reports Brook Larmer.

March 19, 2012 - The New York Times

The Collapse of the Architecture Profession

Recounting the exalted heights that the profession reached in the last decade, and its complete meltdown during the Great Recession, Scott Timberg asks: where does architecture go from here?

February 6, 2012 - Salon.com

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.

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City of Wisconsin Rapids

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