Urban Development
Cabrini Green's Dying Breath
Though only a few towers remain from Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green housing project, new and old problems persist.
Can A 'Zipper Zone' Reconnect Intown Memphis?
A top architect is advocating the use of zoning and urban design to transform a key urban thoroughfare into a "zipper" bringing together many of the city's top assets and neighborhoods.
Harvard-Adjacent Neighborhood Holds On To Its Character
Even with the constant threat of Harvard's ongoing expansion and new attention from developers, the Riverside neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, still manages to preserve its quirky atmosphere and charm, though affordability has declined.
Does Starbucks Belong In The Forbidden City?
One Chinese lawmaker is claiming the coffee chain's outpost in Beijing's Imperial Palace Complex, a venerable symbol of American capitalism, is tainting the national culture that the site represents.
University Hopes To Help Fight Traffic With Mixed Use Plans
Emory University hopes wants provide affordable housing for faculty and staff and tackle the area's traffic problem by building pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use communities on land near campus -- though some area residents aren't sold on the idea.
Friday Funny: When Your House Really Does Become An Island
A real estate company in Chongqing city, China, turns the home of a man who refuses to move into an island. [Includes a stunning photo.]
New Orleans Gives Green Light To Trump
The city council unanimously approved the real estate tycoon's plans for a 70-story hotel and condo tower.
The Nation's Up-And-Coming Neighborhoods
A list of neighborhoods heading towards gentrification in the nation's 10 largest cities aims to give homebuyers and investors a chance to get in before prices skyrocket.
Racing Towards Modernization, Vietnam's Past Is Threatened
Spurred by extraordinary economic and urban growth, Ho Chi Minh City is experiencing a building boom. But preservationists are worried about the danger to the city's priceless colonial era heritage.
Katrina Spurs Mixed-Use Boom In Baton Rouge
Many mixed-use projects have been popping up recently in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many say this trend is fueled mainly by a population influx of New Orleans evacuees and new development incentives.
Duany Advocates Putting A There There
During the conclusion of a recent charrette in Jackson, Mississippi, Andres Duany advised redevelopment and placemaking as the most important strategy for the struggling area.
Training Asia's Future Urban Planners And Leaders
The Asian Development Bank has partnered with the Singapore government on a new educational initiative to help improve conditions for poorer residents of the region's cities.
Taking On Joel Kotkin
Michael Lewyn offers a thorough critique of Joel Kotkin's pro-sprawl, anti-urbanism arguments in the media.
New Urban Certification Process Moving Forward
The new LEED-ND program is seeking pilot projects to be certified under its new rating system, though developers of some greenfield New Urbanist communities worry the system will penalize them.
UNOP Plan Works For New Orleans
Responding to recent criticism, Robert B. Olshansky and Lewis D. Hopkins, professors of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, argue that the United New Orleans Plan gets a lot more things right than wrong.
New Urban Investment Funds Catching A Wave
Pools of capital ebb and flow, but the tide may be starting to come in for smart growth and New Urbanist investment funds.
Rediscovering The Arcades Of Paris
Though still struggling to survive as modern day retail hubs, the shopping arcades of Paris are attracting a resurgence of interest, especially from tourists.
A Champion For Planning In North Texas
Fernando Costa, the director of planning for Fort Worth, Texas, has won praise from residents with his common sense and consensus building approach to planning in this fast growing region.
Planting The Seeds For Green Roofs
A plant company owner in San Diego, California, is hoping his new vegetated roof will help the concept catch on with others in the region.
UK Cities Planning New Wave Of Skyscrapers
British planners have green-lighted a dizzying array of new high-rise projects, though some question the benefits of building tall.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
City of Charlotte
Municipality of Princeton
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
City of Astoria
Transportation Research & Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University
US High Speed Rail Association
City of Camden Redevelopment Agency
Municipality of Princeton (NJ)
