Urban Development

In his new job as the executive director for recovery management in New Orleans, Ed Blakely brings decades of experience and a few potentially controversial ideas.

January 9, 2007 - The Times Picayune

Janice Woodcock, the executive director of the city Planning Commission, is charged with the task of updating the historic city's archaic zoning code.

January 8, 2007 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Findings from a recent planning survey contradicts the plan to rebuild the community from scratch.

January 8, 2007 - Associated Press via Kansas City Star

From green building to the housing bubble, the editors of Planetizen review the most talked about stories of 2006.

January 8, 2007 - Planetizen Team

Outgoing National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield urges adoption of tougher building codes and land use rules to avert "major disaster" in the southeast.

January 7, 2007 - The Los Angeles Times

While many downtowns struggle to attract residents and visitors, Madison, Wisconsin has succeeded in creating a vibrant nightlife scene, so much so, that overcrowding and alcohol-related crime have become a serious problem.

January 7, 2007 - The New York Times

As rebuilding continues in New Orleans, many homes are being built in the floodplain without raised foundations, leading many to believe that the tough lessons learned during Hurricane Katrina have already been forgotten.

January 6, 2007 - The Washington Post

The domestic diva Martha Stewart is putting her stamp on a New Urbanist style community in Central Florida.

January 5, 2007 - The Orlando Sentinel

A company town near Seattle leveraged former Boeing property to attract new residential and commercial development, and is even luring the city's sports teams and the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.

January 5, 2007 - The New York Times

At over 4 million square feet, Manila's new mega-mall is part commercial palace and social square.

January 5, 2007 - PopMatters

Sales of high-priced playhouses that replicate real-life homes are increasing.

January 5, 2007 - The Oregonian

Planners and local officials want to see the city's height restrictions lifted and the city's skyline accentuated with new high-rise buildings.

January 5, 2007 - USA Today

Forget good housing or easy access to transit -- one New York writer chose to move to the Queen's neighborhood of Jackson Heights for its incredible selection of food.

January 4, 2007 - The New York Times

With the increasing adoption of eco-friendly design and construction practices, green building is becoming all the rage.

January 4, 2007 - E/The Environmental Magazine

Anti-growth sentiment has led to new building moratoriums in the suburbs around Washington D.C., but they only serve to drive up home prices and keep out middle income families.

January 4, 2007 - The Free Lance-Star

The city has several new high-rise condo projects on the way, but with prices out of reach of many workers, some wonder if there's enough of a market to bring more people downtown.

January 4, 2007 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

John King, urban design critic for the SF Chronicle, concludes that the replacement of a 1959 freeway in the heart of San Francisco with an elaborate boulevard is an urban success story, and so does the APA.

January 4, 2007 - The San Francisco Chronicle

A major plan to renovate the New-York Historical Society has antagonized neighbors and preservationists in this upper west-side neighborhood, as the Society's plan also includes a 23-story apartment tower in a low rise neighborhood.

January 3, 2007 - The New York Times

One commentator from Upstate New York ponders the increasing phenomenon of competing drug store chains popping up on the corners of suburban intersections.

January 3, 2007 - The Buffalo News

With a flurry of residential and mixed-use development planned for the city's downtown, local officials hope to create a comprehensive vision that all stakeholders in the area can support.

January 3, 2007 - Austin American-Statesman