Urban Development
Detroit Rising
A cadre of architects, planners, and designers descended upon Detroit for the 9th annual University of Michigan Detroit design charrette. The focus: a more livable and inhabited downtown for the country's most maligned, but up-and-coming cities.
A Vision Of Dubai's Future
Wired presents this slideshow of some of the extravagant and futuristic buildings planned for Dubai.
Using 'Urban Acupuncture' To Begin Healing Cities
By focusing on certain "pressure points" in urban areas, a city can dramatically increase its quality of life, argues Jaime Lerner, the former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil.
Study Finds Many Wanting Walkability In Atlanta
A broad study of the travel habits and neighborhood choices of more than 18,000 Atlanta residents has found that a third of the people living in suburbs would have preferred a more walkable neighborhood.
Hooray For Hollywood's Urban Renaissance
After decades of being victim to urban blight and decay, the world famous locale is experiencing a wave of redevelopment aimed at wooing back tourists and attracting new residents.
Scraping Sky In Honolulu
Officials in Honolulu is considering increasing the height limitations that dictate how tall buildings can rise in the beachside city. The mayor and city council hope that an increase in density will bring sustainable growth to the city.
Big-Box Costco Goes Downtown, Mixed-Use
Costco is the anchor tenant in a new Downtown Vancouver mixed-used development that partially opened November 2006. Besides going mixed-use, Costco also added underground parking to adapt to its new urban environment.
Two Big Retailers Drop Plans for Two Big Manhattan Stores
Home Depot and Apple are dropping plans for two big Manhattan stores. The Slatin Report offers the insider's view on the deals.
A Smart Growth 'Rent Belt'?
Wendell Cox and Ronald Utt suggest that smart growth abuses are creating a "Rent Belt" of high-Cost areas.
Regional Plan Causes Infrastructure Concerns In Reno
A proposed regional plan in Reno, Nevada, is looking to make big steps towards increasing the area's density and environmental friendliness. But opponents are worried that a rise in density will create major infrastructure problems.
A New LEED Hub In Las Vegas
An 18 million square-foot hotel and commercial resort in Las Vegas is set to become the largest LEED-certified project in the U.S. when it opens in 2009. Other builders are expected to follow the green path in Nevada, where tax breaks are generous.
Spanish Harlem Losing Its Accent
A wave of gentrification is threatening Manhattan's Puerto Rican enclave.
Developer Bringing Panama City's Old Quarter Back To Life
A former New York corporate lawyer turned developer is pouring his love for historic and human scaled urbanism into the city's neglected core.
Expansion And Growth 'Reserve' Land Rejected In Kentucky
Planning officials in Fayette County, Kentucky, have approved a plan that will not expand its boundary of growth. The planning commission also unanimously rejected the establishment of an 'urban reserve', in case minds changed about expansion.
Coastal Town Gives Developer A Major Challenge
After a $1.3 million campaign, residents of Pacifica, California rejected a developer's proposal for a new hotel, shopping center, and residential community master planned by Duany Plater-Zyberk. But the developer's not giving up yet.
Will Scotland's First New Urbanist Town Be Built?
Despite support for the plan and the amenities it provides for Inverness, some fear that Andres Duany's planned town of Tornagrain is not needed.
City Hall Is Best Left In The Center Of The City
Mayor Tom Menino's proposal to move Boston City Hall to the south waterfront ignores the importance of the building's location, and the recent developments in downtown.
Unified New Orleans Plan Gets Green Light
Recovery czar Ed Blakely lays out his five-point plan for the city's comeback as residents endorsed a plan for rebuilding the city's neighborhoods.
Re-Improving Boston's Pedestrian Environment
This article from The Phoenix looks at Boston's reputation for being a walkable city, why that reputation is fading, and who is helping to bring it back.
Mix And Match Development
Philip Langdon covers two new urban projects, Holiday neighborhood in Boulder, CO, and Beerline B in Milwaukee, WI, that achieve an intriguing mix of approaches and styles.
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.
KFH Group Inc.
Greater Baltimore Committee
Eagle County Government
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
