Urban Development

You may not have heard of him, but Portland's Homer Williams is busily making big changes in Downtown Los Angeles.

May 24, 2006 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Author Matt Dellinger examines the work of the New Urbanists in Mississippi and Louisiana, and whether or not New Urbanism has reached the tipping point in terms of wider acceptance.

May 24, 2006 - Oxford American

After years of delays, a green mega-mall called 'Destiny USA' gets approval to build in Syracuse. Could this be economic development salvation for upstate New York as well as an environmentalist's dream?

May 22, 2006 - MSNBC / Associated Press

An astronomical vacancy rate and prices that are far from affordable have prompted government action.

May 22, 2006 - Asia Times

What was once one of its most productive shipyards is now slated to become a billion dollar urban village on Boston's south shore.

May 22, 2006 - The Boston Globe

At the southern tip of California's San Joaquin Valley lies Bakersfield, a city of 312,000, expected to grow to 730,000 in three decades. It has just doubled its sphere of influence and shows little inclination to put restraints on growth.

May 22, 2006 - USA Today

As housing prices continue to increase in the New York City metropolitan area, residents are moving farther and farther away to find affordable housing.

May 22, 2006 - The New York Times

Apple is set to open its 24x7 flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street in Manhattan.

May 19, 2006 - The Slatin Report

Andres Duany is working with developer Don Peebles and the residents of Pacifica to develop a New Urbanist project on an 87 acre parcel.

May 19, 2006 - Pacifica Tribune

Miami 21 plan aims to update city's zoning code and incorporate elements of New Urbanism.

May 18, 2006 - Abhijeet Chavan

With the seven-county Central Florida region projected to double its population by 2050, coordinated planning is critical. The think tank myregion.org will start a 15-month visioning process with a meeting May 17th.

May 18, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Jane Jacobs wrote little about Los Angeles, a city that might make her shudder, but she is still fondly remembered there. Sam Hall Kaplan presents his personal account of one of the 20th century's greatest urbanists.

May 18, 2006 - The Planning Report

Proposed 20-story tower could be first new high-rise in three decades for Chicago's South Side area.

May 17, 2006 - Chicago Sun-Times

Andres Duany has been contracted to work in Scotland for the first time.

May 16, 2006 - Scotsman.com

Reinvestment begun in the 1970s is coming into bloom in this New York college town.

May 16, 2006 - Tochester Democrat & Chronicle

With a focus on simplifying the development process and historic preservation, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the lead consultant on the Miami 21 Project, unveiled the first quadrant of the City's most ambitious urban planning project to date.

May 16, 2006 - The Miami Herald

High coastal real estate prices and the threat of hurricanes may shift more demand to inland locations that feature higher elevations, which are hard to come by on the Florida coast. Owl's Head, a New Urbanist development, will test the market.

May 15, 2006 - The New York Times

Free enterprise and investment in infrastructure are turning Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta, from a "dying city" to a "boomtown".

May 14, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Good planning can rebuild a sustainable New Orleans but politics is moving in the other direction observes Neal Peirce.

May 14, 2006 - The Washington Post Writers Group

The City Council of Riviera Beach, Florida, in an effort to outmaneuver the Florida Legislature, approved an agreement with a developer enabling a $2.4 billion waterfront redevelopment project that relies on eminent domain.

May 12, 2006 - Palm Beach Post