Urban Development
The Seamy Side Of The Billboard Industry
The LA Times investigates the shady side of Regency Outdoor Advertising, a Hollywood-based billboard company. Among the charges are bribery, smear campaigns, building without permits, intimidation and poisoning trees.
Millionaires' Town
The Russian town of Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye will focus on attracting 30,000 of the country's wealthiest residents.
Venice Of The East Loosing Its Lakes To Land Sharks
To the dismay of the residents of Udaipur, India, "land sharks" have been taking over the dry beds of the city's famous lakes and developing them.
Suburban-Style Development Going Strong at 45
Philadelphia's Yorktown neighborhood, once an experiment in marketing to middle-class African Americans, continues to mean home to its residents as it nears the half-century mark.
Rewarding Builders Who Build In The Right Places
New standards by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) reward developers who build in the right places.
Mixed Use Development Attracts Crowds Despite High Prices
How did Santana Row, a controversial San Jose development criticized for being "fake" and "Disneyland North," turn into a real neighborhood?
Isle of Wait
Manhattan's West Side stadium is dead, Ground Zero is in shambles. It must be time to take on Governors Island.
Rebuild New Orleans With Visitors In Mind
Tourism is the city's top employer with 81,000 jobs and $5 billion in yearly revenue.
A National Stage for Duany and New Urbanism
An editorial weighs in on the impact New Urbanism pioneer Andres Duany will have in the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, and his dubious legacy in West Palm Beach.
Trailer Towns -- A Housing Mistake?
As shelters close, trailer towns open for storm evacuees. FEMA opens the first of many such villages for those displaced by Katrina.
O'Reilly Apologizes: Only 20% of Home Builders Are Corrupt?
After calling the housing industry "corrupt" during an earlier interview with Donald Trump, O'Reilly Factor television show, Bill O'Reilly offers a nearly unprecedented apology, but still gets in a dig about the industry.
Why is New York America's Largest City?
New York has been remarkably successful and it remains the nation's premier metropolis. Edward L. Glaeser evaluates what accounts for New York's rise and continuing success in this academic discussion paper.
Southern California's 'Single Most Promising Design Project'
Three design finalists have been selected for the Orange County Great Park; a debate on the merits of each ensues.
Gulf States Brace For Real Estate Storm
Prices are rising predictably, but what does that bode for poor renters and the character of communities?
To High-Rise Or Not To High-Rise?
Across the country, cities are faced with the dilemma of "Manhattan-izing" their skyline with high-rise condos.
Planner Edmund Bacon Dies at 95
Renowned urban planner Edmond N. Bacon transformed the nation's fifth largest city.
Does Sustainable Development Cost Developers Less?
Does developing a building to LEED standards cost more -- or less -- than conventional development? There's no easy answer.
'Reservation Shopping'
One of the new ways the industry is growing is through what critics call 'reservation shopping' -- the push to build Indian casinos on nonreservation land.
Detroit Set To Expand Riverwalk
After years of planning, the City of Detroit will finally demolish the last remnants of industry along its waterfront, making way for the expansion of its riverwalk and future development.
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.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
