Urban Development
New Orleans Planning Update: The Unified New Orleans Plan
Disaster recovery expert Robert B. Olshansky reports on the latest planning effort in New Orleans.
News Summary and Analysis - November 2006
As part of a monthly series, we present a summary and analysis of some of the most interesting news to appear on Planetizen over the month of November 2006. This is the transcript of an audio segment that originally aired on the nationally syndicated radio program "Smart City".
The NFL Versus Mixed-Use Development
A developer with big plans for a mixed-use complex has offered the City of Anaheim, California, $150 million dollars for land that the NFL has been scouting for a new franchise stadium.
Promoting Brownfield Development
While the redevelopment of contaminated sites has come a long way, challenges remain for cities and developers working on brownfields.
Automated Parking Structures Springing Up In New York
As the technology behind these high-tech garages matures, the redevelopment potential of surface parking lots could grow.
How To Work With NIMBYs
One developer offers advice for his colleagues confronted with local communities opposed to any new development.
Studio Plans Urban Village On Backlot
NBC Universal announced plans to build almost 3,000 homes, along with new offices and production facilities, on its prime land holdings in Los Angeles, which are also adjacent to a subway station.
Is One L.A. Developer A Modern Day Mr. Scrooge?
Geoff Palmer, a successful developer who has constructed hundreds of new apartments in downtown Los Angeles, has consistently fought the city's attempts to force him to include affordable units in his developments.
Do-It-Yourself Urban Planning
A new urban design center in St. Paul, Minnesota, allows residents to try their hand at city planning in hopes of educating the public about managing growth and development.
TODs Go Mainstream?
With the Wall Street Journal weighing in on transit-oriented development, has the movement that ties intensive, mixed land uses to transportation activity nodes finally reached the mainstream?
Pedestrians Lost In The New Suburbia
A resident of a touted New Urbanist development in San Diego, California, comments on its failure as a walkable community.
Coming Home To Your Old Workplace
Some of the former employees who used to work in government offices in a Brooklyn landmark are now coming home to one of the condominiums in the newly converted building.
An Urban Loft In The Suburbs
Want a house with urban feel without the urban strife? Developers are building new loft projects outside of big-city downtowns that cater to people who want loft living but prefer a more suburban life.
Combating The Redevelopment Agency
A neighborhood group in Boston is trying to bring attention to the "poor planning" of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, in hopes to bring greater accountability to the agency.
Nation's Largest Housing Complex Up For Sale
Perhaps following the lead of the recent Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper housing project sale in Manhattan, the Starret City housing complex in Brooklyn's Jamaica Bay neighborhood is up for sale and may command a $ 1 billion dollar price tag.
Downtown Memphis Looks To Sports Arena To Spur Development
Piecemeal development has occurred around the FedEx Forum in Downtown Memphis, but a major project from a potential new owner of the city's NBA team has boosters excited.
The State of Cities In The US And The UK
The report comparing American and English cities determines that communities on both sides of the Atlantic are dealing with similar challenges.
Projects Adapt To Rising Construction Costs
At several Baltimore area universities, construction managers learn to cut costs on the fly to cope with increasing construction costs.
Retrofitting First-Tier Suburbs
Northglenn, once a model of modern suburban living in Denver, Colorado, is making plans to upgrade the neighborhood.
Restrictions On SF Pier Restoration Inhibit Placemaking
Restoring and redeveloping aging piers in San Francisco is helping to create a vibrant pedestrian promenade. But some feel the costs and developmental restrictions associated with the renovations are hindering the full potential of the area.
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
University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS)
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
