California
A View Of Life From Skid Row
In the first of a five-part series, columnist Steve Lopez takes readers on a tour of Los Angeles' skid row, through the eyes of a paramedic.
The Effect Of Sprawl Controls On Home Prices, House Size
A graduate student and a professor of public policy and administration examine the relationship of concentrating population in the urban center and home prices.
Ten Years Of Urban Growth Boundaries
After 10 years, it appears Ventura County's Save Open-space & Agricultural Resources (SOAR) effort -- a unique urban growth boundaries initiative -- is working. Why haven't they been duplicated elsewhere?
Ventura County's Unique Growth Control Measure
This southern California county employs a different type of urban growth boundary. Rather than forbidding development outside the UGB, such developments are determined by the electorate.
Hollywood's Time to Shine
Hollywood, California, is finding new life, new residents, and new business thanks to ambitious redevelopment plans.
We Need Rail! We Hate Rail!
What do you do when the only corridor in Los Angeles that could actually justify mass transit doesn't want it?
Subdividing Paradise
Los Angeles is overflowing with an abundance of nature. So why isn't the city more readily available to the public in the form of parks, asks D.J. Waldie.
How And Where to Build Schools
TPR interviews Dwayne Mears of the California-based Planning Center, who offers guidance on how to comply with the school district regulations and to build better, more effective schools.
Is Skid Row A Dumping Ground Los Angeles' Problems?
A major revitalization of downtown Los Angeles leaves skid row residents with far fewer choices in housing, and has led to accusations of 'dumping' the homeless.
Smart Code Expert Resigns From Ventura, CA Smart Growth Dream Team
Architect and smart code expert Ann Daigle resigns suddenly from Ventura's planning department to join Andres Duany's CNU-sponsored rebuilding effort.
Wanted: More Urban Parks in Los Angeles
Author D.J. Waldie calls for the creation of more open space in park poor Los Angeles.
Proposed Downtown L.A. Hotel Causing Controversy
A proposed 55-story hotel next to the downtown Convention Center already has other area hotel owners ready to fight the City Council in court.
Say Goodbye To The California Ranch House -- Two-Stories Is The Future
Home size has been expanding since the middle of the last century. Meanwhile, lots are getting smaller. Economics is driving home builders to more compact, vertical homes.
LA's Missesd Opportunity For Innovative School Design
The Los Angeles Times architecture critic chastises the massive Los Angeles school district for not using its historic building boom to improve the architecture and planning of new schools.
Loft-Style Redevelopment Displaces Homeless Population
National Public Radio discusses how Los Angeles redevelopment strategies, while benefiting young professionals, are pushing out the area's transient population.
Historic Preservation Becomes Intellectually Sexy For Movie Stars
The Los Angeles Conservancy has entered the realm of Hollywood cause celebrity, with stars like Jack Nicholson, Steve Martin, Ben Stiller, and Ellen DeGeneres joining the organization devoted to preserving historic architecture.
University To Demolish Frank Gehry Building
University of California, Irvine administrators cite structural deterioration in their decision to demolish a building designed by famed architect Frank Gehry.
Developers Replacing Architects As Household Names In San Diego
Since the 1950s, developers have done more to shape the city of San Diego than architects, for better and worse.
Los Angeles' Smog: The New Threat to Public Health
Just when it looked like Los Angeles might be win the war on smog, a new and more deadly form of air pollution stalks the region
Is California Ready For The Big One?
Experts predict an 80% chance of a major earthquake (seven or higher on the Richter scale) in Los Angeles that would kill up to 18,000 people. California looks better-prepared that Louisiana, but is it?
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
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
