Connecticut

Exclusivity Of Greenwich Beaches Hangs In The Balance

To the surprise of no one, non-residents did not utilize their newly won right to pack Greenwich beaches on a brisk April day. Will they pay upwards of $30 a day for the privilage once things heat up?

April 5, 2002 - The New York Times

More High Rent, Mixed-use Development For Stamford

Stamford works to add to its already abundant supply of luxury downtown housing with another mixed-use development in the works.

April 2, 2002 - The New York Times

More Condemnations Being Blocked

A Connecticut judge rules that the city of New London was not explicit enough in defining conditions for condemnation.

March 24, 2002 - Wall St. Journal

Stamford, CT Living At Manhattan Rents

Best known to the planning world as a case study of the follies of 1950's slum clearance policies, Stamford gives mixed-use development a try.

March 19, 2002 - The New York Times

Legal Circus Over Park and Beach Access

Residents Vs. Nonresidents; Money Vs. Slightly Less Money in Connecticut.

March 5, 2002 - The New York Times

Eminent Domain: Is It Good Planning?

Eminent domain -- even to build much-needed schools -- has become a political tool, and not a planning tool in New Haven.

October 29, 2001 - New Haven Register

Artists' Housing Can Revive Downtowns

Projects to provide artists housing in downtown areas can revive troubled downtowns.

August 28, 2001 - The New York Times

Using GIS To Teach Land Use Planning

Using the Internet and GIS together, local officials in Connecticut are learning how to control land use for future generations.

August 16, 2001 - Government Technology

Preserving Modernist Architecture?

Should preservationists fight to save a modern corporate office building?

July 27, 2001 - The Boston Globe

Escape From Connecticut's Cities

This op-ed by Bruce Katz argues that in order for Hartford and other older cities in Connecticut to socially and economically recover, the cities and state need to take radical approaches.

April 10, 2001 - The Brookings Institution

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.

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City of Thousand Oaks

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City of Wisconsin Rapids

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Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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