Massachusetts
Coastal Development Strangling Ocean Life In New England
A study released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that nutrient pollution in New England and the Gulf of Maine has increased over the last 15 years, due to pesticide use, stormwater runoff, and sewage leaks.
Boston To Require Green Building Standards
Boston is set to become the first city in the nation to impose a strict set of green building standards on all new development in the city. The requirements will take effect in January and affect buildings 50,000 square feet and larger.
Friday Funny: Carolers Take On Gentrification
A group in Boston's Chinatown has written their own lyrics to some classic Christmas songs to protest the neighborhood's rapid gentrification.
A Career In Brownfields
A innovative training program in Boston is helping people get better jobs cleaning up the environment.
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.
Big Dig Safety Review Finds Only 'Minor Flaws'
Gov. Mitt Romney releases an engineering review that finds Boston's Big Dig to be 'fundamentally safe' but recommends some repairs.
Boston Moves To Save Restaurant Incubator
City officials want to save Nuestra Culinary Ventures in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, which is facing imminent closure due to longstanding budget woes.
Turning Brownfields Into Brightfields
An environmentally remediated parcel of land in a hard-knock New England town finds new life as the nation's largest solar energy field.
Thinking Collectively To Gain Affordable Housing
In Boston, labor unions and community groups are joining forces to win victories for affordable housing.
The Consequences of Land Use Regulation: Evidence from Boston
Over the past 30 years, eastern Massachusetts has seen a remarkable combination of rising home prices and declining supply of new homes. Edward L. Glaeser and Bryce A. Ward examine whether reductions in new supply reflect a real lack of land or a response to man-made restrictions on development.
Boston Considering Ordinance Banning TV Satellite Dishes
Citing a need to preserve historic charm, Boston is the first big city to weigh rules for dishes.
Second Grade Planners
When designing a city for the future, rarely do future residents participate. But in Holden, Mass., the voice of the future is being heard as elementary school students are being asked what they want to see in their town in the future.
Resurrecting Downtown...One More Time
After several failed attempts at urban renewal in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, government officials and investors believe that the latest efforts aimed at reincarnation of the city's core will succeed.
A Boston Architectural Icon Turns 30
Despite a rocky start, the 30 years old John Hancock Tower has become Boston's greatest example of modern architecture.
Boston Battles Over Park Name
In Boston, the naming of public spaces can be more challenging than actually building it in the first place.
Boston Sidewalks May Go Rubber
The Boston City Council is considering an initiative that would require all new sidewalks in the city to be rubberized, using tiles of recycled tires as the city's walkways. Concrete cracking from tree root growth could become a thing of the past.
Boston's Hancock Tower For Sale
One of Boston's most well known buildings, the I.M. Pei designed John Hancock Tower, is up for sale for the second time in almost as many years.
Times Square Or Fresh Air?
The Boston Globe publishes a recent series of readers’ comments about the merits of city versus suburban living.
What Can We Learn From The Big Dig Problems?
Anthony Flint asks: What can we learn from the failures of Boston's Big Dig about what needs to change about planning and building mega-projects?
Boston To Join, Add To The Wi-Fi Revolution
In an effort to maintain more control over the system and to boost its own economy, Boston plans to depart from the model used in other U.S. cities by turning its Wi-Fi network over to a non-profit organization.
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
