Massachusetts
Neighborhood Groups Clash Over Boston Park
What happens when too many people want to improve their neighborhood park?
Massachusetts Town Bans Chain Retailers
Nantucket makes an effort to preserve its quaint, historic character.
One Man, One Street, And A Whole Lot Of Revitlilization
For Michael McGough, the restoration of Dix Street in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood has become a personal mission.
Recycling The Central Artery
Paul Pedini, a Big Dig highway and tunnel engineer, took advantage of the low price (free) and used the remnants of Boston's Central Artery project to build himself a new house.
Boston's Skyline To Add Vertebrae
At long last, Boston's Columbus Center will break ground this year. Upon completion, the 35-story mixed-use project will finally reconnect four blocks of the Back Bay and South End neighborhoods, which have long been separated by Interstate 90.
1960s Urban Renewal Site Still Sits Empty
40 years after the height of urban renewal, politics and real estate market swings have caused a prime 13-acre oceanfront parcel to remain vacant in Hull, Massachusetts. What gives?
Urban Renaissance Continues In America's First Planned Industrial City
Since the 1970s, city officials in Lowell, Massachusetts, have been open minded to redevelopment strategies. Today, their patient efforts are paying off as condominium and apartment construction is helping to reinvent this former great textile city.
Newburyport: Evolving a Village
A New England seaside community considers a second village center; what characteristics will ensure its success?
Big Dig Successfully Cuts Commute Times
A new report shows that Boston's Big Dig has reduced commute times, improved access to Logan International Airport, and will continue to create thousands of jobs for the seven billion dollars worth of private investment expected to occur in its wake.
Smart Growth Comes to Boston's Suburbs
Compact, walkable development near public transit may be the next big real estate boom in Massachusetts, according to the Boston Globe's Sunday magazine.
Time For Rail In New England
The region's transportation network is beginning to buckle under the strain of auto-dependence, write Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson.
More Development, Less Home Runs?
A new mixed-use development in Boston's Fenway neighborhood is causing quite a stir -- not with the NIMBY crowd, but with the Fenway faithful who are concerned that the new development has created a wind pattern that will prevent home runs.
Transformation Continues in Boston's South End
Once blighted with boarding houses and abandoned buildings, Boston's already gentrified South End is still an ongoing project in hip urban transformation.
In East Boston, Diversity Is The Attraction
A new greenway, loft development, affordability, and cultural diversity are all are attracting homebuyers to East Boston.
Eyes On The Park
Boston's Violence-Free Zone Initiative will put hundreds of children and families in parks in an effort to flush out recent violence.
Will The Big Dig Ever Be Finished?
Former Massachusetts Transportation Secretary Fred Salvucci defends the Big Dig and calls for the State to honor its transit commitments.
Can Increased Housing Production And Smart Growth Co-Exist?
The secretary of the Massachusetts Office for Commonwealth Development explains how additional housing can be factored into models for regional growth.
Boston Suburb To Embrace TOD
Two of Boston's leading suburban developers are partnering up to build a transit oriented development project in suburban Westwood.
Technology Improves Traffic Reports
As cell phones, GPS systems, dashboard computers, and roadside sensors create more accurate traffic reports, the ubiqituous AM radio helicopter traffic report could be a thing of the past.
Big Dig, Big Pollution?
For years, environmentalists have demanded expanded public transit service as a way of offsetting pollution caused by the Big Dig in Boston –- but are they focusing on the wrong issue?
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
