Massachusetts
Massachusetts Rolls Back Urban Renewal Restrictions
A new law allows for cities to use eminent domain without first proving a neighborhood is 'blighted.'
Big Dig Centerpiece Park Lacks Plan
While Boston's new Rose Kennedy Greenway will replace an elevated highway with a mile-long park this summer, key details, such as a final design, are not in place.
Security Precaution Hits Subways: Is It Too Much?
Boston is the first city to plan random searches of commuters, spurring questions over civil liberties.
Alan Altshuler Named Acting Dean of Harvard Design School
Longtime urban policy scholar, Alan Altshuler, is appointed to serve as acting dean of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
Citistates Report: Boston Unbound
Boston has all of the right ingredients to become on of the most rewarding places on earth to live -- if the city can get over it's 'assumed superiority'.
The Perils Of Designing For Geniuses
Frank Gehry faced a different set of challenges in designing for MIT's famously reclusive professors.
Senior Landlords
An initiative turns seniors into landlords.
Stata Center's Urban Design Goals
Anthony Flint reviews the urban design goals as well as the architecture of Gehry's new Stata Center.
Is A MWD Research Lab Economic Development?
Boston city officials and Boston University want to build a controversial virus lab in a densely populated neighborhood.
Big Dig House
A vice president of a firm that performed work on the Big Dig plans to reuse thousands of tons of discarded steel for his new house.
How The 'Dig Dig' Can Reconnect Downtown And Waterfront
Real estate development opportunities abound after the initial growing pains of reconstruction of the Central Artery
Zoning Extends its Boundaries
A Massachusetts task force will recommend zoning as a way to oversee and manage coastal water uses.
Highway Construction Paves Way for Active Living
Boston city planners and public health officials are eyeing new open space created by the Big Dig as a way to promote active lifestyles and fight obesity.
Ivy League University Adopts Green Transit
An Ivy League university converts its entire fleet to biodiesel and starts its own filling station.
Concord Faces A Radioactive Nightmare
Concord, the crucible of the American Revolution quietly struggles with its legacy as the maker of depleted uranium slugs for the U.S. military's latest wars.
Races Pitting Buses to Trains End in Rail Victory
Buses are significantly slower than trains, according to local residents.
How to Make History Turn Green
Restoration of Cambridge's city hall uses both old and new environmental practices.
Does Density Make A City Thrive?
The population density of Paris is about three times that of Boston. If Boston's population were tripled, would it would become another Paris?
Delayed Park Construction Worries Open Space Advocates
'Most of the nearly 300 acres of Boston's city parks that Big Dig officials promised to win support for the massive project are not finished and many are not scheduled to be done until after the roadway project is completed next year.'
A Small Town's First Part-time Planner
A refreshing article about a planning commission in the small town of Rutland, MA, that hires its first part-time planner -- and appreciates him.
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
