Massachusetts
Financial Crisis Hits Boston's Big Dig
A scathing report charges that officials overseeing Boston's Big Dig project wasted $83 million.
Old Neighborhoods In The New Economy
Cities are focusing on enhancements that bring the knowledge workers of the 21st century. But what happens to the old neighborhoods?
Boston's Downtown Wasteland
Boston's sprawling City Hall Plaza is the plaza that Boston loves to hate. Will any improvement help?
Naming Rights For Subways?
We've all heard about naming rights for sports, even skyscrapers. So why not subways?
Boston's Dudley Triangle
The Fannie Mae Foundation publishes a practitioner's guide to planning and financing community revitalization.
Before Boston's Big Dig
Before Boston started the Big Dig, there was the Hoosac Tunnel -- maybe the biggest tunnel of all time.
Realtors Put Technology To Work
As the number of people using the Internet to research home and neighborhood grows, a new service uses technology to help realtors.
Revitalizing America's Filthiest Harbor
Boston Harbor, once filled with sludge and trash, has become a model for the nation.
Are We Ready For Car-Sharing?
Already popular in Europe for a decade, the concept of car-sharing is catching on in congested urban areas in the U.S.
Boston Activists Organize For Better Transit Service
Activists, politicians, environmentalists, and students organize to form the Transit Riders Union in the home of the country's first subway system.
Boston's Big Dig Gets Big Bucks
Federal officials are expected to approve $14.1 billion on a project that has been plagued with criminal probes and mismanagement.
Boston's Big Dig Gets Green Light
Federal officials have approved funding for one of the most complicated and expensive road projects in the nation's history.
New Fenway Park Hits Roadblocks
After an acrimonious hearing, a proposed $600 million new Fenway Park in Boston looks unlikely.
Boston Praised For Turnaround In Public Housing
According to a HUD report, the Boston Public Housing Authority has transformed its reputation.
Restoring Olmsted's Emerald Necklace
After years of neglect, a multi-million dollar effort is underway to restore Boston's Emerald Necklace -- the oldest park system in the country -- in keeping with the original vision of its designer the famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Revitalizing Boston's Charles River
The Charles River is one of the country's most celebrated rivers, but it suffers from neglect and lack of access.
Bean Town Is Jumping
Boston’s outlying neighborhoods are on the move.
Planners Debate Boston's Big Dig
Boston's massive Big Dig project -- considered the most expensive highway project in the nation -- will bury Interstate 93 under downtown Boston and "leave a 30-acre swath of open land cutting through the heart of the city"heart of the city."
Mass. Taking Steps To Stem Water Waste
After decades of building suburban landscapes that are designed to get rid of water, Massachusetts is taking steps to stem the flow.
A Plan That Could Change Boston Forever
Some say that this civic vision plan is the most responsible planning effort that's ever come out of Boston, and it could change the city forever.
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 Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
