New York

My Subway Map Is My Memory Album

Some people take pictures to capture memories; Kara Newman make check marks on a subway map.

December 16, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

MegaMoMA Is Fail-safe And Risk-free

Ada Louise Huxtable reviews the new Museum of Modern Art -- "the right building for New York."

December 15, 2004 - Wall St. Journal

Empty Nesters Moving Back To The City

Baby boomers who moved out of cities when they had kids, are now moving back.

December 13, 2004 - Times Union

Bad Erie Canal Deal

An investigation shows how New York State officials put politics before planning in a scheme to develop the Erie Canal.

December 8, 2004 - Syracuse Post Standard

Planninng For Terror

Neighbors are protesting construction of a New York City building, claiming it would make an especially explosive terrorist target.

December 2, 2004 - The New York Observer

Internet Access On Public Transit

A graduate student points out that transit agencies are overlooking a major source of income: wireless Internet access on trains.

November 30, 2004 - The Gotham Gazette

Suburban Retailers Say Hello To Downtown

Home Depot finds a welcoming market in Manhattan.

November 24, 2004 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The Nation's Most Expensive Building

The new Time Warner Center will cost $1.8 billion and become the most expensive single building ever planted in American soil.

November 18, 2004 - Newsday

A Public-private Answer To Affordable Housing

As federal funds to subsidize housing dwindle, a New York nonprofit pledges $1 billion to ease the squeeze.

November 16, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

Splendid and Subtle Urbanism for the Modern

The latest addition to the Museum of Modern Art takes over a whole block of midtown Manhattan – and demonstrates how "modernism has moved from the cultural fringe to the mainstream."

November 10, 2004 - The New Yorker

Would You Pay To Protect Open Space?

An emerging national trend indicates that citizens are increasingly willing to pay to protect open space.

November 10, 2004 - Newsday

New York's Subway Celebrates It's 100th Birthday

New York would simply not be the bustling, crowded, city that it is without its subway system.

November 9, 2004 - The Economist

Duany, Development, And Destiny

Andres Duany talks about how cities rise and fall.

November 3, 2004 - Syracuse Post Standard

Financing The Freedom Tower

The Wall Street Journal offers an insider's perspective at the very messy process of funding development of the Freedom Tower complex.

November 1, 2004 - Wall St. Journal

Reducing Auto Traffic In Central Park

A decades-long process of promoting pedestrian and bicycle traffic in Central Park - while reducing access to cars - moves forward.

November 1, 2004 - The New York Times

Jersey Barriers Being Adapted For SUV's

In both New York and Massachusetts taller guard rails and Jersey barriers are being used along highways to provide protection from larger and taller vehicles.

October 27, 2004 - Times Union

Learning From Lower Manhattan

Participants in an AIA-sponsored conference report on the lessons learned from the efforts to rebuild lower Manhattan.

October 26, 2004 - The American Institute of Architects

A New Building By Frank Lloyd Wright

Seventy-six years after he conceived it, a design by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright comes to life.

October 22, 2004 - The Buffalo News

Big-boxes Enter The Big Apple

K-Mart, Home Depot, and Target are now targeting New York City with their eye on expanding to other cities.

October 21, 2004 - Yahoo! Newswire

The Subway Book

October 27, 2004 marks the New York Subway's 100th anniversary. Several new books celebrate the occasion.

October 21, 2004 - USA Today

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.

Senior Manager Operations, Urban Planning

New York City School Construction Authority

Building Inspector

Village of Glen Ellyn

Manager of Model Development

Central Transportation Planning Staff/Boston Region MPO

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.