New York
The 'Rosetta Stone' Of Zoning Handbooks
The New York City Department of City Planning releases a new, easy-to-use handbook to make zoning understandable -- at least compared to the old, arcane Zoning Resolution.
Google Maps And The Big Apple's Potty Finding Problem
Rutgers planning professor Wansoo Im uses powerful GIS tools and mapping software to track down public restrooms in New York City.
NYC Subway Security To Go Hi-Tech?
A complex explosive detector is in the works, but will it really make riding safer?
Review Of 'The Big Green Apple'
The New York Press reviews Ben Jervey's new book, which includes "small, simple efforts" needed for "eco-friendly living".
New York Completes Fourth Annual Homeless Census
Volunteers work from midnight to four in the morning in the bitter cold to find the maximum number of street dwellers.
Infill Mansions -- Sprawl Control Or Compromised Community Character?
A suburban Rochester town halts demolitions of older homes to be replaced with large 'McMansions'.
Time To Organize 'Critical Mass'
Cyclists now have a legal right to organize in New York, but what real privileges have the events led to?
NYC Mayor To Overhaul Pro-Condo Program
Citing an increased need for housing affordability, Bloomberg establishes a task force to examine an outdated pro-development city initiative.
Putting Waste To Work In The Bronx
A cooperative in the Bronx is re-using waste materials and creating community-based employment at the same time.
Coalition Aims To Reduce NYC Traffic
Following a new study, business and environmental groups are asking the Bloomberg administration to reduce traffic in Manhattan.
Race At The Mall
Brooklyn's Fulton Street Mall is a shadow of its former self. How will it attract a 'new clientele' without focusing solely on whites, and the possibility of gentrification?
Friday Funny: Traffic Hurts Love Life
The unattractive finding comes as part of a study linked with a major exhibition on traffic solutions in New York.
New York's First Suburbs
The New York Times focuses on the New York metro area; the region will seek federal legislation to assist these declining suburban communities.
New Solution For Old 'Urban Dilemma'
Swift snow removal is a "political necessity" in New York City. Latest technology comes to the rescue.
Designing Diverse Neighborhoods
Students demonstrate how to create community spaces with sensitivity.
New York City's Own 50-Year Big Dig
600 feet below Manhattan is one of the biggest urban infrastructure projects in history, yet most city residents do not even know about this 50-year water project.
A Raw Deal For Harlem
A $200-million hotel project, touted as the first major tourist lodging in the neighborhood since 1966, drifts into obscurity amid corruption charges aimed at the developer.
Gentrification On 86th Street
For years, Lexington and 86th, considered the crossroads of the Upper East Side, has resisted gentrification. But those days are over, as a family squabble has been settled and a major mixed-use development project will replace some 1920s tenements.
Remaking America's First Suburbs
In this op-ed, Bruce Katz and Robert Puentes argue that America's older, inner-ring, first suburbs -- like Nassau County -- must embrace a new vision for remaking themselves.
Remembering Second Avenue
An old timer remembers a center of Yiddish theater in New York from the late 1800s to early 1900s.
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
