New York
Seeking 'Shovel-Ready' Sites
Despite numerous vacant buildings and empty lots in downtown Buffalo, local developers and politicians insist that existing buildings must be knocked down to accomidate new and expanding businesses in the city.
New Urbanism For Greenfield Sites
Traditional neighborhood developments have been approved for greenfield sites in exurban Albany, NY.
Columbia University's Harlem Expansion
Columbia University plans a 17-acree multibillion-dollar expansion in West Harlem.
The 'Harsh Reality' Of Passenger Rail
You want passenger rail? You've got to pay for it.
Citizen And Musican Save Landmark Church
Musican/Artist Ani DiFranco and manager Scot Fisher return to where their hearts and roots are to save a landmark.
One Town's Struggle To Accept Immigrants
An influx of immigrants has brought tension -- and violence -- to a Long Island community.
AOL Time Warner's New $2.2-billion Home
Building the opulet $2.2-billion AOL Time Warner Center along Manhattan's Columbus Circle is like "mounting two, 900-lb gorillas on a jungle gym..."
Protecting Main Street, USA From Wal-Mart
In an effort to stop "big box" retail and commercial development calls for a ban on stores larger than 55,000 square feet.
Celebrating Central Park
The Olmsted legacy was to make American cities more livable and beautiful.
9/11 Memorial Design Competition Attracts Thousands
The 9/11 Memorial competition is 'the largest open design competition of its kind.'
WTC Developer And Architect Clash, Make A Deal
Developer of the World Trade Center site will get a say in Libeskind's design for a tower at Ground Zero.
Building A Wright-Designed Gas Station
A 1920s design by Frank Lloyd Wright to be built in Buffalo.
Half Of Downtown Is A Parking Lot
Group offers a tour of downtown Buffalo that showcases parking lots and ramps in "all their glorious splendor" to draw attention to the fact that parking occupies much of downtown.
Trees Thrive In The City
An EPA researcher discovers that trees in the city thrived and grew twice as well as those in rural settings.
The Death Of Malls
The Mall is headed for extinction. What will take its place?
Design For Living, Barely
Two nonprofits sponsor a cubicle-design competition for Dilberts on Manhattan's Skid Row.
Central Park's 'Bioblitz'
A 24-hour marathon catalogs the rich bio-diversity of New York City's Central Park.
An Architect Who Builds What He Designs
Architect Dan Rockhill designs houses and builds them himself.
Buffalo Comprehensive Plan: A Blueprint For The Queen City
Buffalo's first master plan in more than 25 years calls for investing $3.1 billion in public and private funds over the next decade to build new housing, spur economic development, modernize schools and enhance "quality of life."
Gritty Waterway: A Model For Renewal?
Brooklyn residents, in a neighborhood crusade, strive to purge a canal of sewage and its reputation as Mafia dumping ground.
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
