New York
In Pictures: Ground Zero Plans
The six plans for the World Trade Center site are published including models, site plans, skyline elevations, animations.
New Plans For Trade Center Site Unveiled
Design concepts and requirements have mixed reception, but most agree that this is the first step to rebuilding while still remembering.
NYC Pedestrian Bridge Allows Safe Access
Lower Manhattan bridge addresses foot traffic, plantlife and public safety for area residents and Financial Center commuters.
Social Capital And Crime In New York City
This article presents evidence that components of social capital can play a positive role in crime prevention in low-income housing.
Largest 'Green' Development In U.S.
Harlmen will be home to a groundbreaking, energy-efficient, affordable multifamily housing condominium using "smart" technologies.
Revitalization And They Don't Even Know It
Commercial project in the 'gateway' to the upscale Hamptons gets new urban features through half dozen hearings and 12 site plan revisions.
After Ikea: Neighborhood's Future Uncertain
After pressuring Ikea to abandon plans for a superstore, a neighborhood's future is still uncertain.
A Severe National Housing Crisis
New York Times advocates for more government involvement in solving a housing crisis "nearly as severe as the one that spurred Congress to act just after World War II."
Riverdale's Subdivision Moratorium
A subdivision moratorium in Riverhead, NY is a good idea only if the city hires more planners and improves planning.
New York Governor Limits Ground Zero Options
Gov. Pataki's statement, "We will never build where the towers stood," limits rebuilding options at the site of the World Trade Center.
WTC Footprints To Be Memorialized
In October, 2001 several prominent planners suggested that the footprints of the Twin Towers be preserved. The rest of the nation is catching up.
Deconstructing The World Trade Center
An Atlantic Monthly writer was the only journalist to have unrestricted access to the clean-up effort, and details the story.
WTC Rebuilding May Expand To Adjacent Blocks
To replace the retail and commercial space lost in the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, planner are looking to adjacent blocks.
Billboards Vs. Local Redevelopment Plans
The City of New Rochelle has reached a compromise with billboard companies after being sued for banning them entirely within city limits.
Grid Magazine To Close
Grid Magazine, a reputable urban design, real estate and architecture magazine closes its doors.
Retail/Entertainment Destination For Buffalo, NY
Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium may become a regional retail and entertainment attraction.
The Fight For A Park In Brooklyn
A grass-roots group pushes hard and wins a 70-acre greenbelt in one of the nation's densest urban areas.
City Restores Olmsted's Legacy
A million-dollar project will restore Frederick Law Olmsted's parkway system in Buffalo, NY,
One Of America's Most Segregated Suburbs
A new study finds that racial segregation on Long Island, NY, with its 109 towns, villages, and cities, is beaten only by a few large, Midwestern cities.
New York Tomorrow
When the sun rises on New York City a decade from now, it could well be a very different place.
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
