New York
Efforts to Restrict Sprawl Find New Resistance
Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Arizona and Colorado tangle with new anti-growth measures that drive up prices for available land.
Of Huge Signs, Lamentations And Rezoning
New York City places new restrictions on outdoor signs.
Port Authority Bus Terminal Is A Transit Landmark
The Port Authority Bus Terminal, taken for granted today, took years of struggle.
Robert Moses Born This Day In 1888
The NY Times, in its "On This Day" section, provides a link to the obituary for Robert Moses, a major influence on the shape of our cities.
EPA Celebrates 750th Superfund Cleanup
Pepe Field, NY is the 750th site that EPA has cleaned up since the federal Superfund program began in 1980.
The Case For Public Transit In Buffalo
Ed Deutschman can tell you why public transit makes sense in Buffalo. But is anyone listening?
Underground Rumblings
The life and message of Roger Toussaint and how he plans to revive an ailing transit union.
What Drivers See in Signs Examined
Are sign ordinances too strict?
Toontown Is Warning Your Town
While Los Angeles is trying to be more mass-transit-friendly, New York seems to be headed in the other direction....and "paying the price in worsening traffic and congestion."
Support For New Guggenheim
City will donate land and money for the proposed new Guggenheim museum in lower Manhattan expected to cost $678 million and to be designed by Frank O. Gehry.
Buffalo's High-Tech Strategy
Buffalo's newest challenge is keeping dozens of high-tech companies that have started up in Buffalo.
Technology Gains A Foothold In Development
The construction industry has been slow to embrace technology. Now architects, urban designers and developers are making the transition in leaps and bounds.
Churches Preserving Harlem's Character
With crime decreasing, the newest challenge for Harlem is maintaining the neighborhood's character in the face of gentrification.
Environmental Group Files Complaint Against M.T.A.
West Harlem Environmental Group says New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority is guilty of environmental racism.
Landmark Legal Settlement For Air Polluters
Power company agrees to a landmark settlement that may set a precedent for further reductions in air pollution.
Designing A Home For Digital Arts
Architectural firms are competing to design a museaum for digital arts in New York...and the list of fifteen semi-finalists has some surprises.
Brownfields Into Greenways
This 900-acre project converting an industrial waste dump to golf courses would be one of the largest reuses of brownfields in New York.
Freight in the City
Discussion of a two-phase study of urban freight mobility.
Urbanfetch Surrenders
Delivery Dot-com to shed jobs and become courier.
Amherst Plans for a Huge Office Park
Residents worry the huge development on an environmentally sensitive site will mean loss of green space.
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
