Chris Stines is Planetizen's former Editor and the founder of Urban Insight, a leading digital agency. Chris has 25 years of experience in technology consulting and urban planning and has served as a consultant to public sector state, county, and local agencies, Fortune 500 private firms, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations.
The World's Most Environmentally Responsible Skyscraper
Bank of America and The Durst Organization are building a 'green' 945-foot-tall skyscraper in midtown Manhattan.
Eminent Domain: The Despotic Power
The Michigan Supreme Court rules that Detroit's 1981 eminent domain seizures of Poletown homes for a General Motors plant was not legal.
The Dangerous Developer
The Los Angeles Times profiles the controversial and litigious real estate developer Alan Casden.
Baby Boomers Eye Retirement Communities
About a quarter of baby boomers now between 40 and 45 are thinking about buying a home in a senior community.
Scandal Of Thames Sewage
Storms send tons of sewage into London's Thames River.