Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist.
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Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist. He has contributed to The New York Times, National Public Radio, Wired, Fast Company, Metropolis, Next American City, Dwell, the Christian Science Monitor, the Guardian, and Domus, among others. Nate studied print journalism and environmental planning at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.
Anti-McMansion Movement May Benefit Architects
<p>A recent ruling that upholds the right of local communities to control overbuilding may prove to increase the crackdown on McMansions -- and demand for design professionals and architects.</p>
Planners Making 'Inadequate' Use of Climate Change Info
<p>New scientific reports laying out the potential impacts of global warming on cities are being directed to planners, whom some say are not reacting to the changing climate adequately.</p>
Young Professionals Drawn in by Yonkers Waterfront Redevelopment
<p>Downtown waterfront redevelopment is attracting a new kind of resident to Yonkers, New York.</p>
Slow Transit? Put it Underground
<p>This piece from the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em> argues that the best way to improve the city's sluggish public transit system is to put it underground.</p>
Prince's Foundation Hopes to Salvage Kingston Ghetto
<p>Crippling violence and dangerous streets in the Rose Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, have motivated Prince Charles to bring his Foundation for Architecture and Urbanism to the island ghetto to attempt a rebirth.</p>