Eleven Amish families have sued their own town for religious discrimination in its building code.
7 January 2009 - 10:00am
Chicago Tribune
Young Japanese men and women are ditching the car as a status symbol, sparking concern for car companies.
7 January 2009 - 7:00am
The Oregonian
Officials in Sydney, Australia, are creating a blueprint for the city that envisions a broad mass transit system, increased density in the inner city and the suburbs and a much higher skyline.
6 January 2009 - 11:00am
The Sydney Morning Herald
The city of Washington D.C. is trying to get ready for the Presidential Inauguration -- likely to be the largest gathering of people in U.S. history.
6 January 2009 - 10:00am
Governing
Controversy surrounds a $20 million redesign of New York City's Union Square Park.
1 January 2009 - 9:00am
The New York Times
The U.S. Census Bureau released its report for the year ending July 1, 2008. It showed that the effect of the recession was to reduce domestic migration from the Northeast and Midwest to the West and Sunbelt. Utah was the fastest growing state.
28 December 2008 - 11:00am
The Wall Street Journal
Ecotopia is a '70s cult novel that imagines a future where the Pacific Northwest secedes from the U.S. to become an environmentally-conscious utopian state. The NY Times reflects on the influence of this under-recognized novel.
25 December 2008 - 7:00am
The New York Times
Neal Peirce reflects on the happier moments of 2008 -- and a future that seems bent on creating better places and communities.
25 December 2008 - 5:00am
Citiwire
City leaders in Galveston looking for ways to recover from Hurricane Ike turn to an old staple of the local economy: gambling.
24 December 2008 - 11:00am
Houston Chronicle
In Cleveland, the rise of urban agriculture has spurred new regulations intended to help farmers raise chickens or bees. Some fear, however, the newly created red tape makes it more difficult.
20 December 2008 - 9:00am
The Cleveland Free Times
Despite a high concentration of shopping, jobs and parking, Tysons Corner does not have a lot of people. Plans are moving forward that will bring more life to this office park, shopping center city.
20 December 2008 - 7:00am
The New York Times
Last week, a Santa Barbara apartment community, The Garden Center, opened to 38 new residents. The apartments were specifically designed to combat homelessness through housing and mental health care all at once.
19 December 2008 - 6:00am
Miller-McCune
Residents of one Las Vegas community fear being evicted as an urban renewal project goes underway. According to this article, projects like this often hurt neighborhoods by destroying the social ties they once contained.
18 December 2008 - 1:00pm
Las Vegas Sun
Although Southern Californian suburbs are more ethnically integrated than ever, the census shows that East LA is 98% Latino--a decline in diversity.
17 December 2008 - 12:00pm
Los Angeles Times
16 December 2008 - 2:48pm
In late 2007, it was with increasing frustration that I penned and op-ed entitled "Make Miami a Bicycle-Friendly City." Appearing in the December 13th edition of the Miami Herald, the article implored City officials to make the city more amenable to bicycling (It was no surprise in the spring of 2008 when Bicycling Magazine named Miami
one of the three worst cities in America in which to bicycle).
The City's response exceeded all of my expectations.
