History / Preservation
Caltrans Mystery Tour Of Caldecott Tunnel
The California Department of Transportation offers tours of a working transit tunnel filled with history and surprises.
Historic Homes Targeted By Decor Thieves
From barns to homesteads, many buildings are being stripped of their furnishings and fixtures to fuel a growing style black market.
Bombay Tears Down Billboards In Historic District
In an effort to enhance the city's skyline, a court decision leads to a battle over preservation.
Munich Vetoes Sidewalk Holocaust Memorials
Citing Jewish community opposition, the city decided not to allow thousands of bronze plaques to be placed in front of victim's homes. Others believe the memorials better reflect the Nazi horror than an abstract sculpture.
Historic Dairy Barns May Be Put Out To Pasture
The future of Iowa State's early 20th century dairy barns is in question
When Management Of An Historic District Goes Bad
The Los Angeles Times reports that one of L.A.'s most popular and historic districts, Olvera Street, has been horribly mismanaged.
Berlin's Historic Airport Set To Close
Tempelhof Airport, once a Nazi jewel and later site of the Berlin Airlift, will close later this year. The fate of the 3,000,000 sq. ft. building in the city center remains unclear.
How To Save Your University Planning Program
Graduate planning programs across the nation are in danger of being cut to save funding.
Atlantis Found?
Satellite photos from southern Spain appear to match the dimensions of the not-so-mythical city of Atlantis.
L.A.'s Bunker Hill To Be Revitalized...Yet Again
Before the developers came, Bunker Hill was an impoverished but proud and thriving community.
New Plans To Save China's Jewish Ghetto
Once home to 20,000 Jews, the North Bund of Shanghai is facing the pressure of an expanding metropolis. Two developers are battling over how much of the historic district to save.
Conservation Easement May Protect Mountain View
Sugar Loaf, looming above Nevada City, California, may be preserved for public use as open space under a proposed easement arrangement.
America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation publishes its 2004 list of America's 11 most endangered historic places.
Almost Famous
A freelance writer has made it his mission in life to get one urban planner the recognition he deserves.
Rehab Credit Program Saved
The Senate votes to keep a decades-old tax incentive for renovating older buildings.
Combining Historic Preservation And Housing
A Wisconsin-based developer will preserve 25 historic buildings on Silver Spring's deteriorating 32-acre National Park Seminary and build 255 new housing units.
What Is The Public's Right To Know?
Does the public need to know the details of a $95 million deal to preserve the 82,000-acre Hearst Ranch on California's Central Coast?
China: Demolishing Its Physical Past
As the government and real estate developers continue to demolish China's ancient walled cities at an alarming rate, conservationists and residents are left to pick up the pieces.
Even The Dead Need To Be Preserved
Volunteers work to save above ground cemeteries in New Orleans.
APA Ranks Top 25 Planning Stories
The APA's chooses 25 issues and events that have had the greatest impact on U.S. and global planning since 1978.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
City of Moreno Valley
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
City of Cambridge, Maryland
