Housing

Denver's Daring Makeover of America's Biggest Infill Site

Can a new urban infill neighborhood being developed by Forest City on the site of Denver's retired Stapleton Airport teach America how to rebuild communities on a new scale?

August 23, 2004 - The Washington Post Writers Group

Chicago Developer To Acquire Rouse

A Chicago developer of regional shopping malls will buy Maryland's The Rouse Co. for $12.6 billion.

August 22, 2004 - The Baltimore Sun

Living In A Big Box

How can you reuse an empty "big box"?

August 21, 2004 - The New York Times

Increasing Housing Diversity In A College Town

An East Lansing mixed-income plan to lure homeowners and young families back into the city faces mounting opposition.

August 20, 2004 - The Courier-Journal

Aerial photos Show Rapidly Expanding Cities

California Dept of Conservation documents the rapid expansion of urban areas using aerial photos.

August 20, 2004 - The Sacramento Bee

Want Safer Buildings? Use 'Smart' Bricks

New 'smart bricks' are wired to signal buildings' structural problems.

August 20, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

New Urbanism And Natural Law

An essay by Phillip Bess on "the moral authority of the urban transect."

August 16, 2004 - Veritas Et Venustas

A Radical Vision For San Jose, CA

Anticipating the next economic boom, San Jose, CA, embraces New Urbanism for Coyote Valley plan.

August 16, 2004 - San Jose Mercury News

Satellite City Should Be Sustainable

Brian Schmidt criticizes San Jose's plan to build a satellite city.

August 15, 2004 - San Jose Mercury News

Who Should Pay For The Bay Bridge?

As construction costs increase to $5 billion to rebuild the quake-damaged Bay Bridge, should all of California chip in?

August 12, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

Lifestyle Focus: Every Force Evolves A Center

As the suburbs have developed into new exurban modes, there remains nostalgia for the old town-center grid. Lifestyle centers seem to be an expression of that sentiment.

August 11, 2004 - REIS

L.A. Selects N.Y. Developer For Downtown Centerpiece

The Related Cos. of New York-based has been selected to create the $1.2-billion centerpiece on Grand Ave. in downtown L.A.

August 10, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

When Schools Can't Keep Up With Development

Atlanta is spending $543 million for new school construction -- and still not keeping up with its sprawling subdivisions.

August 10, 2004 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Developing Workforce Housing In Los Angeles

Livable Places has developed a brief paper that de-mystifies the current dynamics of the housing market in Los Angeles.

August 9, 2004 - Livable Places

The Dangerous Developer

The Los Angeles Times profiles the controversial and litigious real estate developer Alan Casden.

August 9, 2004 - The Los Angeles Times

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.

August 8, 2004 - Housing Zone

Anatomy Of A Dallas Development

A blighted area of downtown Dallas is being transformed -- inch by dogged inch -- into an upscale urban neighborhood by Dallas-based Hillwood Development.

August 7, 2004 - The Slatin Report

The Shape Of The Curve

Not all cities lost middle-class households in past 20 years.

August 5, 2004 - The Brookings Institution

Return Of The Downtown

In a trend that is defying post-9/11 predictions American downtowns continue to grow.

August 4, 2004 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Beyond Legislating Integration

How to get race and class residential integration in the United States.

August 2, 2004 - The Washington Post

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.