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<p>Marcos M. Villatoro responds to receiving a "clumsy, ham-fisted" form letter from the Los Angeles Unified School District informing him that his house is one of the many to be taken to build a new elementary school.</p>

April 2 - The Los Angeles Times

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<p>So I went to see two new New Urbanist communities this weekend - <a href="http://www.warwick-grove.com">Warwick Grove</a> in the Mid-Hudson Valley, about 50 miles from NYC, and <a href="http://www.sharbell.com/html/plainsborovillagecenter.html">Plainsboro Village Center</a> in central N.J.</p>

April 2 - Anonymous

<p>A new web tool offers a way to check the climate risk of individual homes. The service is a collaboration between a private firm and three University of Arizona scientists.</p>

April 2 - USA Today

<p>A new documentary called Radiant City paints a peculiar portrait of contemporary suburbia.</p>

April 2 - The Globe & Mail

<p>A small town in upstate New York struggles to craft an ordinance to limit wind energy turbines.</p>

April 2 - The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY

BLOG POST

I&#39;m just back from China. Waht a week. Among other amazing experiences, we got to go for a ride in one of only 19 GM Sequel hydrogen minivans. <p>The car is remarkably similar to a regular vehicle, except for a small computer screen on the dash that provides a detailed diagnostic readout on the hydrogen fuel cell stack.</p> <p> That&#39;s my colleague Mike Liebhold of the Institute for the Future behind the wheel.</p>

April 2 - Anthony Townsend

<p>Light rail, bus rapid transit and dedicated lanes are all up for consideration in Virginia's Hampton Roads metropolitan region. The area is studying options that may give the area -- where streetcars once prospered -- a familiar feel.</p>

April 2 - Hampton Roads Daily Press

<p>While some cities are attempting to drive immigrants out, others are welcoming them with open arms. As a Wall Street Journal writer asserts, "All booming American cities are immigrant cities."</p>

April 2 - The Wall Street Journal

<p>Immensely divergent interests collide as Howard County struggles with the thorny question of development.</p>

April 2 - The Baltimore Sun

<p>Mike Sabel takes an in-depth look at the future of Las Vegas, its enormous growth, and what happens when the water runs out.</p>

April 2 - The Next American City

FEATURE

Rodney Swink, past president of the American Society of Landscape Architects, celebrates the role of landscape architecture in shaping the built and natural environment.

April 2 - Rodney L. Swink

<p>L.J. Williamson laments that many parents do not let their children walk, bike, or play outdoors fearing for their safety even as crime rates go down and concerns about childhood obesity-related ailments rise.</p>

April 2 - Abhijeet Chavan

<p>California oceanside property is at the center of a regulatory takings case over regulations prohibiting construction on a landslide-prone area. Owners want to build on their property, but the city has banned development amid safety concerns.</p>

April 2 - The Daily Breeze

<p>Neal Peirce explores the capitalist and progressive potential of inner city housing in gentrifying cities.</p>

April 1 - The Washington Post Writers Group

<p>Atlanta's famously high levels of in-migration are propping up the regional housing market, even as other metro areas experience declines - or collapses - of their residential sectors.</p>

April 1 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>As part of a settlement of a lawsuit brought by housing advocates and environmentalists, the city council will move to cap the number of rental apartments that can be converted to condominiums each year.</p>

April 1 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

<p>Sewer and water pipes across the nation are breaking -- creating a record number of sinkholes.</p>

April 1 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>With one of the worst air quality ratings in the nation, metropolitan Phoenix is looking to reduce its pollution. Part of a new clean air plan targets the construction industry, which produces much of the dust that affects air quality.</p>

April 1 - The Christian Science Monitor

<p>The Brazilian government plans to provide free satellite internet access to indigenous rainforest communities in an effort to improve communication between the groups and authorities with the goal of protecting the rainforests.</p>

April 1 - BBC

<p>Only three governments in Metro Atlanta support the local rail transit system. While the Atlanta City Council voted to extend the sales tax funding the system, some elected officials would like to put the issue to a public vote.</p>

March 31 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution