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Overcoming the Comfort of Powerlessness
If we as planners don't do better in defining ourselves, we risk being seen as irrelevant and superfluous, writes Leonardo Vazquez. Do planners assure their own powerlessness by ignoring those in power?
Public Housing Transformation And The Hard-to-House
A new study examines whether housing authorities adequately meet the needs of hard-to-house residents living in public housing.
Raising Fees To Subsidize Affordable Housing
Should cities begin significantly raising development fees to finance affordable housing?
Comparing Stadium Deals In Big And Small Cities
Smaller cities pay a much higher price to build professional sports stadiums than big cities do.
Oil in an Age of Scarcity
The Canadian national newspaper The Globe and Mail begins a week-long look at what 'peak oil' will mean for the world.
Nature-Deficit Disorder
Is is possible to reconnect childhood with nature?
In Search Of A City
A new book depicts Los Angeles in all its multiplicity.
A Clean-Energy Mega-Mall
Who would believe that the next big thing in renewable energy is being driven by a tenacious commercial developer with strong GOP affiliations and 25 mega-malls under his belt?
132 U.S. Mayors Embrace Kyoto Treaty
A bipartisan coalition of 132 U.S. mayors are pledging to have their cities meet the Kyoto Treaty that President Bush has rejected.
Mapping A Community's Health Needs
A Toronto website sheds light on community 's health needs.
Mapping The Probability Of Earthquake Shaking
The USGS begins publishing maps that show the probability of earthquake shaking in the next 24 hours in California.
WTC Redesign: Trump Vs. Libeskind
Celebrity developer Donald Trump clashes with celebrity architect Daniel Libeskind over the redesign of the World Trade Center.
Friday Funny: Chicago's Supersized McDonalds
McDonald's tries to pack value into design in its huge new 50thanniversary restaurant, which opened in Chicago.
Foiling Global Warming WIth A Local Band-Aid
Switzerland employs a local solution to counter the impact of global warming on Alpine glaciers.
Design For New World Trade Center Cultural Complex Revealed
The design will work hand in hand with the already proposed Performing Arts Center complex.
Teenagers Expedite $100 Million Redevelopment Project
Seven teenagers use sheer will and charm to get 12-screen theater built.
LA 'Crash Pads' Increasingly Popular
Crash pads (or the pied-à-terre) have long been popular in Paris, Hong Kong, New York and Chicago. Now they're becoming popular in Los Angeles.
Donald Trump Wants To Rebuild Twin Towers
Labelling the stalled Freedom Tower design a "junkyard," celebrity developer Donald Trump has supported a plan to rebuild the Twin Towers in the same form as the lost towers...but one floor taller.
FBI Targets Eco-Terrorists
FBI identifies eco-terrorists as the nation's top domestic threat.
New Waterfront 'Neighborhood' Announced
New $225 million mixed use development announced for prime riverfront area.
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