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North America's mega mall is migrating northward, with the largest new retail project in North America planned near Montreal.

March 19 - National Real Estate Investor

The city of Charlotte considers introducing trollys to help revitalize troubled neighborhoods.

March 19 - The Charlotte Observer

BLOG POST

I'm in San Francisco this weekend for the annual <a href="http://www.planning.org/2005conference/index.htm">2005 American Planning Association Conference</a>. On Saturday, I'm presenting on a panel, "Computer-Based Decision-Support and Visualization Strategies", organized by Kenneth Topping, FAICP of Topping Associates International.<br /> <p><br /> I'll be releasing my annual list, "Top Five Technologies For Planning, 2005". After the session, I'll post my top technologies here also.<br /> <p><br /> Rumor has it that the Moscone West Conference Center is outfitted with wireless Internet access. If so, I'll blog the presentations, as well as publish a few photos of the event.<br /> <p><br /> <img src="" alt="Conference photo" /><br /> <p><br /> Other presenters include:<br /> <li>Mark Sorensen, University of Redlands: Linkages between knowledge-base, multiple criteria analysis and GIS <br /> <li>Chuck Donley, Donley & Associates Inc.: Using vector data for site selection, land use allocation, forecasting, and visualization. <br /> <li>Ken Snyder, PlaceMatters.com: Using visualization and GIS tools on the neighborhood scale <br /> <li>Dr. Michael Flaxman, Assistant Industry Manager for Design, ESRI: A Conceptual and Technical Framework for GIS-Based Land Use Planning: Alternative Futures for La Paz, Mexico <br /> <p><br /> The official panel description: "Presenters will showcase IT-based approaches to community outreach and decision making. Case studies include redevelopment of Lower Manhattan and other high-pressure planning situations. The enhanced program includes 3-D visualization geared for use in public settings, electronic democracy techniques, scenario-building models, web-based GIS, and multi-media tools. "</p>

March 18 - Chris Steins

BLOG POST

Hey, if any of y'all are going to be in Kobe after April, find out if it's true that the city is running a pilot project to embed Radio Frequency Identification (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID">RFID</a>) chips in public places, to be read by anybody's PDA. According to <a href="http://ubiks.net/local/blog/jmt/archives3/003524.html">RFID in Japan</a> (which says the story comes from an article, in Japanese, on <a href="http://japan.cnet.com/news/tech/story/0,2000047674,20081418,00.htm?ref=rss">CNET Japan</a>).

March 18 - Anonymous

Irv Draper fought ten long years to save taxpayers' money and ensure that a community pool would not be built.

March 18 - The Onion

Zoning restrictions can help to explain why house prices continue to rise.

March 18 - The Economist

Developer's dream to build Vancouver second-highest skyscraper suffered a setback

March 18 - The Vancouver Sun

Falsified Yucca documents lead to investigation of project's science.

March 18 - The Los Angeles Times

How would you explain the concept of sustainability to college students in an hour?

March 18 - Joel Makower

Texas state's comptroller launches a battle against the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. Is this a debate about transit, or just bad politics?

March 18 - Austin American-Statesmen

State governments are concerned about Wal-Mart's impact.

March 18 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Michael Gamble and W. Jude Leblanc offer new models for the redesign of America's commercial strips.

March 18 - Harvard Design Magazine

Drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won't' solve the nation's energy problem argues James Ridgeway.

March 18 - The Village Voice

Try to design a building for people who are faced with prolonged exposure to extreme cold, months of darkness, and a desolate landscape. Welcome to Antarctica.

March 18 - Architecture Week

Florida State Supreme Court ruled that a proposed amendment to Florida's constitution to give voters final say over land use amendments can't go on the 2006 ballot.

March 17 - Sun-Sentinel

Discussions about shutting down Amtrak would have serious impacts on many commuter rail lines also.

March 17 - Wall St. Journal

Maryland has enough money to build a proposed multibillion dollar freeway, but only at the expense of dozens of other projects around the state that would have to be cut.

March 17 - The Washington Post

Grants drying up and four new HUD funding formulas could cut funds up to 50 percent as "university loophole" disappears.

March 17 - The Berkeley Daily Planet

The U.S. Senates voted in favor of allowing oil drilling in Alaska's wildlife refuge

March 17 - BBC News

The incomplete lesson of the Sydney Opera House may provide guidance for using iconic public buildings as sites of technological innovation.

March 17 - Harvard Design Magazine