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Built-out Inner Suburbs Watch Eminent Domain Test Case
The city of Lakewood, Ohio has plans to redevelop a turn of the century residential neighborhood into the "Shops of the West End."
Los Angeles' Freeway Expansion Gets Rejected
After weeks of community uproar, planners drop plans to expand one of L.A.'s most notoriously-congested freeways.
Amended Everglades Law Sparks Debate
Opponents of the amended Everglades Forever Act say the new law changes the intent of the old -- lacking pollution limits, deadlines and requirements that polluters paywhile proponents say amendments authorize a sound plan.
Can Growth Visioning Save Los Angeles?
A worst-case growth scenario for Los Angeles would have devastating results for San Fernando Valley gridlock.
EPA Chief Whitman Resigns
Criticized by both environmentalists and industry groups, Christine Todd Whitman resigned after two years as the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A Rough Road Ahead
The National Journal offers an in-depth analysis of the growing debate over the highway bill and the road it must travel through Congress.
Sprawling 'Burbs Tighten Up
Developers are taking lessons from traditional city and village neighborhoods to save open spaces, money, and quality of life.
Tiny Fish Could Pull Plug On City's Water Plan
With demand for water rising, Albuquerque hoped to tap the Rio Grande. But fish and farmers also depend on the river.
Fields Of Prayer: Religious Groups Contribute To Sprawl
Religious groups are building places of worship in rural land first and then developing subdivisions around them.
The Biotech Block
Though biotech has been touted as the next wave to shrink the vacancy gap left in the dot-com wake, a prolonged look reveals this sector to be an entirely different order of life...
'Student Ghetto' Transforming 'Old Urbanism'
Community life suffers as student population grows.
No Cookie-cutter Subdivion For Detroit's Lower East Side
There won't be a cookie-cutter subdivision in Detroit's Far Eastside project. Planners have come up with innovative approach for city lots that only 30 feet wide.
SUVs Banned From Parking In Dense Neighborhoods
A community does not allow SUVs to park on its narrow streets.
Christie Whitman Resigns From EPA
Often at odds with the White House on environmental policy, Whitman resigns as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Architecture For The People
New York City Housing Authority's architect David J. Burney works to prove that public housing need not be "banal" or poorly designed.
Billion-Dollar Urban Village Planned
Ramsey, a city known as a stoplight amid RV dealerships, will break ground on a billion-dollar plan to turn vacant farmland into a transit-oriented urban village.
Unearthed Marker Plotted Detroit's Future Growth
Long buried, 200-year-old pillar marks start of Detroit's mile roads.
Census Reveals A Steep Decline In Concentrated Poverty
The surge in high-poverty inner-city neighborhoods reversed in the 1990s, but hidden problems remain.
Historic Planning Summit In Contra Costa
A historic growth summit brings together 200 elected and planning officials to shape the region's future.
Heritage Tourism: The Real-Life Ramona
California's heritage is used to sell tourism in the state.
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