April Fool's Headlines That Didn't Make the Cut

"Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

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April 1, 2019, 11:00 AM PDT

By Planetizen


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  1. Downton Abbey Sequel, Downtown Abbey, Leads a Back to the City Movement
  2. John Snow Estate Sues George R. Martin for Defamation of Character
  3. Top Ten Newspaper Websites With Names That Have Nothing to Do With the Name of the Newspaper
  4. Most Popular Suburban Celebrities
  5. Lessons from Party Planning for Urban Planners
  6. Architecture Critic Power Rankings
  7. Trump Credits Chicago Tribune Architecture Critic With Election Win
  8. 'Planetizen After Dark' Launching Today
  9. Public Housing Resident Announces Plan to Live at Mar-a-Lago for a Month

Some of these headlines have been waiting for several years to move from the notes program to the screen of Planetizen readers. They're that bad.

Luckily, we'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.

Sunday, March 31, 2019 in Planetizen April 1st Edition

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