Minnesota
New American Dream Being Shaped By Public Transit
The new American dream is being shaped by a growing transit network oflight-rail lines, subways, commuter rail and buses, writes Jennifer Dorn.
Minnesotans Support Expanding Public Transit
Poll finds support for expanding the public transportation system.
Minneapolis Names 'Results Manager'
Minneapolis has created a $108,000-a-year "results manager" position to oversee the city's efforts to be more responsive to its residents.
Market Moving To Smart Growth
Smart growth shows results in the Twin Cities.
The Maul Of America
A "city within a city" it's not.
Modernism And The Midwestern Landscape
An ambitious plan for 120 modernist houses at Mayo Woodlands in Rochester, Minnesota seeks to conserve land and honor the agricultural heritage of the property.
Twin Cities Buildings That Were Never Built
An architecture firm's website tracks 'phantom projects' -- unrealized dreams -- in the Twin Cities.
Small Towns With Creative Strategies
By adopting creative strategies, small towns revitalize spaces left behind by empty big boxes.
ExxonMobil Fights For Children, Against Public Housing
In a bizarre legal fight in Minnesota, the oil giant wants to stop eminent domain for a public housing project by claiming its own land is too polluted for residents.
Developers And Neighbors Clash Over Proposed Infill Development
A 6-acre housing development in the Twin Cities suburb of Mahtomedi exemplifies the battle being waged over the metro area's last pockets of open space.
Chic Houses from Recycled Materials
Made with translucent recycled materials, NowHaus homes are nice and environmentally friendly.
Minneapolis Billboard Swap
A city ordinance swaps neighborhood billboards for space along freeways and in downtown.
A Place For My Stuff
Storage condos are seen as a new way to "atttack suburban clutter".
Regionalism In Minneapolis-St. Paul
What Cleveland can learn from Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Light Rail Comes To Minnesota
Commuters get set to greet the 12-mile Hiawatha Line.
The Case For Regional Planning
Twin Cities' Metropolitan Council touted by some as a national model for metro-wide cooperation.
Women In Construction
How one innovative economic development program is challenging stereotypes, and providing job training and housing rehab along the way.
Minneapolis Architecture: A Year in Review
Linda Mack of the Star Tribune reflects on the building boom in Minneapolis in 2003 that seems to have produced more cultural landmarks than office buildings.
St. Paul to help JLT Group with $75 million
St. Paul is getting a $1 billion project for $75 million.
Minnesota To Institute Toll Lanes
Solo drivers could pay up to $3 for use of the "sane lanes."
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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