New York

Internet Access On Public Transit

A graduate student points out that transit agencies are overlooking a major source of income: wireless Internet access on trains.

November 30, 2004 - The Gotham Gazette

Suburban Retailers Say Hello To Downtown

Home Depot finds a welcoming market in Manhattan.

November 24, 2004 - Michigan Land Use Institute

The Nation's Most Expensive Building

The new Time Warner Center will cost $1.8 billion and become the most expensive single building ever planted in American soil.

November 18, 2004 - Newsday

A Public-private Answer To Affordable Housing

As federal funds to subsidize housing dwindle, a New York nonprofit pledges $1 billion to ease the squeeze.

November 16, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

Splendid and Subtle Urbanism for the Modern

The latest addition to the Museum of Modern Art takes over a whole block of midtown Manhattan – and demonstrates how "modernism has moved from the cultural fringe to the mainstream."

November 10, 2004 - The New Yorker

Would You Pay To Protect Open Space?

An emerging national trend indicates that citizens are increasingly willing to pay to protect open space.

November 10, 2004 - Newsday

New York's Subway Celebrates It's 100th Birthday

New York would simply not be the bustling, crowded, city that it is without its subway system.

November 9, 2004 - The Economist

Duany, Development, And Destiny

Andres Duany talks about how cities rise and fall.

November 3, 2004 - Syracuse Post Standard

Financing The Freedom Tower

The Wall Street Journal offers an insider's perspective at the very messy process of funding development of the Freedom Tower complex.

November 1, 2004 - Wall St. Journal

Reducing Auto Traffic In Central Park

A decades-long process of promoting pedestrian and bicycle traffic in Central Park - while reducing access to cars - moves forward.

November 1, 2004 - The New York Times

Jersey Barriers Being Adapted For SUV's

In both New York and Massachusetts taller guard rails and Jersey barriers are being used along highways to provide protection from larger and taller vehicles.

October 27, 2004 - Times Union

Learning From Lower Manhattan

Participants in an AIA-sponsored conference report on the lessons learned from the efforts to rebuild lower Manhattan.

October 26, 2004 - The American Institute of Architects

A New Building By Frank Lloyd Wright

Seventy-six years after he conceived it, a design by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright comes to life.

October 22, 2004 - The Buffalo News

Big-boxes Enter The Big Apple

K-Mart, Home Depot, and Target are now targeting New York City with their eye on expanding to other cities.

October 21, 2004 - Yahoo! Newswire

The Subway Book

October 27, 2004 marks the New York Subway's 100th anniversary. Several new books celebrate the occasion.

October 21, 2004 - USA Today

Profile Of A Donald Trump Project

Peter Slatin profiles Donald Trump's revitalization of the former Delmonico Hotel, at the northwest corner of 59th Street in Manhattan.

October 13, 2004 - The Slatin Report

Libeskind, Arad, And Calatrava Discuss WTC

Daniel Libeskind, Michael Arad, and Santiago Calatrava, meet for the first time and discuss the WTC Project.

October 11, 2004 - The Gotham Gazette

No Lack Of Rhetoric At WTC Designers

WTC master planner Daniel Libeskind, memorial designer Michael Arad, and PATH station architect Santiago Calatrava attempt to “get beyond the rhetoric and confusion” that has plagued the WTC reconstruction process.

October 6, 2004 - MetropolisMag.com

GPS Used To By Cops To Track Suspects

legality of GPS devices being used by law enforcement without a warrant is questioned.

October 6, 2004 - Times Union

Lower Manhattan: Rebuilding, Renewing, And Remembering

Rebuilding the World Trade Center site is just one facet of the grand—and challenging—effort to renew New York’s downtown.

October 1, 2004 - Urban Land Institute

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.