New York
NYC to Get Another Green Lung
A new public park, of the same scale as Central Park, is in the works in Staten Island, NYC.
Successful Economic Development: Buffalo, NY
The campaign to bring Geico to Buffalo N.Y. is a case study that highlights a successful model for economic development.
Torqued Tower Will Replace World Trade Center
A 1776-foot tall skyscraper concept depicts a spired building with a huge antenna.
The World's New Tallest Building May Not Be the World's Tallest Building
To determine how tall the tallest building is, spires and occupied space must be considered.
Best And Worst Case Scenarios For The Future
Metropolis Magazines asks leading urbanists and architects for predictions on the future of cities.
Cities In The Digital Age
City scholar Joel Kotkin argues against the idea of an urban revitalization panacea a la Richard Florida.
New Design For World Trade Center Unveiled
The result of a fued between architect Daniel Libeskind and the leaseholder of the site, the revised design for the World Trade Center would include the world's tallest building.
Remastering The Master Plan
The real estate waffle iron is burning holes in a longstanding and important pledge to reopen the long-lost Manhattan street grid at Ground Zero. Not smart.
Rare Opportunity For Planners To Correct 1960's Mistake
Planners have a rare opportunity to correct traffic planning mistakes from the 1960s at the site of the World Trade Center.
Strategic Plan For Downtown Buffalo Released
The plan is called 'The Queen City Hub: A Regional Action Plan for Downtown Buffalo.'
Do Memories Alone Warrant Preservation?
Buffalo, NY, struggles with issues of public memory and preservation around old AM&A's department store.
Mention Of Eminent Domain Disrupts Planning Process
An Albany, NY, neighborhood is split between its desire for revitalization and its distrust of the eminent domain process.
Bigger Doesn't Always Mean Better -- or Successful
There is nothing wrong with big stores like Wal-Mart, but they can't sell a certain commodity.
A Behemoth In Columbus Circle
When the city joins forces with the developers to maximize profit, the balance between public interests and private interests is endangered.
Words From A Powerbroker Planner -- From 1962
Relive planning history in Robert Moses' attack on Lewis Mumford from January, 1962 in The Atlantic Monthly.
Aalto's MIT Masterpiece
While the restoration of Baker House has some purists fuming the classic dorm has never looked better.
Revitalizing An Industrial Neighborhood
The West Chelsea and meatpacking district areas are rapidly being transformed into one of the most hip, lively areas of the city.
Silverstein's WTC Insurance Strategy
Peter Slatin previews Larry Silverstein's fiery strategy to secure a $6.5 billion insurance payoff for the WTC site.
Using GIS To Track Hunger
The Syracuse Hunger Project is an effort to produce maps that identify city neighborhoods with the greatest needs and their geographic relationship available resources.
Many Families of WTC Victims Do Not Support Memorial Designs
A coalition of families of WTC victims grade all eight finalist designs for the WTC Memorial with an "F".
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.
City of Santa Clarita
Ascent Environmental
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
