New York

How To Attract Businesses To The Inner City

National experts offer Buffalo, NY, ideas for bringing businesses back to the inner city.

May 3, 2001 - The Buffalo News

World Trade Center Takeover Deal Completed

Three years in the making, the largest real estate deal in New York's history is finally completed.

April 29, 2001 - The New York Times

Telecom Hotels Come To Buffalo

A former automomobile plant in Buffalo may be reused as a telecommunications center.

April 27, 2001 - The Buffalo News

A Sample Park Marketing Plan From Buffalo

The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy creates an innovative marketing plan to promote parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

April 26, 2001 - Urban Parks Online

Buffalo Nonprofit To Save Architectural Treasures

Preservationists in Buffalo, NY, have created a nonprofit organization to salvage historic fixtures from buildings about to be demolished.

April 24, 2001 - The Buffalo News

Area Needs New Approach To Development

In the New Economy, the old economic development tricks are about as outdated as a 10-year-old PC.

April 22, 2001 - The Buffalo News

The Gentrification Of Harlem

What can be done to preserve economic diversity in New York's Harlem neighborhood?

April 13, 2001 - The New York Times

Architects Should Be Involved In Preservation

Critic Herbert Muschamp encourages architects to be more involved in architectural preservation efforts.

April 5, 2001 - The New York Times

Top Fastest Growing, Shrinking, U.S. Cities

A summary of the nation's population trends: fastest growing and fastest shrinking U.S. metro areas and cities.

April 4, 2001 - The Buffalo News

Buffalo Shrinks...and Sprawls

In the 1990's Buffalo's suburbs continued to sprawl outward, even as the region's population declined.

April 2, 2001 - The Buffalo News

Community Gardeners Flower New Hope

Efforts have been renewed to preserve community gardens.

April 2, 2001 - The New York Times

Dirty Secrets of City Trash

Do you know where your city's trash goes to? Here is the story of how much it costs New York City to get rid of its trash.

March 27, 2001 - The New York Times

Attack Of The Monster Homes

Oversized homes are causing tension between residents and cities as planners hurry to rewrite zoning laws in order to restrict the size of houses.

March 19, 2001 - The New York Times

New York Population Tops 8 Million

According to Census figures, New York City accounted for more than two-thirds of the state's growth. The Bronx rebounds from urban blight.

March 16, 2001 - The New York Times

New York City Population Soars

The population of the largest city in the U.S. reaches a record 8 million according to the 2000 Census.

March 16, 2001 - The Washington Post

The Malling Of Manhattan

Are our cities turning into suburbs?

March 8, 2001 - MetropolisMag.com

Architectural Free For All On N.Y. East River

Five architect teams are competing to create a master plan for Queens West in New York.

March 6, 2001 - The New York Times

Whose Downtown Is It Anyway?

A proposal to replace a public plaza with an office building in Lower Manhattan brings up the question: does the downtown belong to residents or to businesses?

February 28, 2001 - The New York Times

The New Architecture Of Public Buildings

New York's new federal courthouse, designed by Richard Meier, is the largest public building since the New Deal.

February 25, 2001 - The Christian Science Monitor

Revival Of Harlem's Ravaged Heart

Plagued by poverty, drugs, and violence, 129th street is undergoing a dramatic transformation as a revival sweeps across Harlem.

February 21, 2001 - The New York Times

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.