Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Favors Demolition Over Rehabilitation
Philadelphia's Neighborhood Transformation Program advocates the demolition of vacant buildings, whether they are historic or not.
Cities And Cycling
How bicycling makes for better cities.
Philadelphia Grapples With Vacant Lots, Abandoned Structures
Ray Suarez takes a look at the effort to rebuild old neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Land-use Electronic Resource Launched
Land Use Electronic Resource Library (E-Library), a database that will assist citizens and state, county and local governments with land-use planning efforts in Pennsylvania
Farmland Preservation Makes Sprawl Worse
Builders believe that farmland preservation is pushing development outward and contributing to sprawl.
Incentivizing Reuse Through Mortgages
Fannie Mae increases mortgages for people who buy homes near train stations and bus stops and agree to own only one car.
In Land Of Kisses, Hershey Gets Smacked
Can the livable town of Hershey survive a sale of Hershey Foods Corporate to a conglomerate like Nestle?
Historic Preservation Or Smart Growth?
In some areas of Philadelphia, the teardowns of historic shoe-boxy abodes for million-dollar mansions is a 'regular demolition derby.'
City Block Tells The U.S. History Of Blight-fighting
The story of Monument Street reflects the nation's history.
Historic House Razed To Make Way For Mansion
A pre-Civil War house built by one of the Sewickley Valley's founding families is demolished to make way for a mansion.
Black Gentrification In Pittsburgh
Middle-class blacks are returning to historic black neighborhoods.
Philadelphia Needs More Shade Trees
To cool off Philadelphia, more shade trees are needed.
Poverty Moving To The Suburbs
According to the 2000 Census, suburbs around Philadelphia are seeing an increase in lower-income residents.
Committing Urban Principles To Stone
Do today's city dwellers have the confidence to carve their highest principles in stone?
To Build A Bridge With Recycled Plastic
Engineers are building a 400-foot bridge entirely from recycled plastic.
Draconian Zoning Laws Result In High Property Values?
A look at the restrictive zoning laws in Birmingham Township, which has among the highest property values in the Philadelphia region.
Residents Oppose Blight-removal Demolition
Residents oppose a $300 million Neighborhood Transformation Initiative in Philadelphia that aims to reverse blight by demolishing vacant buildings.
Confessions Of A Suburbanite
A former writer for the Philadelphia Daily News has spent the last three years living in the 'other Philadelphia': the suburbs.
Good Planning Or Campaign Contributions?
Two nearly identical development plans for an abandoned industrial site get very different receptions from the Mayor.
The 'Art' Of Zoning
A zoning board has to decide if a performance is art.
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.
Heyer Gruel & Associates PA
City of Moreno Valley
Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS)
City of Grandview
Harvard GSD Executive Education
Salt Lake City
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
City of Cambridge, Maryland
