Urban Development

Do Lawns Contribute to Climate Change?

Mark Hostetler | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Green, Yards, Turfgrass, Sustainability, Climate Change, Lawns, Green Living, Urban Development, Green Cities, Green News
Mark Hostetler

With these unmeasured factors, city parks with high maintenance regimes may have much larger impacts than reported here. Thus, urban areas that have a large amount of mowed, irrigated, fertilized lawns and pruned shrubs and trees can be a source of carbon dioxide rather than a sink.

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BofA Signs HUD Pact Worth Millions Over Faulty Loss Mitigation

American Banker | Kate Berry and Jeff Horwitz | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Bank of America, National Consumer Law Center, Hud, American Banker, Urban Development, The Department of Housing, Robert Gaither, Fha, Business News

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has reached a settlement with Bank of America that releases the company from liability for failing to ...

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British Developer Has Big Plans For Former Post Office Site

Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Willis Tower, Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Post Office Sale, Chicago Business, Old Chicago Post Office, Chicago Post Office Remodeling, Laurence Booth, Urban Development, Chicago Development, Old Chicago Main Post Office, Bill Davies, Chicago News

In the days that have passed since British investor and developer Bill Davies unveiled an ambitious plan to build a $3.5 billion office, residential, ...

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Artist Gives Iconic City Streets A Narrow Makeover

Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Photography, Art, Urban Development, David Yoon, Los Angeles, Graphic Design, Travel News

Santa Monica graphic designer David Yoon is a man with vision. The kind of vision that takes the bustling, clunky streets of LA and turns them into in...

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Battle for Brooklyn Recasts the Atlantic Yards Narrative

Norman Oder | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Mike Bloomberg, New Jersey Nets, Atlantic Yards, Battle for Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Basketball, Urban Development, Documentary Films, Daniel Goldstein, Bruce Ratner Atlantic Yards, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, New York News
Norman Oder

The compelling new documentary does not just recount seven-plus years of community conflict over the Atlantic Yards megaproject. It shows how the media shape the public's understanding of it.

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Is This End Of The Bodega?

The Huffington Post | Christopher Mathias | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: East Village Bodegas, East Village, Ny Rent, Rent Prices, Bodegas, Rent, NY Around Town, Urban Development, NY Real Estate, New York News

Bodegas are struggling to survive in one of New York's, and America's, wealthiest zip codes. Skyrocketing rents in the East Village and more competiti...

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Climate Adaptation: Can Developing Countries Prepare for a Hotter Tomorrow?

Manish Bapna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mali, Bangladesh, Pakistan Floods, Vietnam, Climate Change, Australian Floods, Urban Development, Climate Adaptation, Cutting Emissions, Moscow Heat Wave, Global Temperature, Brazil Mudslides, Home News
Manish Bapna

It is no accident that initiatives to combat climate change are taking root in poor countries. The developing world, out of necessity, may lead the way in learning to live with a warming planet.

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Detroit - The Ruins Of An Empire: A Conversation With Photographers Marchand And Meffre

Kisa Lala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, History, Urban Development, Yves Marchand, Kisa Lala, New York, Romain Meffre, Photographs, Theater, Los Angeles, Architecture, Detroit, Detroit in Ruins, Steidl, Arts News
Kisa Lala

By Kisa Lala © Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, Adams Theater, Detroit Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre met online in 2002, drawn by their love of...

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Could Agriculture Replace Golf For Suburban Communities?

GOOD | Allison Arieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Agriculture Golf, Farming Suburban Community, Food Production, Golf, Agriculture, Agriculture Suburban Community, Golf Suburban Community, Urban Development, Urban Agriculture, New Urbanism, Andres Duany, Green News

In cities, agriculture might be able to take the place of vacant lots. And in suburbia? Well, in 2008, the New Urbanism evangelist Andrés Duany, of D...

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The Armory Show; Contemporary Art in New York

Lauri Lyons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Armory Show, Mixografia, Manabu Ikeda, Modern Art in NYC, Pier 94, Magdalena Abakanowics, Manolo Valdez, Photography, Art Enthusiasts, Art Fairs, Visual Artists, Galleries, Sculpture, Artists, Painting, Modern Art, New York, Art, Museums, Fine Art Dealers, Contemporary Art, March, Art Collectors, Communism, Hudson River, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Nazis, Walking, Art Installations, Bronze, Art Sales, Nazi Europe, Legs, Poland, Public Art, Manolo Valdes, Marlborough Galleries, John Baldessari, Natural Disasters, Japanese Artists, Architecture, Los Angeles, Japan, Donald Sultan, Braodway, Haitian Vodun, Haitian Art, Devin Troy Strother, Haiti, Faye Fleming & Partner, Lynette Yiadon-Boakye, Ghana, London Artists, Jack Shainman Gallery, Shaman, Star Wars, Africa, Tailoring, Parliament Funkadelic, Chewbacca, Sound Suits, Video Installations, Volcanos, Man Made Disasters, East Java, Havoc, Havoc 2007, Earthquakes, David Mackenzie, Video Art, Susan Norrie, Seismic Disturbances, Richter Scale, Exodus, Affordable Housing, Germany, Berlin Artist, Earth, Detroit Economy, Detroit, Abandoned Homes, Michigan, Berlin, East Germany, East Berlin, Urban Development, Art Patrons, Artwork, Butler, Media Buzz, Garbage, Lauri Lyons, Beauty, Bergamot Station, Europe, Mizuma Art Gallery, Contemporary European Art, Vernon Fine Art, Mecca, African American Photographers, John W. Sauve, Richard Heller Gallery, American Photographers, Berlin 1989, Giorgio Persano Gallery, Birmingham Public Art Board, Flag an American Story, Flag International, Vodoo, Clive Smith, Style News
Lauri Lyons

Since 1913, The Armory Show Art Fair has been the preeminent international exhibition of modern art in the United States.

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Rob Carter's Metropolis (VIDEO): Pop-Up Graphics Offer Startling View Of Urban Expansion

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolis, Stop Motion Paper Animation, Metropolis Film, Urban Expansion, Rob Carter Metropolis, Rob Carter, Urban Planning, Charlotte North Carolina, Urban Development, Film, Video, Green News

Rob Carter's stop-motion paper animation film, Metropolis, moves like a pop-up book on speed. The nine-minute film chronicles the urban expansion of C...

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Forest City's Longshot Bond Issue in Brooklyn

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forest City Ratner, Mayor Bloomberg, Eminent Domain Abuse, Appellate Court, Basketball Arena, Brooklyn, NJ Nets, Blight, Forest City Enterprises, Atlantic Yards, Basketball, Mta, NY State Senate, Bond Issue, Eminent Domain, Goldman Sachs, Bond Buyer, Columbia University, NYC Budget, Ratner, FInancial Markets, Bruce Ratner, Pilots, Urban Development, Gov. Paterson, Developdontdestroybrooklyn, Barclays Plc, New York News
Steve Ettlinger

As Forest City Enterprises markets bonds for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn -- which includes the most expensive basketball arena in the country -- I'm struck by how tenuous the whole thing is.

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City Planning Classic On Environmental Efficiency (VIDEO)

Progressive Book Club | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmentalist, David Owen, Jane Jacobs, New York City, Environment, Urban Development, Environmental Activism, Environmental Efficiency, Urban Design, Books, Environmental Books, City Planning, Urban Planning, City Planning Books, Video, Books News

Progressive Book Club In the annals of urban design and city planning, no book holds a higher place than The Death and Life of Great American Cities ...

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Other City Leaders' Advice to Boulder: Confront 'Affordability,' Lack of Green Jobs

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Affordable Homes, Green Jobs, Sesquicentennial, Colorado, Boulder, Portland Oregon, Urban Planning, Santa Fe New Mexico, Developers, Madison Wisconsin, Aspen Colorado, Urban Development, College Towns, Denver News
Jerry Lewis

No one will ride to a city's rescue for affordable housing. Developers, Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland said, are not going to buy $500,000 lots and put in affordable duplexes for schoolteachers.

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