American Planning Association

Bicycles Run Through It: L.A. 20 Years On

Frank Gruber | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: American Planning Association, Ciclavia, La Around Town, Urbanist Books, American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Urbanist Literature, Urbanism, Los Angeles News
Frank Gruber

For five hours, miles of streets connecting Hollywood and East L.A. through downtown Los Angeles were closed to cars and became a great festival of mostly cyclists, but also skateboarders, roller-bladers, and pedestrians.

Read Post

Making Plans; a Review of Clear as Mud: Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, American Planning Association, Hurricane Katrina, Urban Planning, City Planning, New Orleans Recovery, Books News
Frank Gruber

It's important to recollect that although planning has been instrumental in the creation and development of New Orleans, New Orleans still exists as a great city because of a planning failure.

Read Post

LoDo Named One Of 10 'Great Neighborhoods' In The U.S.

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Planning Association, Lower Downtown, Best Neighborhoods in the U.S., Apa, Lodo, Downtown Denver, Denver News

Lower Downtown Denver has undoubtedly been a centerpiece--if not the focal point--of the city's redevelopment over the last few decades. Now, the his...

Read Whole Story

What To Do With the Suburbs?

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbanism, American Planning Association, Sprawl, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Los Angeles News
Frank Gruber

If reversing the decline of cities was the preoccupation of planners in the 20th century, then the suburbs are going to be the focus of planning for much of this one.

Read Post

Metropolitan Urbanism? A Review of Grid/Street/Place by Nathan Cherry (with Kurt Nagle)

Frank Gruber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Planning Association, Convulsive Urbanism, Books News, L.A. Live, Rtkl Associates, Urban Planning, Sprawl, Los Angeles, Urbanism, Los Angeles News
Frank Gruber

Although the dynamism (and the dysfunction) of LA is characteristically expressed in small and often idiosyncratic projects spread around the grid, the book is weighted in favor of large developments.

Read Post