Urban Planning

How To Save Suburbia

| Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Less Driving, Suburbia, Urban Planning, Architecture, Detroit, Cars, Suburban Architecture, New Urbanism, Saving Suburbia, City Planning, Culture News

By Vanessa Quirk Click here for original article. Copyright Flickr User CC tango_28 Poverty and violence, boarded windows and weedy lawns...

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Walking the Walk With Jane

Roberta Brandes Gratz | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Jane-Jacobs-Urban-Planning, Urban Planning, Urbanism, Jane Jacobs, Jane Jacobs Walk, Jane Jacobs Walks, Impact News

Not only are the walks a great example of just the self-organization Jacobs celebrated, but it is run exclusively by dedicated volunteers whose commitment to the Jacobs precepts brings them together in a totally organic way.

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Participatory Budgeting Lets Citizens Experiment With Economic Democracy

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Civic Participation, Participatory Democracy, Brazil, Urban Planning, Budget, State and Local Government, Community, Community Organizing, Local Government, New York, New York City, Fiscal Policy, Porto Alegre, Politics News

Who'd have thought that voting to add trash cans on the street or renovate public housing could be a democratic milestone?

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William Pedersen, KPF Helps Celebrate Art & Design at New Museum, NYC

Jacob Slevin | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Architecture, Design, Nyc Events, Kohn Pedersen Fox, NY Culture, NY Around Town, Slidepollajax, Urban Planning, Hudson Yards, Arts News

Hudson Yards. Image courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox. The Huffington Post Arts page recently celebrated Design Thursdays with a special presentation...

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Killing Modernism with Fuzzy Math, Bad Information and False Choices

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Modernism, Urban Planning, Minneapolis, Architecture Conservation, Peavey Plaza Minneapolis, Peavey Plaza, Orange County Government Cente, Architecture-Restoration, Paul Rudolph, Arts News

Modernism, despite the popularity of Mad Men and shelter magazines like Dwell, is under assault. Iconic works of architecture and landscape architecture from have a particularly high mortality rate.

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PHOTOS: Move To An Entire IKEA City!

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Ikea, Solar Energy, Urban Planning, Ikea City, Renewable Energy, Strand East, Ikea Urban Planning, Sustainability, London, Sweden, Home Furnishings, City Planning, Business News

Do you ever dream of an entire city filled with Swedish meatballs and do-it-yourself furniture? That dream could soon be a reality. IKEA, the Swed...

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Walk, Observe, Discuss

Roberta Brandes Gratz | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Urban Renewal, Jane Jacobs Walks, Cities, Urban Planning, Jane Jacobs, New York News

Jane Jacobs changed the way we look and think about cities. No better way exists to understand Jane than to get out and walk, observe, ponder and think or talk about what is seen. That is the idea behind Jane Jacobs Walks.

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Bring An Abandoned Amusement Park Back To Life

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Kulturpark, Video, Theme Parks, Germany Art, Urban Planning, Kickstarter, Amusement Parks, Social Awareness, Imagination, KickStarter.Com, Berlin, Arts News

When we think of amusement parks the first things that come to mind are long lines and dripping ice cream, but there was a time when these places pres...

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The City 2.0 - Dream It, Build It

Amy Novogratz | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, TED Prize, Urban Planning, Urbanization, City 2.0, TED City 2.0, Impact News

Every day -- from Rio to New York to Mumbai -- decisions are made around transportation, energy, public space, housing, and law. Rather than leaving these decisions in the hands of others, theCity2.org provides a platform so we can all become part of the solution.

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The Urgency of Metropolitan Broadband Strategies

John M. Eger | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Government, Regionalism, Public Policy, Internet, Broadband, Global Economy, Urban Planning, Public Services, Technology News

In the new global economy, metropolitan regions are the new centers of commerce. Now more than ever, cities and counties within regions must work to...

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'Sex Is The Very Essence Of A City'

Model D | Claire Nelson | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Valentines Day, Valentine's Day, Model D, Detroit Valentines Day, Detroit Valentine's Day, Urban Planning, Detroit News

By Claire Nelson This article originally appeared in Model D. Read more here. Nothing gets me hotter than listening to policy wonks talk about u...

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Virginia Senate Passes Eminent Domain Proposal

AP | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Virginia, Suburbs, Video, Virginia Constitution, Virginia Land Use, Virginia Senate, Virginia Eminent Domain, Urban Planning, DC News

RICHMOND, Va. -- An amendment to Virginia's Constitution that would make it harder for governments to take private land has cleared the Virginia Senat...

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Why Historic Buildings Matter to the Environment

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Energy, Green Building, Historic Preservation, Cities, Urban Planning, Green News

For most building types, adaptive reuse of older buildings produces measureable -- and sometimes impressive -- green benefits.

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Building for Health: Improving Our Cities, Homes and Lives

Steve Heilig | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Heatlhy Schools, Green Architecture, Urban Planning, Richard Jackson, Built Environment, Public Health, Diabetes, Children's Health, Cities, Bike Pathways, Impact News

How does where we live impact our health? It's a big and complex question, but Richard Jackson, MD, MPH is leading the way towards answers -- and interventions.

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'The Pruitt Igoe Myth' Finds Architecture's Big Flop Was Somebody Else's Fault

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Government, Video, The Pruitt Igoe Myth, St. Louis, Public Housing, Urban Planning, Architecture, White Flight, Documentaries, Race, Movies, Politics News

The images of its destruction are some of the most iconic in all of modern architecture. Less than 20 years after they went up, the towers of the Prui...

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The Recovery Runs Through the City

Aaron Bartley | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Green Urban Planning, Sustainability, Sustainable Housing, Urban Planning, Green News

With the folly of relying on growth in the finance sector to compensate for losses in manufacturing now brought into focus by the financial crisis, the building blocks for economic recovery and job growth are more elusive than ever.

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'I Used To Wonder What That Black Stuff Was On The Windowsill'

| Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: San Francisco Pollution, Bay Area Urban Planning, Bay Area Pollution, California Pollution, Bay Area Urban Planning Pollution, Urban Planning, Sf Pollution, Oakland Pollution, California Urban Planning, San Francisco News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung For nearly four years, Cassandra Martin lived in West Oakland, a few blo...

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2011's 10 Notable Developments in Landscape Architecture

Charles A. Birnbaum | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Architecture, Peavey Plaza, Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, High Line, Landscape Design, Urban Planning, Christian Science Center, Lincoln Park Soundscape, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Fulton Mall, Miller House and Garden, Arts News

I submit this list of 10 notable developments in the world of landscape architecture to reflect on including new designs, significant transformations and influential publications.

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A Simple Portrait of an Urban Place

Charles R. Wolfe | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Photography, Sustainability, Placemaking, Community, Urban Planning, Green News, Culture, Cities, Third Places, Urban Policy, Livable Cities, Urbanism, Green News

From time to time, a single image captures the look and feel of city life, and successfully depicts an urban place where people come together. La...

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I'm A Detroiter Too: A Response

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Detroit Renaissance, Suburbs, Detroit-Michigan, Dave Bing, Downtown Detroit, Blacks, Race Relations, Kwame Kilpatrick, Jewish, Urban Planning, Detroit, Race, Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan, Detroit Suburbs, Detroit News

There is certainly a revival in the Motor City and we should all be excited about the possibilities. But I want to caution Toby Barlow and anyone who believes that to be part of the renaissance one has to relocate to Downtown Detroit.

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A Will for Transit in Metro Detroit

Geoff Young | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Regional Transit System, Mass Transit, Detroit Transit, Detroit Automakers, Metro Detroit, Regional Rail, Detroit Rail, M-1 Rail, Urban Planning, Electric Cars, Light Rail, Detroit News

For a decade or more, the Detroit region has talked about building a regional transit system. As it stands today, nothing has been built. So what is the remedy to Detroit's struggles to move forward on regional transit?

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Yes, Mayor Bloomberg, Occupy Has Got to Go

Harris Silver | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Ows, Nyc, Mayor Bloomberg, Urban Planning, Occupy Wall Street, Architecture, Bathroom, Harris Silver, New York, Sci Arc, New York News

One obvious lesson that we can learn from Occupy Wall Street is the need for public restrooms in urban environments.

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Has Driving Peaked in American Cities?

Infrastructurist | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Driving, Drive, Walk, Urban Planning, Cities, Infrastructurist, Road Trips, American Cities, Cars, International Travel, Travel News

Road researchers have noticed that driving in major cities has reached an unexpected plateau, a phenomenon known as "peak car use."

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Swapping Tail Pipes For Pedals: Small Changes Could Pay Huge Dividends For Public Health And Economy

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Video, Biking, Urban Planning, Public Health, Asthma, Cars, Climate Change, Urban Bikers, Air Pollution, Physical Activity, Green News

Like a growing number of Americans, Jonathan Patz rides his bike to work. He even drags a wheeled blue bin behind his bike for trips to the grocery st...

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Oliver Stone's New Favorite Megalomaniac

ARTINFO | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Architecture, Robert Moses, Art, Artinfo, Oliver Stone, Urban Planning, New York, New York City, Arts News

Every robber baron is probably green with envy for the late Robert Moses, a powerful and polarizing force who shaped New York as we now know it, becau...

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