The New York City Housing Authority , landlord to more than 400,000 poor New Yorkers, is facing a budget shortfall of $168 million. NYT View full entry
Daniel Libeskind's original and unconventional pen will shape empty plots of land in the Orestad district. denmark.dk View full entry
The concept of themed islands along the coast of the emirates is getting tired but it seems to have no end, here is the latest render. View full entry
Four townhouses sell their air rights to the Extell Corporation, so that the latter can build a 32-story residential tower facing their backyards. The homeowners were excited at first... NYT. View full entry
Planetizen : The events of 9/11 have had a dramatic effect on our cities, from authorities surrounding hundreds of public buildings with Jersey barriers, to continued suburbanization away from more "threatened" downtowns. Yet as the chorus of those questioning the assumptions of 9/11 grows... View full entry
And the "City" in its name is not a city, but rather another link in the accelerated suburbanization of Israel. This is a nightmare of town planners, makers of new national and municipal master plans, a hallucination that has taken on flesh and sinew. While they are busy fighting uphill battles... View full entry
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The number of inmates in New York City jails has been rising faster than correction officials had anticipated, by 9 percent since Jan. 1, leaving the jails at close to their current capacity. NYT l related View full entry
"However, it could be argued that society also assists this relatively new phenomenon of transformation of the city, due to necessities caused by deep economical changes. That's the case of what's happening in Dubai." arch'it View full entry
Half fantasy, half reality, Dubai is re-writing the book on urbanism. "The US Congress' trepidation over the Dubai port deal hinges upon a central talking point: that we would be handing over many of our ports to a foreign company owned by an Arab state. Yet what the debate fails to recognize is... View full entry
A proposal to build a double set of steel walls with floodlights, surveillance cameras and motion detectors along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border heads to the Senate next month after winning overwhelming support in the House. SF Gate has a great story on The Wall. View full entry
What should New York City do with the empty real estate on Governors Island? Perhaps an open ideas competition would be the first place to start. Or an art commune to replace what use to be lower Manhattan. Well, enough of my ranting, here is Ouroussoff on the subject. Get your gondala! NYT View full entry
London baed firm Llewellyn Davies Yeang has agreed to redesign the centre of the ancient city of Najaf in Iraq. But, due to security, none of the planners will actually visit the site. Instead, they will work off of aerial photographs and data provided by a team of Iraqi partners at the site... View full entry
Wind chimes were installed throughout the SFSU campus to help the blind navigate key buildings. But oh that fickle wind ... Chronicle | that was aural this is tactile Campus Orientation By ANNE K. WALTERS Most people might not even notice the tinkling of a wind chime in a neighbor's window, but... View full entry
The 2012 Summer Olympics may black-out London. Uh oh. BBC. View full entry