The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has eliminated what U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont called a "cockamamie" plan to consider building a fence or wall along the U.S.-Canadian border. "All a fence does is alienate the best neighbor the United States has," he added. Read View full entry

The newest threat to public safety along the Gulf Coast? FEMA's own post-Katrina trailers, now sitting ducks "in an area prone to flooding, tornadoes and, of course, hurricanes." NYT. View full entry

Salon considers Mike Davis' Planet of Slums with a slight comparative illumination on Koolhaas' The Lagos Project. Salon l related View full entry

Even Californians think it's big: Atlanta's I-75 corridor may soon be expanded to an incredible 23 lanes. 23 lanes! Atlanta Journal-Constitution. View full entry

"Chongqing is the fastest-growing urban centre on the planet. Its population is already bigger than that of Peru or Iraq, with half a million more arriving every year in search of a better life. And yet... outside the country its name barely registers. Jonathan Watts spends 24 hours in the... View full entry

theboxtank geniuses have devised a city in a box with discount living for 100,000 inhabitants. They call it Waltropolis. View full entry

Income Disparity Raises Demand for Public Housing. - WashPost View full entry

"Few developers have faced as daunting a task as planning the rebuilding of an entire city. Developer Joe Canizaro, however, has stepped up to the plate to yank New Orleans back from what might arguably be called the jaws of hell ”” the floods that followed in the wake of Hurricane... View full entry

The plots in Woodlawn Cemetery near where Rosa Parks and members of her family are entombed are becoming the most expense real estate in Detroit. NYT View full entry

For the first time since the 1920's, the black share of Atlanta's population is declining and the white percentage is on the rise. NYT View full entry

As part of a goal to boost alternative transportation in South Africa, "The department of transport has set the goal of distributing one million affordable bicycles countrywide in a period of five to 10 years" to add to the already 1.5 million bicyclists in S.A., whose usage is estimated to be... View full entry

141 days without rain have Phoenicians in a panic - and the skies full of dust and toxins. How much longer can the city hold out? NYT. View full entry

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