This Times article has only praise for the city. after becoming a World Heritage site in 2001 Vienna managed to set an example for its conservation policies without becoming a frozen museum city. View full entry
NYT : Looming over the Piazza Castello, a vast square in Turin's heart where elaborate nightly medal presentations will be staged during the 2006 Winter Olympics, is a 100-foot-high castle incorporating Roman, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Across nearly eight centuries of the city's... View full entry
Can Umm al-Fahm - a chronic candidate for transfer to the Palestinian Authority that is connected in Israelis' minds with violence and religious fundamentalism - recover from the negative image associated with it, especially since the events of October 2000? Can urban planning and community... View full entry
Andrew Rice provides a comprehensive look at the three major books that have come out on the WTC redevelopment and the question of what should occupy the void. Excellent read View full entry
Silverstein cleared for $75 Mil more in Liberty Bond cash. This adds to his pot of more than $2 Bil to redevelop Ground Zero NYC. Read |Prev & prev View full entry
Santa Monica city council says 'no' to becoming Santa Miami and tearing down an early Gehry job, the SM Place (mall), for now. prev 1 & 2 (thanks abracadabra !) View full entry
The desires of consumers for lower than low prices are creating radical changes in our landscape—¢not only within the built environment, but also in working class communities around the globe. l Frontline l View l View full entry
In the future applying for planning could mean architects uploading their designs into an online 3D model of the city so that citizens can ‘visit' the scheme and have their say. University College London - CASA Model is featured in the RIBA journal... View full entry
Yonkers plans to uncover river running through it. NYT View full entry
Top 10 Issues To Consider When Building a City-wide Wi-Fi Network...This is a sort of pocket guide for all you city rulers out there. What to look out for and why you need a city-wide wi-fi network. Read | via View full entry
Robert Neuwirth uncovers the complex social and economic structures being creating in the world's squatter communities: Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World. l WNYC l View full entry
Five years out, the Philadelphia Inquirer reviews Mayor Street's anti-blight program. Philly.com | Street's fight against blight proceeds ahead of schedule By Anthony S. Twyman Inquirer Staff Writer Buoyed by an improved residential real estate market, Mayor Street's multimillion-dollar effort to... View full entry
Detroit's efforts to rid itself of dilapidated homes and buildings have drawn both supporters and critics. l NPR l Previous l View full entry
Wauwatosa, WI has proposed legislation intended to tighten restrictions on big-box store development, partially through the requirement that developers provide for the buildings' demolition should they ever be abandoned. Journal Sentinel Online | Via View full entry
The LATimes writeup points out that very few Texans (including myself) even knew this proposal existed in the first place, much less that it was on its way to being approved/enacted. Quarter mile-wide transportation corrider stretching from Mexico to Oklahoma. NYTimes|LATimes|Official Site View full entry
