The Planners Network, an "association of professionals, activists, academics, and students involved in physical, social, economic, and environmental planning," has released a Statement on the Israeli Wall and here is a copy: Planners Network Statement on the Israeli Wall August 3, 2004 This... View full entry
By Jeremy Lovell. LONDON (Reuters) - British environment authorities mounted a major cleanup operation on Wednesday after flooding forced hundreds of thousands of tons of raw sewage into the River Thames running through central London. The Environment Agency said 600,000 tons of untreated sewage... View full entry
All around is the crumbling architectural legacy of wartime Shanghai ”” a unique mix of styles ranging from art deco to Bauhaus. Renowned as a sanctuary for about 30,000 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, the neighbourhood is now blighted by commercialization and neglect. A... View full entry
In this interview, Rodrigo Borges Santana , president of the state Green Party and member of the Goiás city council in Brazil, discusses the complex nuances of establishing a thriving ecotourist industry while making sure to keep local interests at the forefront of social... View full entry
In the late 1990s, New York City invested $39 million to build a ballpark for a minor league team on the Coney Island boardwalk, yet the resulting financial success of the Brooklyn Cyclones has yet to translate into the hoped-for economic revitalization of the infamous neighborhood, once a... View full entry
The New York Times considers the fate of various utopian and grandiose plans proposed over the course of New York City's History. View full entry
urbicide: a concerted and preemptive military strategy designed to undermine the urban foundations for independence; destroy networks of resistance; and separate settlers and occupiers from immobilized colonized populations while demolishing their infrastructures of survival. By Stephan Kipfer... View full entry
This month more than 100 architects, planners, civil servants and developers gathered at the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) in London to hear the outline of the new vision, and the radical manifesto by Riba's outspoken president, George Ferguson . View full entry
The New York Yankees are reportedly in talks with the city over a proposal to replace Yankee Stadium with a new $700-million "retro-style" ballpark across the street, to be built almost entirely without public funds (although it seems the city would pick up the tab for infrastructure and... View full entry
For those people not quite ready to embrace "Smart Growth" : a new intiative from the Schwarzenegger adminstration View full entry
Am Johal describes the systematic displacement of Bedouin villages in Israel which sit under chemical plants and future plans for hippodromes. View full entry
Barcelona's municipal architect Joseph Acebillo talks about the sprawl that is eating away at Jerusalem. From Haaretz.com View full entry
In the latest issue of the Architect's Newspaper, Laura Wolf-Powers reports on the varying visions and the political maneuvering at play in the effort to develop Manhattan's Far West Side. Previously on Archinect:Planning Group Opposes Jets Stadium for West Side of Manhattan View full entry
Arcaid gallery of the Barcelona Forum + see the interesting icon article on the H+dM Forum main building View full entry
Another bonus for Millenium Park (see here) is the 400-space, heated indoor bicycle parking facility. | image | site | npr View full entry