History / Preservation
Historic Preservation And The Creative Class
Historic preservation of the built environment is an overlooked, but critical component in the rise of a creative class.
Baghdad And A New Paradigm For Urbanity
Bagdad is where the first city in history, the city of Ur, was built roughly 4 thousand years ago.
Digitally Recreating Ancient Buried Structures
A team from the University of Cincinnati is digitally recreating seventeen centuries old geometric structures.
What Will Happen To Historic Preservation Tax Credits?
The White House's economic plan compromises the Historic Preservation Tax Credit program, writes Richard Moe in a WSJ editorial.
Tokyo's Secret Underground City
Seven riddles suggest that there is a secret city beneath Tokyo -- and a government plot to keep it secret.
White House Announces Historic Preservation Initiative
Text from First Lady Laura Bush's speech to the National Association of Counties.
Economic Impacts Of Historic Preservation
Main Street programs typically return about $35 for every dollar invested in operating the program.
The Lost City
A city frozen in time since the 1950s is threatened by developers. Architects and planners work to save priceless architecture and public spaces.
Historical Sites At Risk In The Event Of War
The cultural heritage of the region where urban life began 5,500 years ago is at risk in the event of a war in Iraq.
Vinyl Just Isn't Good Enough
Circuit court sides with the municipality's not allowing vinyl siding on historic mansion
A Threat Comes To Pass
A landowner drops historic properties in a high-stakes gamble.
Abandoned Plans To Demolish Historic Buildings
Troy, N.Y. -- A drugstore chain is withdrawing its proposal to knock down two historic buildings for a new big-box store.
Housing Conversion In Downtown Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Conservancy finds 4,255 housing units are being developed in downtown's older and historic buildings, in at least 35 separate projects.
Endangered Seattle
Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.
Civil War V. Civic Good
Old and new clash on site proposed for development of a 24-story glass office tower. Several Civil War-era buildings will be razed if construction continues as planned.
The Fatal Flaw In Open Space Preservation
How long does land preservation really last? Should a dying man's will forever constrain his property?
When Historic Tax Incentives Are Misused
Columnist Steve Duin of The Oregonian follows the case of seemingly misused historic tax breaks in Portland.
PBS Airs Chicago: City Of The Century
City of the Century chronicles Chicago's dramatic transformation from a swampy frontier town of fur traders and Native Americans to a massive metropolis that was the quintessential American city of the nineteenth century.
Community Meeting Leads Mayor To Rethink Street Closing
The Coalition to Free Chestnut Street met with the Mayor of Philadelphia persuading him to reconsider closing Chestnut Street, a major transit street, in front of Independence Hall as a post-9/11 security measure.
Independence Hall Battles Tyranny Of 9/11 Security
Philadelphia's Independence Hall stands as a symbol of liberty and the birthplace of the United States, but since 9/11 the security around it has crippled a section of Philadelphia.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
EMC Planning Group, Inc.
Planetizen
Planetizen
Mpact (formerly Rail~Volution)
Great Falls Development Authority, Inc.
HUDs Office of Policy Development and Research
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
