Urban Development

In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Place You Love Is Gone: Progress Took It Away', author Melissa Holbrook Pierson offers her lament for a sprawling nation.

January 27, 2006 - Orion

At 1,300 acres, the Orange County Great Park, to be built over the ruins of the El Toro Marine base, may bring greater identity to the sprawling region.

January 26, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

Neal Peirce sees hope for New Orleans as citizens play a central role in planning the wounded city's recovery.

January 25, 2006 - The Washington Post Writers Group

After years of false starts, a plan is unveiled to expand New York's Jacob Javits Convention Center.

January 25, 2006 - The Slatin Report

Illegal conversion of single room occupancy ('efficiency') apartments in NYC threaten one of the few remaining sources of private, affordable housing in the City. Housing advocates attempt to stem the tide, but it's rough going.

January 24, 2006 - The New York Times

Hank Dittmar, Director of the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, a nonprofit organization founded by Sir Charles, The Prince of Wales, discusses the balance of tradition and innovation in urban design.

January 23, 2006 - David Gest

Boise, Idaho, is no longer the center of population in Treasure Valley, as density shifts west to Meridian.

January 21, 2006 - The Idaho Statesman

Federal regulators have cleared two national banks to develop office and hotel properties -- actions long barred by the Treasury Department. What does this imply for the development environment?

January 20, 2006 - National Real Estate Investor

Across the nation, developers and city officials warn that weakening eminent domain could undermine rehabilitation of cities.

January 20, 2006 - The New York Times

Two of Boston's leading suburban developers are partnering up to build a transit oriented development project in suburban Westwood.

January 19, 2006 - The Boston Globe

As real estate prices continue to skyrocket, the South Bronx is experiencing a sudden influx of new residents.

January 18, 2006 - The New York Times

The L.A. hospital needs to sell; developers want to build housing; preservationists want it saved; former residents want affordable housing to make up in part for earlier urban renewal on the site.

January 18, 2006 - The Los Angeles Times

From a private art wing with steel doors that drop from the ceiling to a 70-foot saltwater swimming pool, these homes have it all -- for around $50 million.

January 17, 2006 - The Wall Street Journal

The number of skyscrapers to be built in each city hints at the complexities of different development patterns.

January 17, 2006 - Los Angeles Downtown News

Harold Meyerson argues that thanks to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, transportation and land use in the City of Angels now focuses on the public sector, not the private realm, as the Mayor takes on a strong central identity heretofore lacking.

January 17, 2006 - The Washington Post

They seemed like a good idea at the time, but planners now find skywalks drain life from the streetscape below.

January 16, 2006 - Associated Press

A noted builder backs down in Las Vegas as construction costs wipe out margins. Is it smart business, or the start of something bigger?

January 13, 2006 - The Slatin Report

The fight over what, where and when to build -- or demolish -- in New Orleans gets muddier by the day.

January 12, 2006 - The Slatin Report

Mary Newsom, a Knight Fellow and editor for the Charlotte Observer, responds to criticism that New Urbanism is elitist.

January 11, 2006 - The Naked City

How Nassau County, New York, is trying to reinvent its "old suburb" status and serve as a model for suburban evolution.

January 11, 2006 - The New York Times