New York
Learning From Lower Manhattan
Participants in an AIA-sponsored conference report on the lessons learned from the efforts to rebuild lower Manhattan.
A New Building By Frank Lloyd Wright
Seventy-six years after he conceived it, a design by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright comes to life.
Big-boxes Enter The Big Apple
K-Mart, Home Depot, and Target are now targeting New York City with their eye on expanding to other cities.
The Subway Book
October 27, 2004 marks the New York Subway's 100th anniversary. Several new books celebrate the occasion.
Profile Of A Donald Trump Project
Peter Slatin profiles Donald Trump's revitalization of the former Delmonico Hotel, at the northwest corner of 59th Street in Manhattan.
Libeskind, Arad, And Calatrava Discuss WTC
Daniel Libeskind, Michael Arad, and Santiago Calatrava, meet for the first time and discuss the WTC Project.
No Lack Of Rhetoric At WTC Designers
WTC master planner Daniel Libeskind, memorial designer Michael Arad, and PATH station architect Santiago Calatrava attempt to “get beyond the rhetoric and confusion” that has plagued the WTC reconstruction process.
GPS Used To By Cops To Track Suspects
legality of GPS devices being used by law enforcement without a warrant is questioned.
Lower Manhattan: Rebuilding, Renewing, And Remembering
Rebuilding the World Trade Center site is just one facet of the grand—and challenging—effort to renew New York’s downtown.
Space-Poor Columbia U. Eyes Harlem Expansion
Columbia, looking for room to grow, proposes an expansion into 18 acres of neighboring Harlem.
Sex And The Cities
Is zoning being used to gradually purify New York City and other big cities?
Columbia's New Planning Dean
The new dean of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia outlines his vision for the school's future.
New York MTA Is Infiltrated By The Mob
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority discovers that the Gambino Mafia group was involved in mismanagement of its new headquarters office building.
How Sprawl Has Changed Lifestyles
Sprawling suburbs have changed the lifestyle of Americans.
Underground New York
Nowadays, smart growth advocates promote transit to steer growth toward the center city and way from the periphery. But the nation's largest heavy rail system was designed to do just the opposite.
Manhattan's Home Depot Includes A Doorman
Home Depot's first store in Manhattan will be three stories and include a concierge and doorman.
Dust And Deception At Ground Zero
This Sierra Club report extensively documents how the Bush administration's reckless disregard of 9/11 toxic hazards poses long-term threats to rescue and cleanup workers, as well as bystanders present.
New York City Potentially At Risk From Nuclear Terrorism
The Union of Concerned Scientists has issued a report on the Indian Point nuclear reactor (35 miles upwind from Manhattan) that analyzes "the health and economic impacts of a terrorist attack at Indian Point that results in a core meltdown
Manhattan Transference
The Federal government has not fully studied Twin Tower air pollution or treated victims.
Collecting Architects In The Hamptons
Developer Coco Brown assembles a galaxy of star architects to create a modernist enclave of homes on Long Island.
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
