New York
9-11 Changes Building Practices, Skyscraper Design
Building practice is changing as developers, clients and residents demand safer, shorter structures.
Eight Principles For Rebuilding Lower Manhattan
The whole world is watching the process of rebuilding Ground Zero and downtown Manhattan.
The Future Of Ground Zero: PBS Special Airs Tonight
A PBS special on the efforts to decide the future of Ground Zero airs tonight.
Reimagining Ground Zero: Readers Respond
Readers respond to a plan for Lower Manhanttan developed by a team of accomplished architects. Includes a special interactive multimedia section.
Review Of Books About Ground Zero
The World Trade Centers will be more revered in death, than in life. Urban design writer John King reviews three books about these icons.
Team Of All-Star Architects Reimagines New York
Richard Meier, Steven Holl, Peter Eisenman, Charles Gwathmey, Guy Nordenson, Maya Lin, and others, dissatisfied with the official planning process to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center, form a design team to reimagine Lower Manhattan. [Includes in
A Timeline Of The TwinTowers
A timeline traces the history of the World Trade Center.
Lots Of Progress In Rebuilding Downtown
Just a week before the first anniversary of 9/11, New York City has made impressive progress in restoring vital infrastructure in Lower Manhattan.
A Daring Vision For New York
In the last three decades New York has seen few major public planning projects. To maintain its position as a global city, New York needs to "think big."
WTC Proposals Pour In
Newsday provides a slide show of some of the 2,000 designs from citizens, planners and architects have been received.
A New New York City
Hugo Lindgren writes that in rebuilding the site of the former World Trade Center we have to "lower our expectations."
From Aging Town To 'Mini-SoHo'
Blight turns old industrial properties into just the right places for visual artists to gather and ignite energy.
A Call To Further Open WTC Competition
The L.A. Times architecture critic argues that the WTC design competition should be open to a broader group. Planners should have a larger role.
Reinvigorating Rochester's 'La Avenida'
City works with community leaders to create vibrant multi-cultural mecca at the heart of Rochester's booming Latino community.
Lower Manhattan Rebuilding Plans Expanded
Official say plans to rebuild the site of the World Trade Center have been expanded to all of downtown.
NY's Proposed Building Code Changes
Proposed changes must walk a fine line between economic reality and protectiveness.
WTC Proposals Flood In To CNN
CNN has received over 900 designs for the WTC site from its viewers.
Goodbye To Cornell Architecture-Planning School?
Cornell considers dismantle the College of Architecture, Art and Planning.
Putting NYC In A Pickle Jar For Future Generations?
Suirrel away the maps of NYC on a server away from the city, just in case - life in the world of GIS in a post 9/11 city
Talent Search For New WTC Designs
The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. plans to hire up to five new firms to offer a diversity of new designs for the WTC site.
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
