New York
The Price of New Homes: Lost Jobs
A Brooklyn neighborhood gets beautifully renovated lofts, but it pays a price.
The Irresistible Call Of The Suburbs
Cameron Stracher writes about living in New York City...and being unable to resist the call of the suburbs.
Western New York: It's The Economy!
New developments have not jump-started the region. Improving the business climate is now the most important priority for Buffalo Niagra region.
Huge Arch Proposed As Pro-life Shrine In Buffalo
The waterfront arch would top the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch in St. Louis -- currently the world's tallest monument.
Putting Parks On The Political Agenda
An editorial in The New York Times cites the recent neglect of the city's parks, and calls for parks to be positioned higher on the political agenda for the coming mayoral election.
Neighborhood Public Schools Returning To Manhattan
A new neighborhood high school is planned for Manhattan's Upper East Side, highlight a trend back toward public schools by middle class New Yorkers.
Group Fights Gentrification In Manhattan Neighborhood
A historic preservation group is organizing to prevent the gentrification of an industrial Manhattan neighborhood.
Preserving Farmland In The Hudson Valley
Farmland preservation groups are buying development rights to agricultural land.
New York Readies Tough New Emissions Rules
While the smog situation worsens in New York, the state is preparing tough new emissions rules.
Black And White: The Segregated City
U.S. cities are still highly segregated and this isolation is aggravating social problems. According to census figures, the Buffalo Niagara community is one of the most segregated regions in the nation.
Zoning New York's Sex Industry
Did New York really clean up Times Square, or did it just relocate New York's sex industry?
Frank Gehry Meets Frank Lloyd Wright
An exhibition of the work of noted architect Frank Gehry opens in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Bringing Back Buffalo's Downtown
Experts said Buffalo, NY, has got what it takes to be a vibrant downtown. A design team keeps working to reach that goal.
How To Attract Businesses To The Inner City
National experts offer Buffalo, NY, ideas for bringing businesses back to the inner city.
World Trade Center Takeover Deal Completed
Three years in the making, the largest real estate deal in New York's history is finally completed.
Telecom Hotels Come To Buffalo
A former automomobile plant in Buffalo may be reused as a telecommunications center.
A Sample Park Marketing Plan From Buffalo
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy creates an innovative marketing plan to promote parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Buffalo Nonprofit To Save Architectural Treasures
Preservationists in Buffalo, NY, have created a nonprofit organization to salvage historic fixtures from buildings about to be demolished.
Area Needs New Approach To Development
In the New Economy, the old economic development tricks are about as outdated as a 10-year-old PC.
The Gentrification Of Harlem
What can be done to preserve economic diversity in New York's Harlem neighborhood?
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
