New York
Technology Gains A Foothold In Development
The construction industry has been slow to embrace technology. Now architects, urban designers and developers are making the transition in leaps and bounds.
Churches Preserving Harlem's Character
With crime decreasing, the newest challenge for Harlem is maintaining the neighborhood's character in the face of gentrification.
Environmental Group Files Complaint Against M.T.A.
West Harlem Environmental Group says New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority is guilty of environmental racism.
Landmark Legal Settlement For Air Polluters
Power company agrees to a landmark settlement that may set a precedent for further reductions in air pollution.
Designing A Home For Digital Arts
Architectural firms are competing to design a museaum for digital arts in New York...and the list of fifteen semi-finalists has some surprises.
Brownfields Into Greenways
This 900-acre project converting an industrial waste dump to golf courses would be one of the largest reuses of brownfields in New York.
Freight in the City
Discussion of a two-phase study of urban freight mobility.
Urbanfetch Surrenders
Delivery Dot-com to shed jobs and become courier.
Amherst Plans for a Huge Office Park
Residents worry the huge development on an environmentally sensitive site will mean loss of green space.
From the Earth, A Rare Mineral and Controversy
Proposed expansion of the Adirondack quarry operations worries opponents who fear loss of quality of life.
Niagra's Mall That Might Have Been
When a proven developer approached the downtrodden City of Niagara Falls with an impressive proposal, city leaders sent him packing.
Study Finds Little Benefit From Bonus Plazas
A study finds that "privately owned public spaces created in a tradeoff that was meant to give pedestrians a little extra breathing room as developers got extra-large buildings, have failed in some way,large or small."
New York's Wasted Wonder
As droves of tourists pass through Niagara Falls, NY -- many of them headed for Canada -- the city looks back on a torrent of costly mistakes.
Buffalo's Costliest Housing Revitalization
Hope VI housing is the largest and costliest public housing revitalization project in Buffalo's history and will change the landscape of the Lower West Side.
Amherst IDA Refuses Tax Breaks
A legal fight is looming over the Amherst Industrial Development Agency's refusal to consider tax breaks to two prominent developers.
Life Inside The Information Revolution
For those who work in the offices behind NASDAQ's New Times Square Sign, the future is dark (and noisy).
New York City #1 Among Telecom Hubs
New York City has been rated as the world's top telecom hub.
Remaking The Erie Canal As A Tourism Magnet
Buffalo, NY will use 'Heritage Development' to capitalize on the famous canal that propelled the city to greatness in the 19th century.
Optical Fiber Is Gold To Upstate New York
An usual partnership between Corning Inc. and upstate New York government has transformed its Southern Tier hometown into a boom town.
Rethinking Erie Canal
The $28.2 million state plan geared toward more active waterfront uses along Buffalo's Erie Canal has opponents bitterly devided.
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
