Pennsylvania
New Pittsburgh Downtown Plan Emphasizes Housing Over Retail
A new plan to revitalize Pittsburgh's long-ailing Fifth and Forbes corridor is anchored by space for hundreds of new housing units, de-emphasizing retail space.
A Secret Community With Secret Crimes
Philadelphia's Mexican immigrant population isn't reporting rampant crime.
Philadelphia's Blight Fight Working
Philadelphia Mayor Street's multimillion-dollar effort to reduce blight in city neighborhoods appears to be working.
Is Faux History Still History?
Philadelphians debate whether an imitation colonial-style building from the 1960s should be preserved for its historic significance.
Philadelphia's Newest Civic Buildings Take Few Risks
A critique of six civic buildings built since 2001 in Philadelphia.
A Plan For Heritage Tourism In Philadelphia
An architectural consultant outlines the city's need to connect its historical treasures.
Big Boxes Move Into The City
Retailers are adpating to urban areas.
Innovative Form-Based Zoning
Pulitzer Prize winning author Thomas Hylton discusses innovative form-based zoning codes for redevelopment of older, urban areas.
Sprawl In Your Backyard
Balancing progress and preservation in a Pennsylvania county.
From Rust Belt To Arts Mecca
Pittsburgh reaps the benefits of its 20-year investment in a downtown cultural district -- and in the vitality of its young people.
The Power of Zoning
Pottstown's innovative approach to land use demonstrates the power of careful zoning.
Shared Housing Comes To Levittown
A program for older home owners is a win-win arragement.
The New TOD: Technology-oriented Development
A North Philadelphia neighborhood includes technology as the foundation for an economic development plan.
Will Higher Gas Taxes Save Mass Transit?
Pennsylvania considers increasing state gasoline tax to subsidize transit.
Profile Of Philadelphia's Navy Base Transformation
Philadelphia is planning to turn it's former Navy base into a bustling urban center.
Philadelphia: World's Largest Wifi Hot Spot?
Philadelphia is considering an ambitious project to turn all 135 square miles of the city, including poor neighborhoods without high-speed Internet access into the world's largest wireless hot spot.
The Saga Of Penn's Landing
Will a retail-entertainment complex on Philadelphia's Penn's Landing ever happen?
A Powerless Planning Director?
A columnist reports that Philadelphia's planning director suggests that she is "powerless" to design a better building across from City Hall.
Return From Near-Death Experience
Developers rescue two historic buildings in Center City Philadelphia from dereliction
Return Of The Downtown
In a trend that is defying post-9/11 predictions American downtowns continue to grow.
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
