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A Plan for Hudson Park
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Hudson Park and Boulevard is a new 4-acre system of parks being created in New York. Landscape architects Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates were selected to make their vision reality.
Is ‘Peak Hierarchy’ Next?
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
David Bollier argues that large institutions and businesses may have reached their peak, and we’re headed towards a ‘peer production’ economy.
Clean Coal Campaign Awarded A ‘Falsie’
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The Center for Media and Democracy annually hands out its ‘Falsies Awards’ to the most blatantly deceptive publicity campaigns. Third place for 2008 is the ‘clean coal’ campaign, which they say greenwashes the truth.
Density Creates Childcare Options
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The City of Vancouver is trading density for childcare, creating much-needed centers from density bonuses for new condo developments. The first such project, a 202-unit building called Atelier, opens one year from now.
Is Houston Really Unplanned?
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
Stephen Smith at Market Urbanism looks at the truth behind the cliché, and finds that while Houston does not have Euclidean zoning, it does have more unconventional means of controlling land use beyond the invisible hand of the free market.
When David Brooks and I agree…
Planning Livable Communities
…the issue probably has some merit Since that occurs rather rarely. But he’s correct (not just “right”) when he says in “This Old House”:
“If you asked people in that age of go-go suburbia what they wanted in their new housing developments, they often said they wanted a golf course. But the culture has changed. [...]
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The Future Isn’t What It Used To Be
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
P.J. O’Rourke tours Walt Disney’s ‘Innoventions Dream Home’, and concludes that we’ve descended into a deeply unimaginative period in history. The dream home is the successor to 1957’s House of the Future, built entirely of plastic.
Pro-WalMart Study Refuted
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
A new and widely publicized study claims that there is no evidence that Wal-Mart has had a negative impact on the small business sector. A close inspection of the study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance argues that the report is flawed.
Submerged Ghost Towns Re-emerge
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
The site of the Lexington Reservoir for the last 56 years, two ghost towns in Santa Clara County, California have re-emerged since the water level was temporarily lowered.
Obama’s Infrastructure Spending Could be a "Tragic Waste", Says Kunstler
Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network
James Kunstler believes that President-Elect Obama’s bid to boost the economy through repairing infrastructure could be more usefully spent on rail and harbors.
