AltWeeklies Wire
Homes & Businesses to be Demolished for Highwaynew
The East End Connector may speed up a trip between Durham and Raleigh -- it will also rip apart a neighborhood.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Public Housing On the Chopping Block in ATLnew
As the Atlanta Housing Authority moves to demolish another wave of public housing, what does that mean for the city's poor?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
A Three-Point Plan to Save San Francisconew
A radical new approach to affordable housing isn't just an option anymore -- it's imperative.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan and Tim Redmon |
09-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Fort Lawton Freeze Tagnew
The trouble with trying to repurpose a $100 million piece of military property.
Seattle Weekly |
Aimee Curl |
09-18-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
John Norquist on Urban Living, Sprawl & Transitnew
Norquist took the skills he learned as Milwaukee mayor from 1988 to 2003 and uses them to provide a model for other cities in his role as president of the Congress for the New Urbanism, based in Chicago.
Shepherd Express |
Dennis A. Shook |
09-14-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Is Jim Hultman's Former Home Stolen Property?new
An unscrupulous mortgage-collection firm sold his Berkeley home out from under him, leaving behind a feud and an eyesore.
East Bay Express |
Jeremy Singer-Vine |
09-13-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Living in Sprawl's Shadownew
The planned community known as the Rockin' J Ranch sparks water fears, irks nature tourism plans, and threatens the many tiny creatures calling White Springs home.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
09-12-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
A Revolting Development in Phoenixnew
The CityNorth project hosed taxpayers, but don't look to city leaders for an apology.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
09-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Nonprofit Hopes its Big Green Building Generates More than Warm Fuzziesnew
Urban Green Partnership's planned eight-story, 80,000-square-foot structure would be one of the most sustainable and self-sufficient multiuse buildings ever constructed in a city.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Will Dean |
09-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Texans Are Fighting Back Against Eminent Domainnew
It is still ripping up lives, but the natives are no longer so naive.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
09-07-2007 |
Housing & Development
Orlando's Condo Boom Quickly Goes Bustnew
Investors fueled the condo market for its short boom cycle, and when the profits stopped coming in, it became obvious that the market for the condos wasn't there in the first place.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-04-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Metro Vancouver Downplays Location-efficient Mortgagesnew
Despite the gravity of the issue, Metro Vancouver has not aggressively advanced one potential solution for working families who don't own motor vehicles: location-efficient mortgages, otherwise known as transportation-based mortgages.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
08-24-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Penis Pump, Torturing Kids and an Italian Palacenew
Some things to think about when Mel Sembler comes to town with a billion-dollar development.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
08-23-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Economic Development Projects Failing to Employnew
Kansas City hands out tax breaks to developers who promise lots of good jobs, but the payrolls are looking mighty slim.
The Pitch |
David Martin |
08-21-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Wheelchair Crusadernew
Tim Hollobaugh's fight on behalf of the disabled is finally getting some attention -- whether it will result in any changes is another story.
Metro Spirit |
Erika Bolin |
08-20-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
