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The Sprawl Factornew
A new study offers a different approach for liveable, walkable communities.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Max Pizarro |
01-18-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Invisible New Yorkersnew
In the midst of New York's economic resurgence, an entire class of homeless citizens is quietly fading into the background.
New York Press |
Chelsea Rudman |
01-18-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
K.C. To Shell Out for Practice Facility?new
The idea could cost millions and contradict promises that the city was done paying to lure a Sprint Center tenant.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
01-17-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
(Don't) Bite Menew
Tenants at a Skid Row residential hotel owned by the nonprofit charity Mercy Housing California recently filed suit, claiming the place was beset by an "infestation of vermin, rodents, roaches, and insects."
SF Weekly |
A.C. Thompson |
01-12-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The 40-Year-Old Roommatenew
How New York City is forcing a generation of adults to share the rent in the name of survival.
New York Press |
Kari Milchman |
01-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Hot Cornernew
Neighbors urge street improvements.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy Jenniges |
01-11-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
How Dense Can We Get?new
Packing people in with "mixed-use corridors" and the "neighborhood model" sounded good -- but critics now wonder, what were officials thinking?
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith, Erika Howsare and Meg McEvoy |
01-10-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Trailer Park Trashednew
A Springfield city official sells property -- and tenants face homelessness.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
01-05-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Secession Fevernew
Damn the expenses, north Fulton breakaway speeds ahead.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
01-04-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Voices From the Streetnew
Wondering what could go wrong with Portland's homeless plan? Ask homeless people.
Willamette Week |
Lance Kramer |
12-28-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Redefining Undergroundnew
Will Underground Atlanta's latest turn of fate come too late?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Scott Henry |
12-28-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
What Lies Beneathnew
Brain and stomach cancer ... asthma and bronchitis ... miscarriages and stillbirths -- all are health problems suffered by residents of a Bay Area housing project. So why won't authorities close it down?
SF Weekly |
Martin Kuz |
12-22-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
A House Made of Strawnew
Timothy Gray at Ball State University has been in charge of building a house with bales of straw.
NUVO |
David Hoppe |
12-21-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Hercules vs. Wal-Martnew
What better way to squash a city's dreams of smart growth than to allow construction of a giant retail store in its midst?
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
12-21-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
LeFleur Lakes DOA?new
With 95 percent of preparation complete for building the airport parkway, there is little chance that the LeFleur Lakes development will remain feasible.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
12-21-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
