Urban Issues: Gay Couple Housing Discrimination, Connecticut Snob Zones, NYC Innovation Future
June 20, 2013
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HUD Finds Discrimination Exists in Housing for Gay Couples
Salon
The report found that gay couples - particularly gay male couples - experience unequal treatment by rental agents
Urbanism&Design: Land Prices Near Thailand Transit Rise, Geography Of Takasim Sq, Planning Integration In LA
June 14, 2013
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Land Prices Near Transit Rise in Thailand
The Nation Thailand
Land prices have continued to rise, by over 20 per cent in locations close to existing and planned mass-transit routes and more than doubling in some areas, according to property experts.
Urbanism&Design: Gaming Cleveland's Future, LA Zoning Rewrite, $700M Sunrail TOD, Crowdsourcing Land Evolution
June 13, 2013
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Online Game Lets Residents Decide Cleveland's Future
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Imagine the king of Ohio has appointed you the duke or duchess of Northeast Ohio. You have the scepter of command and the ducal ring to imprint your official seal in hot red wax on ducal proclamations and correspondence.
Urbanism&Design: Balancing Rural Land Use, Urbanizing Montgomery County, Calming Parking Wars, Roman Concrete Recipe
June 10, 2013
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Rural Land Use Requires Balance
Lexington Herald Leader
A city task force created 15 months ago to consider zoning-law changes to allow more recreation and tourism opportunities in rural Fayette County recently made its report to the Urban County Council.
Urbanism&Design: Tampa Redevelopment Hopes, Hotels Target Millenials, Stadium As Urban Park, Streetcar Extension Benefits
June 3, 2013
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Redevelopment Hopes for New Zoning Codes
Tampa Bay Times
One of the key arguments for building a light rail system in Pinellas County is that it would kick start urban renewal. People could live closer together, walk to buy their morning coffee and take the train to work.
Urban Issues: Citizen Project Selection, AirBnB & The Tax Man, SF Soccer Field Battle, New Urbanist Blind Spot
May 29, 2013
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Citizens Directly Choosing Projects to Fund in Vallejo
KQED
The Vallejo City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a series of projects - from streetlights to senior centers - that were chosen directly by nearly 4,000 residents last month.
Urbanism & Design: Oregon Land Use Law Value, Dallas Freeway Teardown, NY Penn Station Plans, Salt Lake & CNU
May 28, 2013
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Oregon Land Use Laws Still Valuable After 40 Years
Statesman Journal
More than most places, Oregon is defined by its landscape. From coastal headlands, through interior valleys, past volcanic peaks and into high sagebrush desert, the land determines who we are.
Urbanism & Design: Disappearing World Heritage Sites, Making Homes Accessible, Why Cities Flood, Beltlines Beyond Atlanta, Women & Building Design
May 17, 2013
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Ten Disappearing World Heritage Sites
USA Today
Standing atop the ramparts of China's Great Wall. Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. These are the giants of our collective imagination, the plumes in our travel cap.
Urban Issues: 'Aspiring' To Gentrification, Merging City-County Econ Dev Agency, Calif. Struggling Cities, Developers Don't Innovate
May 16, 2013
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Cities Don't "Aspire" to Gentrification
Better Institutions
In a recent article posted on New Geography, Aaron M. Renn asks what seems to be a fairly straightforward question: "Why Gentrification?" But unlike most writing on the subject, the question isn't why it happens or how to avoid it, but why cities aspire to it.
Urbanism & Design: New Urbanism On Stilts, Sabermetrics Of Urbanism, Zoning Rewrite Fights Sprawl, Transit & Urbanism
May 9, 2013
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New Urbanism on Stilts, Literally
Witold Rybczynski
Beachtown is a New Urbanism second-home village in Galveston. Construction began in 2005, after a protracted planning and permitting period.
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