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From abandoned industrial district to cool university village: What to do with a desolate, unsafe, blighted industrial district of empty
Austin’s where-it’s-at ‘experience hotel: If you’re looking for entertainment and a place to stay, then you
Robert Redford’s ultra green building: In keeping up with yesterday’s new urbanism green building theme, the greenest
Combining ‘green building’ with ‘new urbanism: Try searching for images that combine green building with new urbanism. It’s
Public squares making a comeback in a big way: How can a city best create a strong identity for itself, provide
A place for people in the heart of the motor city: Detroit is not only known for cars, but also for the mass
Downtown housing booming in Boise: Small town leaders want to know… which small town can we use
Universities getting serious about retail: A University Business Magazine article on retail states that young people spent
Guidelines for attracting the ‘young and the restless: Concluding this week’s review of The Young and the Restless In A
In the city center where the action is: Now here’s where the The Young and the Restless In A Knowledge
Top cities for the ‘young and restless: Continuing this week’s review of The Young and the Restless In A
City centers a magnet for entrepreneurs: Continuing yesterday’s review of, The Young and the Restless In A Knowledge
The Young and the Restless In A Knowledge Economy: A new report, The Young and the Restless In A Knowledge Economy
Renewed vision for post-Katrina Mississippi: In the short term, the people of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast may have
Time to get on the green building bandwagon: The Northwest is already considered the Silicon Valley of green building, and
Sierra Club endorses best new developments: Is there such a thing as development that’s good for the environment?
Easing the transition from university to the ‘real world: What good is a college town if the students leave right after
Should this downtown building go condo or office?: This one’s going residential. The demand for downtown housing is a lot
Manhattan running out of space for pedestrians: Would you believe there are now so many pedestrians in parts of
Using virtual anthropology to build better places: How do you best understand your customer? We looked at ethnography (being
“College towns make the grade with entrepreneurs”: Here’s yet further research that college towns are key centers for economic
Internet helping revive downtowns?: This says it all, from a successful small business owner: “The internet
Hottest housing trends mean what?: The Wall Street Journal just published what it feels are the hottest
Mixed reviews for ‘loftier’ downtown L.A.: How popular is downtown L.A.? It’s population is expected to double to
The ‘experience economy’ comes to schools: As the economy evolves from goods to services to experiences, schools are
Prolific downtown – Pasadena is thy name: Look at all those downtown development projects – who needs a study
Pedestrian malls – good or bad?: There’s long been the usual insistence by veteran planners not to implement
Who Lives Downtown?: The Brookings Institution comes through with quantitative evidence that not only proves