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urban development
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Land Use Prof Blog
Detroit’s Empty Buildings…
As someone who grew up in the Detroit area and lived there through high school, I can attest to the fact that it's downtown has some amazing and beautiful architecture. …
Land Use Prof Blog
Top 100 Urban Thinkers
With the end of the year and the end of the decade (depending on whether you start counting at 0 or 1) at hand, I'm seeing lots of "top" lists,…
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Florida Land Use Lawsuit Moves Forward…
In several recent conversations, I've discussed with other colleagues how the current economic crisis has, among other things, changed the balance of power among developers and municipalities. It used to…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
New York’s Highest Court Upholds Atlantic Yards Condemnations
By David Snyder
New York's highest court ruled on Tuesday that private property could be condemned for the "Atlantic Yards" project. That project involves, among other things, an NBA arena and 16 office…
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In Local News…
Here in Athens, Georgia we didn't have a local election on Tuesday, but there is some interesting downtown development news. The Athens-Clarke Commssion (we're a consolidated city/county) just voted to…
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Right to the City
I recently received the fall 2009 newsletter of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council. Among many timely and interesting articles, the newsletter includes a piece titled "Right to the…
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Brad Pitt, New Orleans, and “Houses of the Future”
Wayne Curtis has a very interesting article in The Atlantic, called Houses of the Future. The intro: Four years after the levee failures, New Orleans is seeing an unexpected boom…
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Cities, vacant houses, and foreclosure
I'll have more posts in the future about what local governments might do to decrease the magnitude of boom-and-bust housing cycles that wreak havoc on cities and communities. To address the current…
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The End of the Universe
My co-bloggers have posted some excellent and erudite observations. For the the weekend, here is a lighter story (despite the ominous title) of land use development patterns. Comedian Lewis Black…
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The “New” Downtown
The revitalization of aging downtown areas is a challenge facing cities nationwide. Las Vegas is no exception, and the city (lead by mob-lawyer-turned-celebrity-mayor Oscar Goodman) has long attempted to attract…