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urban development
222 published works
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Update on Alaska Way Viaduct Replacement
By Karl Oles
Occasional visitors to Seattle may be surprised to discover that their favorite route from the airport to downtown has changed. State Highway 99 no longer links to the Alaskan Way…
Real Estate & Construction
Governor Brown Signs Pro-Density, Pro-Housing Bills to Close Legislative Session
In the last evening of the last legislative session of his governorship, California Governor Jerry Brown signed two bills directed at increasing housing availability in the State. He signed each…
The Right Coast
Cities drive natural selection
It s pretty remarkable, says Johnson. For years, biologists ignored cities, seeing them as anti-life , and only recently biologists began to realise that cities are agents of change, driving…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Hicksville’s $10 Million Downtown Revitalization Initiative Award – Get Ready For Some Big Changes
On July 3rd, Governor Cuomo announced that the state was giving the Town of Oyster Bay a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award that will help underwrite four transformative projects in…
The Right Coast
How Hipster Is My City? The Top Twenty Trendy Kale-Infested Areas in America
2. Salt Lake City, Utah. Score: 7.8527 WHAT?! The capital of Utah, Salt Lake City, smack-dab in the heart of Mormon country, is also top on the Hipster list. Mormons…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Changing Barriers, Changing Times
Guest post by Alexandria Von Mohr, a rising 3L at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law.In one short drive you see can many changes…
Land Use Prof Blog
CFP: Georgia State Urban Studies Institute: Comparative Urbanism: Global Perspectives conference | March 7-8, 2019
CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS Urban Studies Institute | Georgia State UniversityComparative Urbanism: Global Perspectives Date and LocationMarch 7-8, 2019Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USAThemeThe purpose of the conference on Comparative Urbanism: Global…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Is New York City’s Marx Brothers Playground a Park? The Answer is No Laughing Matter
A fierce legal battle is currently being waged between preservationists and the City of New York (“City”) over a parcel of land in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, known as Marx…
Land Use Prof Blog
Jonathan Rosenbloom on Teaching about the Comprehensive Land Use Plan: Question 4 in the Contemporary Issues in Teaching Land Use Series
While updating the recently released ninth edition to the casebook Land Use and Sustainable Development Law, the four co-authors engaged in numerous spirited discussions about teaching land use. We wanted to…
Construction Law Zone
What’s Next for the Winthrop Square Development Project?
On July 28, 2017 Governor Baker approved a home rule petition proposed by Mayor Walsh which changed a Massachusetts law so that a skyscraper could be built over the Winthrop…