Balance Sheet
Absurd news bites, served fresh every day.
How cities use eminent domain to seize property for private developers.
Cincinnati isn't just a town down on its luck. It's the future of the American city.
Urban studies legend Jane Jacobs on gentrification, the New Urbanism, and her legacy.
Waiting for perfectly "clean" opportunities to apply your principles means you could lose them altogether.
The war on "sprawl" promises "livability" but delivers repression, intolerance--and more traffic.
"New Urbanism," the latest fad in urban planning, promises less traffic, better air, and lower taxes. Here's what it really delivers.
Urban planning skeptic Peter Gordon on the benefits of sprawl, the war against cars, and the future of American cities.
A family owned quarry business is no match for determined bureaucrats.