London urbanism, planning, transport, housing and public realm news with source-aware context.
A quiz circulating in US planning circles asks whether certain comments are mansplaining or “plansplaining.” While lighthearted, the concept touches on a…
Read updateA proposal for Colorado’s largest data centre in Aurora has sparked debate over planning rules that allow major developments to bypass public…
Read updateSeven Native American tribes have signed a formal co-management agreement with state agencies for Clear Lake, California’s largest freshwater body, marking the…
Read updateNew research into settlements such as Tell Brak suggests that some of the earliest cities formed without central rulers or master plans.…
Read updateA $100 million federal grant to expand non-evaporative lithium extraction from the Great Salt Lake raises questions about how cities and regions…
Read updateThe 54-unit Equality Commons complex in Portland, Maine, is the state’s first affordable housing property intended for LGBTQ+ older adults. Demand far…
Read updateA new legal challenge claims San Francisco and the state of California acted illegally by exempting nearly 1,900 parcels from a state…
Read updateLos Angeles has completed its first 100 percent affordable housing project under Mayor Karen Bass’s Executive Directive 1, raising questions for urban…
Read updateA recent feature from Planetizen examines fifteen US cities and their global namesakes, offering a lens into how transatlantic naming histories and…
Read updateA vacant unfinished building in West Hollywood has become an urban coyote habitat. The case is not a London story, but it…
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