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As #DisneyHall showed, #FrankGehry’s Los Angeles was urban, but not #Urbanist #GrandAvenue #TheBroad bit.ly/49i76Zp
As Disney Hall Showed, Frank Gehry’s Los Angeles Was Urban, but Not Urbanist
Grand Avenue in Downtown L.A. should be one of the great streets in the world. Instead, it’s got a bunch of starchitect monuments strung along it.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As #DisneyHall showed, #FrankGehry’s Los Angeles was urban, but not #Urbanist #GrandAvenue #TheBroad bit.ly/49i76Zp
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What #Japan gets right (a partial list). A salute to #JapaneseUrbanism #Tokyo #Kyoto @jrs310310.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social @planetizen.bsky.social bit.ly/44CIZTV
What Japan Gets Right (A Partial List)
A few things that demonstrate the gulf between the island nation’s philosophy of how cities should work and America’s.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
What #Japan gets right (a partial list). A salute to #JapaneseUrbanism #Tokyo #Kyoto @jrs310310.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social @planetizen.bsky.social bit.ly/44CIZTV
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Reposted by Josh Stephens
Reposted by Josh Stephens
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Planetizen’s Top Urban Planning Books of 2025
Planetizen’s Top Urban Planning Books of 2025
How thoughtful deregulation could unlock a housing and infrastructure boom, the social histories that lie behind a globalizing economy, and the growing role of artificial intelligence in planning.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Planetizen’s Top Urban Planning Books of 2025
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#Imperial County may soon host the most ambitious clean-tech industrial zone in the U.S.
“Lithium Valley” promises 80,000 #jobs, lithium for millions of #EVs, and the future of the Salton Sea. But some locals are concerned.
Read the full story at CP&DR: www.cp-dr.com/articles/imp...
“Lithium Valley” promises 80,000 #jobs, lithium for millions of #EVs, and the future of the Salton Sea. But some locals are concerned.
Read the full story at CP&DR: www.cp-dr.com/articles/imp...
May 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
#Imperial County may soon host the most ambitious clean-tech industrial zone in the U.S.
“Lithium Valley” promises 80,000 #jobs, lithium for millions of #EVs, and the future of the Salton Sea. But some locals are concerned.
Read the full story at CP&DR: www.cp-dr.com/articles/imp...
“Lithium Valley” promises 80,000 #jobs, lithium for millions of #EVs, and the future of the Salton Sea. But some locals are concerned.
Read the full story at CP&DR: www.cp-dr.com/articles/imp...
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Why #Hollywood and the #HousingIndustry need each other. #LosAngeles. @jrs310310.bsky.social commonedge.org/why-hollywoo...
Why Hollywood and the Housing Industry Need Each Other
In addition to sharing many inherent traits, the fortunes of the former depend on the affordability of the latter.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Why #Hollywood and the #HousingIndustry need each other. #LosAngeles. @jrs310310.bsky.social commonedge.org/why-hollywoo...
We're not building many houses or making any movies here in #LosAngeles. Both are a problem, and they're more closely related than you might think.
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cp-dr.com/articles/why...
@calplan.bsky.social
cp-dr.com/articles/why...
June 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We're not building many houses or making any movies here in #LosAngeles. Both are a problem, and they're more closely related than you might think.
@calplan.bsky.social
cp-dr.com/articles/why...
@calplan.bsky.social
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Included in this week's CP&DR briefs covering California #planning and #policy: SF zoning shake-up, SoCal #wildfire recovery, who's really winning in the CA #economy and more.
Read the full news updates here: www.cp-dr.com/articles/cpa...
#UrbanPlanning #CaliforniaHousing
Read the full news updates here: www.cp-dr.com/articles/cpa...
#UrbanPlanning #CaliforniaHousing
CP&DR News Briefs April 15, 2025: L.A. Rams Development; Los Gatos Builders Remedy Case; National Forests Logging; and More
California Planning & Development Report
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April 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Included in this week's CP&DR briefs covering California #planning and #policy: SF zoning shake-up, SoCal #wildfire recovery, who's really winning in the CA #economy and more.
Read the full news updates here: www.cp-dr.com/articles/cpa...
#UrbanPlanning #CaliforniaHousing
Read the full news updates here: www.cp-dr.com/articles/cpa...
#UrbanPlanning #CaliforniaHousing
This has to be peak #carbrain: My apartment building's insurance co. has ordered e-bikes and e-scooters removed from the garage, because of "fire danger." Never mind the 15 gallons of gasoline or 1,200 pounds of batteries sitting in each stall.
March 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This has to be peak #carbrain: My apartment building's insurance co. has ordered e-bikes and e-scooters removed from the garage, because of "fire danger." Never mind the 15 gallons of gasoline or 1,200 pounds of batteries sitting in each stall.