QUICK SUMMARIES OF OUR 2008 POSTS

08.14.08	Walking Through Pilsen		What's on the walls of a Chicago neighborhood.
08.10.08	Join Us For a Week in Italy		Find out about our planned Spring '09 trip to Orvieto.
07.28.08	Saving Fenway Park		How a planning charrette helped save baseball's Fenway Park.
07.21.08	Envisioning Greenways		Contents of Summer '08 Planning Comm'rs Journal.
07.14.08	Mall Housing, Part II		Shopping malls start to give way to mixed use centers.
07.10.08	Mall Housing, Part I		A secret apartment built inside the Providence Place Mall.
07.02.08	Energy Costs of Lighting		Some communities are saving costs by paying closer attention to street lighting.
06.29.08	Let There Be Lights!		A debate over lighting a sports field divides Oak Park, Illinois.
06.23.08	Help Rebuild a Planning Book Collection		Help rebuild a collection of planning-related books lost in recent floods.
06.17.08	Back on the Planning Commission		PCJ Editor Wayne Senville talks about his being reappointed to the planning commission after nine years off.
06.12.08	Symbolic Planning		A look at the remarkable "symbolic" land use plan (based on a mandala) of India's planned Vedanta University.
06.09.08	Symbolic Zoning		Why is this zoning district shaped like an assault rifle?
05.30.08	Is there a Belisha Beacon ...		The poetry of an old-style British traffic calming device.
05.22.08	What's Round, Weighs 250 Pounds ...		A look at the ubiquitous manhole cover ... and its aesthetic possibilities.
05.16.08	Now Available: Our Spring Issue		View the contents & order and download articles from our Spring issue. Car sharing; ex parte contacts; chairing the commission; and more.
05.14.08	Downtown Libraries are Back in Style		Libraries are making a comeback as key anchors in our downtowns.
05.09.08	The Next Generation of Your Planning Commission		How to attract more than baby-boomers to serve on your planning commission.
04.30.08	Train-ing		National Rail Day: a time to reflect on rail's potential in America.
04.27.08	Meet Lisa & Jim ... our new columnists		A conversation with new PCJ columnists Jim Segedy & Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy.
04.17.08	Exchanging Local News		From colonial taverns to email networks: a look at how we communicate neighborhood news.
04.15.08	Message on a Pole		You never know what you'll find posted on a nearby utility pole.
04.10.08	Ready for Car Sharing?		Plans for a car-sharing program in the small city of Burlington, Vermont. A follow-up to Hannah Twaddell's article on car-sharing.
04.02.08	Bowling Together		For bowling lessons, Barack Obama should pay a visit to some St. Petersburg, Florida, neighborhoods.
03.31.08	Housing & Transportation Spending: Are They Related?		Household expenditure data in a report prepared by the Center for Housing Policy is downright scary.
03.24.08	Eco-Municipalities Step Forward Naturally		The interest in "eco-municipalities" is part of a movement towards more sustainable development practices.
03.21.08	Surplus Home Center		A photo of what's truly a Surplus home center.
03.17.08	Attitudes on Development		What do Americans think of development? Fascinating results from a national survey.
03.13.08	The Wild West Today		Photos of a Dodge City "shoot out."
03.07.08	The Changing Climate of Smart Growth		A new element has come to the fore of the national smart growth agenda: climate change.
02.27.08	Here's to Your Health (part II)		Columbus, Ohio, is seeking to bridge the gap between public health professionals and planners.
02.25.08	Here's to Your Health		The remarkable scope of the health element in Richmond, California's comprehensive plan.
02.21.08	Greening Up Vacant Lots		Horticulturalists take charge. Philadelphia seeks to "green up" thousands of vacant lots.
02.20.08	Revised & Expanded "Planning Law"		Details on our newly revised Planning Law primer reprint collection.
02.17.08	Green Roofs are Cool		Reporting on a visit to a green roof project in Washington, D.C.
02.13.08	Hospital Boom(ers)		With hundreds of projects underway or being planned, hosptial construction is one part of the building industry that hasn't slowed down.
02.10.08	Hospitals Pitch Their Economic Impact		How important are hospitals to local & regional economies? A look at the claims.
02.06.08	Want to Buy a Bridge?		I was thumbing through my local paper's classfied ads a few days ago, and came across something that caught my eye.
02.04.08	Downtown Futures: Our Winter Issue		Contents of the Winter Planning Commissioners Journal: a focus on downtowns.
01.30.08	Taking Liberties		Statue of Liberties across America.
01.17.08	Will the Electric Grid Fuel our Vehicles?		Will we be powering our vehicles through the electric grid? Follow up on our previous post.
01.14.08	Plug In Your Car & Save Dollars (and the Environment)		"Climate change is real ... we need to be part of the solution ... that's a significant shift for us." That's part of the message delivered by Ford Motor's Nancy Gioia.
01.10.08	Real Time, Real Value		Richmond residents have access via their personal computers to mapped information on crime reports and vacant properties.
Summaries of our 2007 Posts