What else 'ya got?

Full copyright of the content of these sites remains with each respective owner. This page of links is merely a place to start feeling around for related, relevant, or humorous information.

 

Illinois:

Chicago Historical Society: [Burnham & Bennett's 1909] Plan of Chicago

CMAP

Congress for the New Urbanism - Illinois

Illinois Humanities Council

Metropolitan Planning Council

REACH Illinois (Employer Assisted Housing)

Renaissance Downtowns, LLC

WBEZ-FM, Chicago Public Radio: Chicago Amplified

 

Louisiana:

The Green Project

 

Missouri:

The St. Louis Bread Co. Cafe

 

National:

American Planning Association

from APA - Planning and Economic Development Toolkit

CoolTown Studios

Design Corps

EPA - Green Communities

Grants.gov

HUD - Community Planning & Development

Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICA&CA)

United States Green Building Council (LEED resources)

LEED-ND: Neighborhood Development

Lincoln Institute for Land Policy

National Congress for Community and Economic Development

New Geography

Planetizen

Project for Public Spaces

Public Architecture (based in San Francisco, CA)

Southface Energy Institute

Urban Land Institute

US Census Bureau

 

Academic:

University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

University of Illinois at Chicago, Great Cities Institute, Illinois Resource Net

The Art Institute of Chicago: The Chicago Architects Oral History Project

University of Chicago, Chicago Metropolis 2020: The Burnham Plan Centennial

Christopher Alexander: Building Living Neighborhoods

J. A. Amundson - Matters of Taste This blog covers taste in all its glorious forms. Think of it as if Thomas Jefferson and Julia Child were to have tea and crumpets as they debated the influence of French democracy on the evolution of both the Bastille and the baguette.

Jaime Correa - The Correa Report

John Massengale - Veritas et Venustas

Christopher Miller - Civism &City

John Reps: Cornell University


International:

International Network of Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbansim (INTBAU)

International Society of City & Regional Planners

United Nations Sustainable Development

 

Articles:

Berg, Nate. Fixing a Broken City, MetropolisMag.com, 09.24.09.

Kent, Fred. Moving Beyond the "Smackdown" towards an Architecture of Place, Project for Public Spaces, 09.18.2009.

Lubow, Arthur. The Triumph of Frank Lloyd Wright, Smithsonian, June 2009.

Ruffenach, Glenn. Making Suburbia More Livable, WSJ, 09.19.09.

Rybczynski, Witold. Do You See a Pattern?, Slate, 12.02.09.

Rybczynski, Witold. The Green Case for Cities, The Atlantic, October 2009.

Turner, Melanie. Study: 'Walkable Neighborhoods' could Save State $31M, Sacramento Business Journal, 09.19.09.

Top 100 Urban Thinkers (from www.planetizen.com)

 

Humor, et al:

Articles to stretch your mind, broaden your horizons, and remind you that even though we are serious professionals, we like a little cheeky humor just like everyone else:

The Onion - Frank Gehry No Longer Allowed To Make Sandwiches For Grandkids

The Onion - 3'-by-4' Plot of Greenspace Rejuvinates Neighborhood

The Onion - Nation's Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened by Aristociratization

The Onion - Ivy-Covered Home Like That on The Inside, Too

 

Removal procedures:

If you are the owner of one of these websites and choose to be removed from this list, please contact me and I will happily honor your wishes.