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Suburbia’s March to Oblivion New York Times February 23, 2008
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 4:06pmTHE mortgage crisis has put “for sale” signs in front of houses across the country — including so-called McMansions — the large, expensive, often tasteless homes that have taken up so much sub
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Campbell Soup says it's determined to stay in Camden. Sprawling Office Campus plans ignore transportation assets.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Fri, 01/18/2008 - 6:15pmCampbell Soup, the last Fortune 500 company in Camden, suffered a severe blow to its plans to create a 110-acre office park on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard when a judge invalidated its development pla
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Judge invalidates Campbell Soup expansion plan approval
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 9:49amTuesday, January 8, 2008 By RENEE WINKLER Courier-Post Staff
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Changing Skyline | City planning still bush-league By Inga Saffron Philadelphia Inquirer Architecture Critic
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 7:16pmThere are two kinds of people counting the days until Mayor-elect Michael Nutter fires David Auspitz, the blustering, bullying chairman of Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment.
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Campbell's Soup Asks for Another 2-Month Extension
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Mon, 12/17/2007 - 9:09amCampbell's Asks for Another 2-Month Extension
Campbell gets time to secure OKs for headquarters plan
SARAH GREENBLATT
Courier-Post
Dec. 6, 2008
By SARAH GREENBLATT
Courier-Post Staff
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Austin Officials Solidifying Role of New Urbanism
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 12:04pmAs recent Austin Business Journal articles can attest, planning in Austin is becoming more and more dominated by new urbanists.
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Help Stop Campbell Soup World Headquarter Design
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 2:23pmDear Readers,As each and every one of youare dedicated to sustainable Urban Design, I am appealing for your support regarding a conflict regarding the design of the planned new world headquarters of C
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Philadelphia Inquirer, University of Pennsylvania Call for Form Based Code in Philadelhia "Embrace 21st-century zoning..."
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 11:24am "Ditch the complicated mathematics of conventional zoning for a new “form-based” code, one that starts with how a building meets the street, defines public space, and matches its context.
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The grand design for Philadelphia's Delaware River waterfront: Help Philadelphians reconnect with their river.
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Mon, 09/24/2007 - 7:07pmThe plan's biggest idea - and easily the most controversial - is the Penn Praxis recommendation to march the city's street grid right down to the river. In voicing his strong support,Democratic mayoral nominee Michael Nutter calls for "a more urban, Philadelphia-style feeling along the water."
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The Camden NJ Regional Equity Demonstration Project - Rutgers University
Submitted by Michael McAteer on Sun, 09/16/2007 - 12:12amAfter 50 years of continuous and accelerating job loss, population flight, propertymarket
decline, plummeting municipal revenues, and civic collapse, Camden has embarked on a
land-redevelopment process of unprecedented proportions, initiated by a state takeover of the city’s municipal functions, A... read more »