Postbulletin.com reports
The Rochester City Council agreed on Monday to spend $100,000 to hire Sasaki and Associates to prepare a new master plan for downtown Rochester.
The total cost of the plan is nearly $350,000…………
read more at the [SOURCE: Postbulletin.com: Rochester, MN].
Prakash Joshi of the The Times of India reports in Link urban and rural India, says Rahul
“There is one India living in the urban areas, which is completely different from the one in rural India. We have to connect the two sothat the latter also enjoys the fruits of India’s growth,” said AICC general secretary [...]
Digital City reports
“A recent chapter in urban gardening starts in Detroit, Mich. with Hantz Farms whose plan is to be the world’s largest urban farm.The first part of the plan seeks to utilize vacant land and abandoned properties in Detroit’s lower east side, adding up to over 70 acres.”
SOURCE: Digital City – Urban Farms, a [...]
From PR-USA.net
“The City of San Jose has entered into an agreement with the Harvard University Graduate School of Design for an Urban Design Studio Project to begin identifying possibilities for the future of San Jose’s Diridon Station and its adjacent surroundings.
The project, “New Ways: San Jose/Silicon Valley,” will offer a creative vision that will support [...]
The Times of India reports
“With rapid urbanisation going hand in hand with crumbling infrastructure in towns and cities, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee raised theallocation for the government’s flagship programme — Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission — to Rs 11,842 crore from Rs 10,447.98 crore in 2008-09.
The government has already sanctioned 386 projects worth Rs 39,000 [...]
[ April 16, 2008,CST; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Architecture Association
Metropolitics: Critical Theory, Collectivity, and the right to the City
Lecture Hall, Architecture Association – 35 Bedford Square, London UK
6pm start
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