Getting
Around in the Heart of Texas
By Sam Newberg
The Dallas/Fort Worth area is finding a number of ways to keep people
and goods moving.
Texas
Ingenuity Lives Downtown
By Patricia Kirk
North Texas cities are trying to put the brakes on urban sprawl
through a combination of desirable urban housing and a leading-edge mass
transit system.
From
Cowboys to Culture: Dallas/Fort Worth Is Home to Some of the
Nation’s Largest Arts Districts
By Tonie Auer
Performance venues and museums are big assets to retail, housing, and
offices in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Entertainment
Capital Goes Live
By Kurt Schindler and Jeff Zieba
A 7,100-seat concert and awards show venue, the Nokia Theatre is one
of a new breed of medium-sized live entertainment facilities that bridge
the gap between arenas and clubs.
The
Growth of Moscow’s Postindustrial Art Spaces
By John Harrison
New art zones are an important aspect within the overall development
of the Russian capital.
Glorypark
By Harold Thompson
The seventh-most-populous city in Texas, Arlington is poised to
become a virtual laboratory of progressive town planning and
development.
Florida
Forecast: A Silver Lining for (Very) Patient Money
By Michael Maxwell
Lending analysts convened by Maxwell+Partners suggest what’s on
the real estate horizon for this coastal state.
The
Green Quotient: Q&A with Pliny Fisk
By Charles Lockwood
“Today, nature-produced oxygen is not valued, nature’s
ability to metabolize waste is not valued, and life support techniques
that adroitly manage natural systems without destroying them are not
valued. We need economic incentives to change our values.”
Land Writes
Metropolitan
Differences
By Greg Clark
Twenty regions—eight from the European Union, eight from North
America, and four from other continents—are studied to determine
to what extent all metropolitan regions are facing the same challenges
and what specifically they are doing about them.
Edgeless
Cities
By Jeffrey Spivak
Edgeless cities exert a powerful pull on metropolitan economies and
destinies. They contain almost 40 percent of total office space in the
metropolitan areas studied in recent years by Robert Lang, who long ago
popularized the term.
New
Markets Tax Credits
By Robert Nickell
A program created in 2000 by the federal government uses tax
incentives to encourage equity investments in businesses located in
low-income urban and rural areas.
Developments
More
Icons for Dubai
Toronto
Leads the Way in Canadian Green Development
Historic
Hotel Renovation and Condominium Tower Creating New Dallas
Landmark
Gerald
Hines Creates Living Legacy with Student Urban Design Competition
Tools
for City Planners
Dialogues
Dialogue: Dallas
Sustainable
Skylines
By Mayor Tom Leppert
Among many of the environmental initiatives it has taken, Dallas has
partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency on a pilot program
that, if successful, will likely be used as a national model for other
cities.
Dialogue: Fort Worth
Managing
Growth
By Mayor Mike Moncrief
Smart growth, leading to sustainable communities, requires us to
think differently—to move beyond the status quo by asking,
“What if . . . .”
Dialogue: Smart Growth
Vision
North Texas Looks to the Future
By Karen S. Walz
ULI North Texas leads a visioning effort to help the region deal with
its rapid growth.
ULX
Beyond
Bilbao: Museums and the City
By Ron Nyren
More than just splashy architectural objects inserted into a city,
ten exemplary contemporary museums serve as community partners, boosting
urban revitalization efforts, enhancing street life, and honoring what
is unique about their surroundings.
ProActive
Green
Family
Housing by the Sea
By Fred Pollack
An affordable housing project in Santa Cruz, California, promoted the
developer to establish in-house green building standards for future
projects.
At Issue
Collegial
Conflicts
By Richard C. Lewis
Columbia University’s Manhattanville plan shows challenges,
opportunities in urban expansion.
In Practice
Storm-Savvy
in the Tropics
By Andrew Witkin
Throughout Florida and the Caribbean, use of a combination of
hurricane-resistant and green elements is preparing properties to
withstand whatever weather and energy challenges may lie ahead.
Capital Markets
State
of the Private Debt and Equity Capital Markets
By Christopher Carroll
As the market spends the early part of 2008 (or longer) equalizing
pricing, significant amounts of capital are being assembled and readied
for deployment into more “value-oriented” markets.
Solution File
Multiblock
Underground Shared Parking
By William P. Macht
Creating large shared pools of underground parking below multiple
blocks can serve as a critical stimulus for mixed-use density.
Trustee Profile
Alexander
Otto—Like Father, Like Son
By Marge Fahey
Back Page
A
Day on the DART
By Christen Fox
A local resident tries public transportation for the first time and
gives the Dallas system a glowing review.
Departments
Publisher Note
Setting
Priorities in Uneasy Times
Rachelle Levitt
This Issue
North
Texas
Nancy Solomon
Regional Spotlight
Texas
By Mike Sheridan
Urban Land: April 2008
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