Place News

 

It is here that you find the latest information and updates to our website. 

Please check this page often. 

 

30 January

Two eagerly awaited events are approaching.  The one

year anniversary edition of the Journal of PLACE is set to debut

in mid-February. 

Also in February PLACE will host its conference entitled

International Planning Awareness Day.  Media on places from all

over the world will give you a glimpse into cities and planning

principles much different than those we are used to.  It is an exciting

chance to gain insight into planning in different countries and we are

excited to share this with you.   

Text Box: Up-To-Date News in Urban Planning/Design 01/30: Megacity Leapfrogging 01/17: The Structure of Transportation Revolutions 01/17: Changing Fortunes of Skyscrapers 12/05: The Autonomist Manifesto 12/05: Cities of Joy: Megacities 12/05: Does Sprawl Really Kill? 11/30: Urban Paradoxes. What if?... 11/30: What if we built our cities around places? 11/30: Playing with urban life: How SimCity influences Planning culture 11/29: Wal-Mart Ways: The Great Leap Forward 11/21: Interested in seeing the most expansive, ambitious development in the world? This is a new Pudong. A Shinjuku3. It is New Songdo City.
 

 


17 January

After a brief hiatus PLACE is back for an exciting

Winter semester.  We have a lot of activities planned,

and we hope that you can enjoy them with us.  Visit

the homepage often, as there will be multiple updates

weekly so that you can keep up-to-date with the current

events and news.  Updated sections of the site are clearly

delineated for you.  For your convenience, however, newly

updated sections are listed below:

¡¤       Quote of the Week

¡¤       Media Archives

¡¤       Events

 

17 January

Andr¨¦ Stone, Vice President of PLACE, has graduated

and moved to Grand Rapids.  He will be missed. 

Consequently we are searching for a new VP.  We are

looking for a person that would be committed to PLACE

and its activities, and motivated throughout the semester. 

The rewards would include distinction among your peers and

recognition by the countless firms and local governments that

rre familiar with and support PLACE and its activities. 

If you are interested please contact an_an@sbcglobal.net. 

 

 

 

 

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5 December 2004

 

Ever wonder who designed our logo?  Well, now you

Can find out. 

 

 

21 November 2004

 

 

 

EMU¡¯s Student Group ¡°The Planning Awareness Club of Eastern¡± and University of Michigan¡¯s ¡°Urban Planning Student Association¡± co-host this year¡¯s World Town Planning Day 2005
 
 


 

Ø   The PLACE Officers Section has been updated with new pictures

 

Ø   Our Media section contains new photos from 2004¡¯s Discover Detroit II

 

Ø   Check back this week for our first Student Spotlight¡­

 

 

13 November 2004

 

Journal of PLACE IV Launched.  Click here to view. 

 

World Town Planning Day 2004: One of the greatest successes in the

history of our organization.  Thanks goes out to the PLACE executive board,

Daniel Kennelly and Liz Jellema of the University of Michigan¡¯s UPSA, as

well as UPSA¡¯s entire executive board.  We want to extend a special thank you

to our distinguished panel: Keith Edwards, chief administrator for the Charter

Township of Grand Blanc; Rodney Nanney, a planner with McKenna Associates,

Inc.; and Michael Scholl, of Juergensen & Associates. 

We had a turnout of over 70 people, including around ten students from Michigan

State University. 

 

Want to see what it was like?  Click here to view media. 

 

 

25 September 2004

 

Andr¨¦ Stone named Vice President of PLACE

 

Xinyue Ye named Website Director of PLACE

 

The Michigan Society of Planning¡¯s Annual Conference took place in Grand Rapids